Maintenance with Chinese characteristics: interview with Siveco China’s GM
This interview of Siveco China’s General Manager was published in China Plant Engineering in December 2011.
read moreThe season is upon us now
Once more, we have come to this special time of the year. We have set up the Christmas tree at the office and at home. For me, Christmas always brings back childhood memories of family members reunited on snowy days.
read moreThe increasing relevance of maintenance
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…
read moreService Oriented Architecture in practice: how does SOA help improve your plant reliability?
In the past few months we have received more and more enquiries from customers about our SOA capabilities. Apparently, some of the “EAM” software vendors have based their marketing largely on claiming to have an all-powerful Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), while other maintenance software would be “rigid” and “closed”.
read moreSiveco going West with Sichuan Aoruo New Energy Technology
The partnership with Sichuan Aoruo New Energy Technology has already proven very successful, bringing significant results to large process plants based in Sichuan.
read moreOne stone, two birds
For the second time our “Maintenance in China” newsletter is distributed at the Annual Process Industry Engineering & Maintenance Congress, held in Shanghai on September 5 & 6. I am also speaking at the event on the ambitious topic of “Technology-enabled technicians vs. the intelligent plant: the Chinese view”: behind the fancy title, I will simply share our real-life experience dealing with maintenance improvement in the Chinese market.
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