On Nov. 14th, the Siveco Shanghai team went to Gucun Park for team building.We had a really delicious barbeque lunch there and played squeezing balloons, tug of war and the most popular game “nametag ripping battle”. Poor people who lost the game got punished to jump roping on shiatsu sheet. Since everyone had a great time with two cute little members, we are looking forward to a family day next time.

Siveco Operation Director Guillaume Gimonet, Project Director Billy Cai and Project manager Yang Seng conducted the first maintenance management training for maintenance managers of Suez China’s Recycling and Waste Recovery division at their Shanghai headquarters from October 12 to 15. Attendees came from 4 different plants in China mainland and Taiwan. The second training session will be held in 2016 February, with and for the first time people from Beijing and Changzhou sites.

In China, as a direct result of the economic slowdown, the so-called “new normal”, companies in all industrial sectors are now paying more attention to maintenance. This month, our newsletter editorial team has decided to focus on the maintenance assessment, as we seem to receive more and more requests for assessments.

After over 20 years running maintenance assessments worldwide, Siveco has shown that poor maintenance can drag down profits by up to 40%. Based on a unique experience combining both industrial maintenance expertise and consulting project in China, Siveco has developed a proven maintenance assessment methodology: an approach that has delivered results for many facility owners in China.

As this month’s newsletter focusing on the maintenance assessment, we would like to share some audit stories and the concrete benefits observed. Customers that have benefited from Siveco maintenance assessments include Auchan, Aotong Chemicals, Arkema, Bayer, Berlinwasser, Daramic, Evonik, Faurecia, FIAMM, International Paper, Nokia, Saint-Gobain, SCA Packaging, Shanghai 2010 Expo Pavillions, Sogefi, etc.

Siveco provides structured maintenance services to assist customers improve their performance, as part of their Enhanced Maintenance Contracts. On August 20th, Saint-Gobain Maanshan team showed great interests on the results achieved since the system was upgraded to Coswin 8i. Siveco is currently discussing for additional maintenance consulting services for the plant.