The friendly fat pig is certainly an auspicious animal! As “pig” and “wish” share a similar pronunciation in Chinese, the entire Siveco team joins me to wish you and yours a Healthy, Joyful and Prosperous Year of the Pig!

The holiday season has come again and this is the 15th Christmas for Siveco China! We started a young team, now the Siveco kids have grown up… The entire team and various Siveco mascots join me to wish you and yours a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! May you spend time with your family and may your New Year’s wishes come true!

After a quiet summer, September proved to be full of action for the Siveco team. We attended three major utilities events to share our experience implementing Smart O&M solutions in Chinese infrastructure projects. Around each of the events, we also arranged specific meetings with local clients.

Welcome to the “Smart O&M” newsletter for the second quarter of 2018! The first half of the year was full of adventures for us at Siveco! As the Chinese Government pursues the deployment of its 13th Five Year Plan (2016-2020), incentivizing the development of sustainable infrastructures, Siveco is experiencing strong demand for Asset Management consulting services and Smart O&M solutions from Chinese Environmental & Energy utilities.

Thanks for the overwhelming response to our readers’ survey! We have listened to you: this month our newsletter is starting its new life under the title “Smart Operation & Maintenance – for the worker of tomorrow”.

The past year has seen a lot of changes in our market. In SOEs and multinationals alike, significant funds are being made available for “smart” or “4.0” projects. I call this… “smart money”! More often than not, companies do not know where to start such a project.