Welcome to the Summer 2017 edition of our “Maintenance in China” newsletter! As usual we wanted to take it easy during summertime, so we chose to collect some of our most popular articles. I would especially like to highlight the Reliability piece A practical bluebee®-driven PAS 55 / ISO 55000 implementation. As many of our readers already know, since May 1, 2017, ISO 55000 has become effective in China as a local standard GB/T 33172.

On July 14, Siveco China held its mid-term management meeting at the Pan Pacific Hotel in Suzhou. July being an extremely busy month, team members flew in from Hong Kong, Zhongshan and Beijing, in addition to Shanghai. The exchange session proved to be very fruitful with many improvement ideas, which will be put into practice into daily operation.

July 14th is the day French people celebrate for their Revolution. As per our tradition, the Siveco team held a party at the Shanghai office. Led by Bruno Lhopiteau, our General Manager, we sang the French national anthem and various revolutionary songs together and enjoyed cheese and champagne! In this joyful atmosphere, may the Sino-French friendship last forever!

Siveco China has for many years already established a professional Customer Support Organization: putting customers as the center, providing efficient customer support focused on improving maintenance management, with high customer satisfaction results. As of today, around 450 sites are enjoying Siveco China’s Support services, under two formulas: Standard Support or Enhanced Maintenance Service.

For over 85 years, Daramic has led the way in developing new and innovative technology for the lead acid battery market. With headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, Daramic today supplies nearly 50% of the world’s demand for high performance polyethylene battery separators to the lead acid battery industry. Daramic Thailand operates the largest and most advanced polyethylene separator manufacturing plant in Asia, located in Prachinburi.

I am Sunny, Customer Service Manager of Siveco China, having the great pleasure to write this month’s editorial! At the end of May, I attended the annual technology conference held by Siveco Group, representing the Asia region. During the seminar, I shared my experience and our regional strategies with other countries’ colleagues.