Siveco held a workshop dedicated to "Maintenance Improvement in the Chinese Process Industry" at InterContinental Shanghai Pudong hotel on June 25, with an audience from the pulp & paper, pharmaceutical, food, building material and automotive industries. Present as key sponsor, engineering giant ABB also joined the event.

In the first session, Bruno Lhopiteau, General Manager of Siveco China, analyzed the typical situation of the Chinese process industry. This was followed by a presentation of Siveco's CMMS solution "COSWIN" by Sales Manager Shirley Xuan.

After a fruitful exchange during the coffee break, Mr. Hu Zhijie, Maintenance Manager of Kerneos Aluminate Technologies, shared his experience of how to achieve maintenance improvement in practice through the use of the CMMS. Live demonstrations of integration between ABB 800xA control system and COSWIN were also showcased.

Management Systems (MMS, also known as EAM) in Europe with around 3,000 customers 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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