On Jan 28, 2021, Siveco China team gathered at Millennium Hongqiao Hotel for annual dinner on the theme of “European Royalty” where the team’s talent was on full display for a night of fun! Siveco members dressed up in European Renaissance and Enlightenment period costumes and prepared great entertainment for all to enjoy. The party was organized by our admin team.

On January 11, as a French tradition, Siveco China celebrated the Feast of the Epiphany. This festival stemmed from a visit of the three Kings to the Baby Jesus, so it is also known as the Three Kings Festival. Our team gathered to share the “galette des rois” (kings’ cake). There is a small figurine hidden in the cake, whoever finds it in the cake would be the crowned king for the whole year.

As part of its COVID-19 crisis plan, announced in February 2020, Siveco has increased its investment in the Chinese market. The company made the strategic decision to provide extra funding not only for R&D but also for marketing activities.

The Smart Maintenance Conference 2020 (SMC2020) was held in Shanghai on September 2-3, attracting a large numbers of industry professionals and experts to share their perspectives on developing trends and latest technologies. As the event, initially planned in February 2020, was postponed due to the COVID-19 crisis, many vendors and suppliers had chosen not to join or to reduce their participation. On the contrary, Siveco decided to prove its continuing commitment to China’s maintenance community with a particularly strong showing at this year’s...

From the beginning of 2020, the COVID-19 crisis has brought unprecedented challenges to our clients in China and all over the world. During the epidemic, the Siveco support team’s focus has been to care for the operation of each customer and their special needs. In this context of travel restrictions, on-site visits being impossible, the Siveco support team has already completed three annual assessment meetings through remote meetings in April.

As COVID-19 spread across the world, the supply of masks and other medical material has become a hot and sometimes highly controversial topic. Siveco joined a group of 7 French enterprises in Shanghai to purchase and donate FFP2 masks to selected nursing homes ran by non-for-profit organizations.The first batch of masks finally reached the first retirement home at the beginning of May and more are still on the way.