It was my great honor to conclude this year’s Siveco China customer event in Kunshan on November 13. In true Siveco fashion, we let our customers speak at the event! Many thanks to those who shared their experience, their success with our approach, which combines maintenance know-how and innovative tech.

Historically (and Siveco already has 35 years of history, 16 of which in China), economic crises are favorable to the growth of maintenance-related business, as many companies will focus on optimizing existing assets. It is too early to tell, but we indeed see encouraging signs, such as a marked increase in the number of incoming enquiries to our marketing, both for China and overseas market (Southeast Asia and Africa).

Welcome to our Summer 2020 newsletter! Our tradition is to keep it lazy and brief, knowing that our full newsletter will return in September. I will take this chance to reflect on the first half year from my holidays in Sichuan’s Qingcheng mountains. There is little doubt that 2020 is one of toughest years ever… Some companies froze in their tracks, but many others launched transformation plans to address their needs, both immediate (remote support for instance) and long-term (reduce costs, risks and create new revenue streams).

You probably wonder, just as I do, where did the first half of 2020 go…? We have all been very busy fighting our battles, dealing with the challenges brought by COVID-19 and others. In previous newsletters we have shared some of our clients’ experience in the crisis, this month I just want to tell everyone to keep strong! And to all our faithful, trusted, customers: do not hesitate to let us know if we can help in any way!

For two months already in China we have battled the coronavirus. Or rather, workers at the forefront have battled the virus, while we have only played our role as good citizens. As the crisis has continued to spread, our friends all over the world now face the same challenges and suffering, striving to overcome it together.

First of all, we hope all of you, your families, your team members are safe, in particular those living in the most impacted areas in and around Wuhan. At the beginning of Chinese New Year, the COVID-19 crisis hit us, spreading around China and now around the world.