People often ask me who my competitors are. Truth is, our single biggest competitor is “doing nothing”. The single biggest obstacle to our business, with multinationals, is “but we don’t do it that way back home”. With Chinese companies, it is more like “your approach so different from all your competitors”.

How many reports have you read in the past few months, calling for more automation in Chinese factories, in response to raising labor cost? Reading specialized magazines, you may be tempted to think that automation will save China by preventing all MNCs from moving to the cheaper Vietnam. There is recurrent talk about “smart plants”, often for the purpose of “replacing people”. Perhaps the most remarkable of all claims has been Foxconn announcement that they will install 1 million robots in their Chinese assembly plants in the next 3...

Danfoss A/S is a global leader within energy-efficient solutions that help save energy and combat climate change.

In the past few months, energy saving has been a major driver behind Siveco’s projects in both the Facility Management and industrial segments of the market.

The history module is one of the richest resources of maintenance. It is from this module that you have all the elements to make improvements.

Those who have been in the maintenance industry in China for a long time (not that there are many of us!) often complain that we keep dealing with the same issues over and over again, mostly in relation to preventive maintenance…