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.

Siveco Project Director Billy Cai went to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to conduct a refresh end-user training for the RPII Power Plant. Further to the project, the group is considering to deploy Coswin system to other plants as the next step action.

The world has known three industrial revolutions and the fourth one is well on its way. Dubbed Industry 4.0 by German industry strategists, it promotes increased computerization and integration of industrial systems. With Industry 4.0, all the latest buzzwords: Big Data, 3D printing, Internet of Things, Cloud Computing, Smart Factory, BIM and many more, get combined into one single concept or, as some contrarians might say, into one giant marketing gimmick (hence this article).