The equipment structure has been totally rebuilt in Coswin 8i. Now the structure is displayed within a table, where each line represents an equipment object, either geographical or technical. This structured equipment list can be filtered by zone, function or even by category.

On January 7, we enjoyed our traditional celebration of the Epiphany at Siveco China Shanghai office and also held a small party in Chengdu. To celebrate the visit of the Three Magi to baby Jesus, French people eat the “galette”, a frangipani cake that contains a trinket. Whoever finds it is crowned King for the day. This year, Guillaume and Joanna were our King and Queen!

Thanks to the involvement and enthusiasm of all member of the Sephora-Siveco project team, leading cosmetic retailer went live last September. More than 140 stores are now using the system in locations as various as Shanghai, Guangzhou, Beijing, Qingdao, Urumqi, Inner Mongolia and Sichuan!

This Christmas time is the best ever for us at Siveco: Christmas is about family and we have been blessed with many newborn babies. Our Christmas tree will see 12 presents this year and next year, for the first time, we will have enough kids big enough to enjoy a real Christmas party for the Siveco families.

Maintenance is seldom recognized as a key aspect of plant operations in China – how many articles have you read on the subject? Trendy topics such as Green Technologies or Lean Manufacturing are almost never seen in relation to maintenance, which however plays a critical role in their successful implementation.

In December 2012, SITA Waste Services selected Siveco China to implement a Computerized Maintenance Management System for the Renwu waste incinerator. The choice of Siveco was based on the company’ successful experience at another SITA facility located in mainland China: SITA, in joint venture with the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park (SCIP), has designed, built and operates a 60,000t/year hazardous waste incineration plant near Shanghai.