Bruno Lhopiteau, a veteran of the Chinese maintenance market, will share his experience conducting maintenance improvement projects in the country since 1997. The presentation, entirely based on case studies in the process industry in China, will cover the following topics:

- A definition of “maintenance with Chinese characteristics”
- Maintenance improvement: what works, what doesn’t
- IT as a maintenance support tool: “EAM” is dead
- IT as a catalyst for “best practices”
- Greenfield projects: preparing maintenance from the construction stage
- Experience from oil & gas, chemical and paper industries

Siveco will also hold a booth showcasing bluebee^®, a revolutionary mobile solution “for the worker of tomorrow” and its utilization in process plants. bluebee^® runs with any back-office CMMS (SAP, Maximo, Datastream, COSWIN etc.) and provides a powerful tool for maintenance improvement projects. A team of Siveco maintenance specialists will be available to answer questions from the audience.

Siveco’s references in the Chinese process industry include papermakers, chemical producers, oil & gas projects, healthcare, cement, utility plants etc. with such major names as ABB, ArjoWiggins, Arkema, Bayer, Bostik, Chenming Paper, Danieli, Ecolab, Evonik, Hanas LNG, Hanwha, International Paper, Kerneos, Lutianhua, Ranhill Powertron II, Saint-Gobain Hanglas Sekurit, Saint-Gobain Pipelines, SCA, SinoFrench Water, SITA Waste Services etc.

For more information on the event: http://www.pecongress.com/

For enquiries, please contact us at info@sivecochina.com.

Siveco is the largest maintenance consultancy in China. Based on a long experience of “maintenance with Chinese characteristics”, Siveco has developed a unique approach to address the needs of plant owners in China.

Services include maintenance consulting and CMMS-related services: audit, benchmarking, optimization, project management, data collection, etc. on SAP PM and other CMMS.

Siveco also provides a suite of very intuitive mobile solutions “for the worker of tomorrow”, known as bluebee^®, compatible with any back-office maintenance system (COSWIN, Maximo, SAP PM, Datastream etc.).

While the market has historically been plagued by IT suppliers without understanding of industrial reality, Siveco is run by maintenance people for maintenance people, focusing on obtaining rapid and sustainable improvement.

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Review the event agenda:

The Kunshan event, organized by Kunshan Expat Association, was attended by around 30 top managers from multinational manufacturing companies operating in the city. The short introductory presentation was followed by a lively Q&A session on how to tackle maintenance issues and conversations continued offered a buffer dinner. Kunshan Connection, a local business magazine, will publish a series of articles on Industrial Excellence in China, written by Siveco and partners over the coming months. The first article offers a good summary of the presentation made in Kunshan (Industrial Excellence in China – The Importance of Maintenance to Low-Cost Manufacturing). At next month’s event, Siveco partner TXM will speak on Lean Manufacturing – the Siveco team will also be on attendance that day.

The Beijing event, organized by the French Chamber of Commerce in China and Beihang Sino-French Engineering School, took the form of a round-table meeting with half-a-dozen technical service companies based in Beijing. The presentation covered an overview of the local construction and maintenance market, as well as several case studies in real estate and industrial project. The event’s meeting room overlooked the new French Embassy, where Siveco provided maintenance engineering services and one of the case study discussed during the Q&A session.

The operation is already up-and-running with a team of 5 consultants dedicated to growing the Siveco business in the West China, where the company has already enjoyed success in the chemical and oil & gas industries. The team will work in an integrated manner with Siveco’s local partner Aoruo, operating from a joint office located in Chengdu Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone.

According to Siveco China’s General Manager Bruno Lhopiteau: “The choice of Chengdu to open our first office outside of Shanghai, our historical operation base in Asia, is a testimony of the vibrant dynamism of this region. Our local customers are among the most open to using innovative technologies for maintenance improvement and already become excellent showcases for us: our success with Sichuan Lutianhua in particular – an award-winning project – has proven to be a strong driver for our business in the process industry.”

The new Chengdu team will spearhead marketing and sales activities in the western Chinese provinces of (Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunan, Tibet, Shanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, and Guangxi) and deliver projects, with continuing support from the Siveco China head office and R&D teams in Shanghai. Target industries include manufacturing, infrastructures and facility management. Siveco already has a dozen customer sites in the Western China region. The local office may be contacted directly at chengdu@sivecochina.com with full contact details available here.

Siveco is the largest maintenance consultancy in China. Based on a long experience of “maintenance with Chinese characteristics”, Siveco has developed a unique approach to address the needs of plants, facilities and infrastructures owners in China through the utilization of technological tools. While the market has historically been plagued by IT suppliers without understanding of industrial reality, Siveco is run by maintenance people for maintenance people, focusing on obtaining rapid and sustainable improvement.

Siveco supports best practices in maintenance, facility management and risk prevention through a range of services including assessment, maintenance engineering, CMMS implementation, etc. Siveco provides a suite of very intuitive mobile solutions “for the worker of tomorrow”, known as bluebee^®, running on its own cloud computing platform and compatible with any back-office maintenance system (COSWIN, Maximo, SAP PM, Datastream, etc.).

Siveco has over 60 customers across more than 500 sites in China, including ABB, Alstom, ArjoWiggins, Arkema, Beijing Oriental Plaza, Brose, Carrefour China, Changcheng Property Group, CNEEC, Danfoss, Expo 2010 pavilions, GDF Suez, IKEA, International Paper, Kerneos, Nokia, Saint-Gobain, Sichuan Lutianhua, Sogefi, State Grid, ZF, etc.

Siveco China is headquartered in Shanghai, where it also operates a R&D center, and has a branch office in Chengdu. The company is a subsidiary of Siveco Group, Europe’s largest CMMS supplier with over 82,000 users worldwide.

Siveco website: www.sivecochina.com

Siveco China edits the monthly “Maintenance in China” email newsletter, available to subscribers and online readers at:
http://www.sivecochina.com/en/maintenance-in-china/

With Bruno Lhopiteau, General Director of China, the conference will focus on preventive maintenance of buildings and infrastructures. Preventive maintenance was long considered as secondary in China but is now attracting more attention and new technologies, due to the extraordinary growth of the construction sector and the automation in the industry sector.

Bruno Lhopiteau is the General Manager of Siveco China (www.sivecochina.com), the country’s largest maintenance consultancy. He has been active in the Chinese maintenance market since 1997 and took part in some of the country’s largest projects, most notably for the Three Gorges Hydropower Plant. Siveco China helps companies to manage maintenance “with Chinese characteristics” in three main target markets: manufacturing, facilities and infrastructures. Siveco has developed a unique approach to address the needs of owners/operators in China through the utilization of technological tools.

For more information and registration:

Date: April 18, 6:30-9:30 pm

Working language: English

Venue: 3rd Floor Swissotel Kunshan No.387, Qianjin Zhong Road Kunshan

6:30 pm Registration & welcome drinks
7:00 pm “Improving maintenance in China” by Bruno Lhopiteau (Siveco)
7:30 pm Buffet dinner with drinks and networking

The speaker will explore the typical lifecycle of an industrial plant in China and offer his insights of “maintenance with Chinese characteristics” based on his 12-year experience running maintenance improvement projects in the country.

Bruno Lhopiteau is the General Manager of Siveco China (www.sivecochina.com), the country’s largest maintenance consultancy. Bruno came to China in 1998, for a paper mill project in Suzhou, and has since involved in hundreds of projects all over the country.

For more information and registration, please see at:
http://www.kunshanexpat.com/events/87-kea-biz-event-swissotel-kunshan-2012-03-21-wednesday (only in English)

The Kunshan Expat Association, or KEA, is a new organization being set up to serve western expatriates and their families in and around the Kunshan area. The purpose of the KEA is to enhance the business and living experience of westerners in Kunshan. Making Kunshan a better place to live and do business for westerners and their families. Website: www.kunshanexpat.com.

The full magazine is available for download (the article appears on pages 28 and 29) at:
http://www.kunshanexpat.com/archives/KC08.pdf

The Kunshan Connection is Kunshan’s only English-language publication. With a print run that varies from 1,500-5,000 and over 4,000 copies sent electronically all over the world, the Kunshan Connection is the best way for companies and organizations in and around Kunshan to advertise themselves to the expat population and learn more about our community.

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Siveco is the largest maintenance consultancy in China. Based on a long experience of “maintenance with Chinese characteristics”, Siveco has developed a unique approach to address the needs of plants, facilities and infrastructures owners in China through the utilization of technological tools. While the market has historically been plagued by IT suppliers without understanding of industrial reality, Siveco is run by maintenance people for maintenance people, focusing on obtaining rapid and sustainable improvement.

Siveco supports best practices in maintenance, facility management and risk prevention through a range of services including assessment, maintenance engineering, CMMS implementation, etc. Siveco provides a suite of very intuitive mobile solutions “for the worker of tomorrow”, known as bluebee®, running on its own cloud computing platform and compatible with any back-office maintenance system (COSWIN, Maximo, SAP PM, Datastream, etc.).

Siveco has over 60 customers across more than 500 sites in China, including ABB, Alstom, ArjoWiggins, Arkema, Beijing Oriental Plaza, Brose, Carrefour China, Changcheng Property Group, CNEEC, Danfoss, Expo 2010 pavilions, GDF Suez, IKEA, International Paper, Kerneos, Nokia, Saint-Gobain, Sichuan Lutianhua, Sogefi, State Grid, ZF, etc.

Siveco China is a subsidiary of Siveco Group, Europe’s largest CMMS supplier with over 82,000 users worldwide.

Siveco website: www.sivecochina.com

Siveco China edits the monthly “Maintenance in China” email newsletter, available to subscribers and online readers at:
http://www.sivecochina.com/en/maintenance-in-china/

Siveco launched its bluebee^® roadshow 2012 with a first seminar dedicated to Facilities Management last week in sunny springtime Beijing. Around 16 executives from 7 well-known FM companies attended the half-day event at the Lufthansa Center. The Siveco FM team presented solutions and case studies from FM service companies and facilities owners.

For details of the event and agenda, please refer to the original announcement: here

A live demonstrations of bluebee^® (focused on site managers using tablet PCs and technicians equipped with smartphones) and bluebee^® cloud (at group level on large touch screens and on any PC connected to the internet) was offered, followed by a fruitful Q&A session.

As in 2011, this year’s bluebee^® roadshow will be held every month in various cities around China. To be informed of upcoming events, please check www.sivecochina.com or contact info@sivecochina.com.