The month of January tends to quiet in China, but this year’s has been rather hectic with major projects starting and negotiations ongoing for several deals.

Maintenance assessments (sometimes called “audit” although we prefer the term “assessment”) represent a growing part of our business in China. This article will explore the principles, practice and benefits of such assessments.

Brose is a partner to the international automobile industry and delivers mechatronic systems and electric drives to more than 40 automakers as well as suppliers.

This article is contributed by Sino Power.

Some jobs are triggered by a meter reaching a certain level, kilometers travelled by trucks, for instance, or tons of ice cream produced. Other jobs require either a meter and or a calendar as a job trigger.

This is the time of the year to reflect on what we have done and to prepare for next year. It has been quite a year! We wanted to release this last issue before Christmas, but business kept me busy until now…