Brose, a leading manufacturer of window lifters and seat systems for the automotive industry, has selected Siveco for a project aimed at establishing strong maintenance fundamentals at its Wuhan plant. As production volume and complexity are set to increase, with new product lines being introduced, maintenance becomes a priority for Brose in order to guarantee the reliability of its manufacturing process. Based on experience of similar projects, ROI is expected well within one year. The joint Brose and Siveco project team will use Siveco's maintenance system COSWIN as a support tool to organize the plant's technical know-how and to systematically analyze failures.

Brose Wuhan plant

With over 40 customers in China, Siveco is the country's largest maintenance consultancy. Automotive customers in China include Allevard-Rejna, BYJC-Fabricom, Wagon Automotive and ZF Steering Systems, all recent additions to Siveco's prestigious list of global automotive accounts such as Daewoo Motors, Daimler Chrysler, Delphi, Denso, Faurecia, Federal Mogul, Fiat, Iveco, Magna, Magnetti Marelli, Maragoni Tyres, Mercedes-Benz, PSA, Renault, Treves, Volvo Trucks etc.

Qiang Chen, Head of Sales Brose South China (left) and Marc Bourgeois, General Manager of Brose Wuhan picked up the "Special Contribution Award" at the supplier conference held by Dongfeng Peugeot Citroen Automobile Company Ltd. on the behalf of all the employees at the Brose plant in Wuhan.

 
About Brose Wuhan

 
Brose provides mechatronic systems and electric drives to more than 40 automakers as well as suppliers. More than 13,000 employees work for Brose at 50 locations in 21 countries on all major automotive markets worldwide. With a turnover of 2.8 billion euros in the 2008 business year, Brose is among the top 100 automotive suppliers worldwide and is the fifth-largest family-owned company. Brose opened its Wuhan production facility for window lifters in 2007. Customers include Shanghai General Motors and Dongfeng Peugeot Citroen Automobile. The range of products made in Wuhan is currently being extended to seat and locking systems.

 
About Siveco China

Siveco is the number one supplier of Facility Management (FM) and Maintenance Management Systems (MMS, also known as EAM) in Europe with around 82,000 users in over 60 countries. Siveco works with industry-leading customers in the manufacturing, infrastructure, and facility management markets. By implementing innovative management solutions, the company assists facility owners (and their service suppliers) in optimizing the utilization of their assets and reducing their operation costs, while improving safety and ensuring regulatory compliance. Siveco GROUP was founded in 1986, with headquarters in Paris and global R&D in Montpellier, South of France. Global customers include the world's largest utility EDF, GDF Suez Group, Danone, Greek Olympic Facilities, Singapore Metro, etc. Siveco China was set up at the end of 2004 in Shanghai, with already over 30 references including Beijing Oriental Plaza, Saint-Gobain, Ikea, ArjoWiggins Chenming Paper, Danfoss, etc.

 
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