Siveco on “Supporting infrastructure projects on the New Silk Road” at Afcham event in Shanghai, November 10

Siveco China's founder Bruno Lhopiteau will speak at a joint African Chamber (Afcham) & French Chamber (CCIFC) event in Shanghai on November 10 on the topic of "Supporting infrastructure projects on the New Silk Road". CCIFC members are invited to register on the chamber's website. Afcham members and all non-members can register with Afcham at this address.

Our speaker Bruno Lhopiteau, founder of China's largest maintenance consultancy Siveco, will share his experience developing a unique business along the New Silk Road. Based on a long experience of "maintenance with Chinese characteristics", Siveco has developed a specific approach to address the needs of infrastructure projects in China through the utilization of technological tools. Since 2008 the company enjoys a growing export business, working alongside Chinese construction companies building power plants in Southeast Asia, the Middle-East and… Africa. The presentation will show how early experience in the booming Chinese infrastructure market has led Siveco to support, among other projects in Africa, one of continent's most ambitious energy program: to meet the increasing demand for electricity, the Algerian government has launched a massive investment program, with an additional 8,400MW of capacity to be connected to the grid between 2015 and 2017. The presentation will touch on many hot topics: "Industry 4.0" technologies, Africa-China relations and western entrepreneurship in China.

A 18-year veteran of the Chinese maintenance market, Bruno Lhopiteau (www.linkedin.com/in/brunolhopiteau) is the founder of Siveco China, the country's largest maintenance consultancy and a pioneer in the development of Maintenance 4.0 technologies, with a focus on mobile solutions "for the worker of tomorrow". He also sits on the board of several companies dealing with plant and building engineering in China and lectures on Industrial Risk Management at the Sino-European School of Technology of Shanghai University.

Siveco China, founded in 2004, is the country's largest maintenance consultancy and a pioneer in the development of Maintenance 4.0 technologies, with a focus on mobile solutions "for the worker of tomorrow".

Based on a long experience of "maintenance with Chinese characteristics", Siveco has developed a unique approach combining maintenance consulting and software tools. While the Chinese 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 China has over 850 customer sites, including ABB, Arkema, Baida Air, Brose, Carrefour China, CEPSA, Changcheng Property Group, CNEEC, CNOOC, Fushun Mining Group, Engie, GE, Greenland Holdings, Hanwha Chemical, International Paper, Nokia, Saint-Gobain, Shanghai World Expo 2010 pavilions, Shell, Sichuan Lutianhua, Suez Environnement, etc. The company boasts a growing export business, working alongside Asian EPC companies in Southeast Asia, the Middle-East and Africa.

Siveco China has won multiple awards including the prestigious 2010 Motorola Enterprise Mobility Solutions Grand Prix, Plant Engineering Product of the Year 2012, CHaINA Supply Chain Excellence Award 2013, Engineers' Choice Award by PEC in 2013 and by Plant360 in 2015. Siveco is the only China-based maintenance consultancy to operate outside of China and the only company in Asia to have obtained the ISO9001:2008 certification for maintenance improvement services and CMMS development.

Siveco China is a subsidiary of Europe's leading supplier Siveco group, with 30 years of expertise in computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS). The company is headquartered in Shanghai, where it also operates a R&D center, and also has offices in Beijing, Chengdu and Hong Kong.

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