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.

The Chinese Spring Festival is coming again! On behalf of the Siveco team, I wish you and your family a happy and wonderful Year of Dog! As usual, the beginning of the year has been full of events at Siveco China: On January 24, we held an Appreciation Event for clients that have used our solutions for more than 10 years. Exceptionally this year, these four great customers join us to share their 10-year experience with Siveco and send their wishes for a Happy Chinese New Year in a short movie!

Our new case study book: Smart O&M for infrastructures – Case studies in China and on the Belt & Road has been released! This book is about customers. As we have always done, we believe that simply sharing our experience, sharing our customer stories, will continue to help raise awareness of how smart O&M positively contributes to society in the New Era.

The highly anticipated Siveco Christmas Cosplay party will be held very soon… and if you don’t want to wait for the next newsletter to see all the silly pictures, please keep an eye on our official WeChat and LinkedIn accounts! Wish you and your family a brilliant and happy Christmas season! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

The last quarter of the year is proving extremely busy for Siveco, with many ongoing projects, as well as new opportunities all over China and the Belt & Road. Our 80th newsletter written entirely by customers, has generated a lot of interest in the market. The fact that we publish so many customer stories – including those written directly by clients – has left many industry observers dumbfounded.

Considering that both our latest Customer Satisfaction survey and the 2017 Maintenance in China survey showed increasing needs and interest for training, we have decided to launch an elearning platform, China’s first online training on maintenance management, named bluehoney.