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Die anderen 3 werden kein noch so kleines Detail weggelassen haben und werden eine Bahn der Superlative Angeboten haben, da in Dubai sowieso die "Superlative" herrescht, denke ich dass ziemlich sicher einer von diesen den Auftrag erhält, und von den 3 hat Alstom den besten Preis, also Favorit, sofern sich die Angebote ähnlich sind.
Genau die selben Gedanken hatte ich auch auf das Angebot der Japaner hin .Und "billig" war und ist in Dubai nichts was gebaut wurde .
So gesehen knüpfe ich auch gewisse Hoffnung daran .
BÉKIN, März 3 (Xinhuanet), das Foyer der chinesischen Regierung auf der dauerhaften Entwicklung wird einen neuen Absatz verursachen, und langfristig für die ausländischen Gesellschaften in China haben der Präsident und Präsident Patrick Kron d' Alstom hier Donnerstag gesagt. Kron sich ist in seiner achten Reise an Békin diese letzten Jahre und widmet sich "aufholen hinsichtlich der Anträge" der Elektrizität und transportieren auf den Markt Chinas. Der Besuch von Békin de Kron ist mit dem jährlichen Übereinkommen über die chinesische Legislatur zusammengefallen, man erwartet sich, daß, was über die government' diskutiert sefforts, um eine Wirtschaft galoppierend zu einem jährlichen Satz von 9.5 Prozent vorwärts abzukühlen. Im letzten Jahr hat die chinesische Regierung Maßnahmen ergriffen, wie das Geldvolumen drückend die Erde und um die Immobilien übermäßiger Expansion, - und Herstellungsbereiche zu begrenzen, was die Versorgung mit Energie und Transport gespannt hat. Aber Kron hat hervorgehoben, daß die makroökonomischen Maßnahmen der Kontrolle der chinesischen Regierung die Operationen von Alstom nicht betreffen würden, ein globaler Hauptlieferant der Ausstattung und der Technologie von Produktions- und Bahnelektrizitätsverkehr. Er hat gesagt, daß die chinesische Regierung ihre Verpflichtung sehr auf der Entwicklung der Energie- und Verkehrsinfrastrukturen aufrechterhalten habe. Kron sieht vor, daß in diesem Jahr und nächsten Jahren, dem Antrag Chinas der Elektrizität und des Transportes gewaltig bleiben wird, wie die Wirtschaft auf einem schnellen Weg behält. Alstom hat bereits zwei nur besessene Gesellschaften installiert und sieben Unternehmen in Teilnahme in China. Er hat die Ausstattung geliefert und hat die angemessene Technologie auf einige Projekte in großem Infrastrukturmaßstab im Land übertragen, einschließlich eines atthe Kehlestaudammes der drei von Kraftwerk in Zentralchina, das Netz des Untergeschoßes der Stadt von Changhaï, und ein Kernkraftwerk bei Daya aboient in Südchina. Andererseits wird die wachsende Sorge der chinesischen Regierung auf dem Umweltschutz neuen für Alstom offenen Gelegenheiten helfen, Kron hat angegeben. Alstom hat die avançée saubere Kohlentechnologie auf einigen chinesischen Kraftwerken überwiesen. Bis jetzt um haben 40 Prozent von den Brennern an den Kraftwerken des Kohlenfeuersetzens in China die Technologie von Alstom angenommen. Kron hat hervorgehoben, daß es glücklich ist zu sehen, daß umgebend die freundliche Technologie der Energieerzeugung sich in einem neuen Wachstum der Angelegenheiten der thecompany in China entwickelt. Er hat gesagt, wie China die wachsende Bedeutung auf der Mittelwirksamkeit in allen Aspekten von sozialer Wirtschaftsentwicklung stellt und, Alstom ist hinsichtlich seines künftigen Absatzes im Land völlig optimistisch. Während seines Besuchs in Békin ist Kron den Geschäftspartnern und den chinesischen Regierungsbeamten begegnet, um neue Expansionsgelegenheiten zu suchen. Er machte ebenfalls eine Rede in der Universität von Békin Jiaotong Donnerstag Nachmittag. Mehr als 400 Studenten hörten seine Rede unter dem Titel "des des Vertrauens des railtransport würdigen Geschäftspartners chinois."Enditem
ALSTOM wins order for second coal-fired power plant in New Caledonia
ALSTOM has won a turnkey EPC (engineering, procurement, construction) contract for a second coal-fired power plant for Prony Energies, New Caledonia.
The 50MWe unit, whose commercial operation is expected in January 2008, is of identical design to a first unit, awarded to ALSTOM last year, which will supply more than 35% of the island’s installed capacity when it comes into operation in May 2007.
The second unit will fulfil the electricity requirements of the new Goro Nickel treatment plant located in Prony Bay, and will supplement electricity supply from the first power plant dedicated to the island’s power grid.
ALSTOM’s scope of supply includes one pulverised coal-fired boiler, associated machine room and electrical balance of plant.
Patrick Kron, Vorstandsvorsitzender der französischen Alstom-Gruppe, hat am Donnerstag in seiner Rede in der Beijinger Verkehrsuniversität betont, dass die Zusammenarbeit im Eisenbahnbereich zwischen China und Frankreich auf gesunden Füßen stehe. Die Zusammenarbeit zwischen China und Frankreich beim Bau von Eisenbahnen gehe kontinuierlich stets bergauf, die Kooperation sei beispielhaft.
Gleichzeitig äußerte Patrick Kron die Hoffnung, dass die Alstom-Gruppe mit ihrer modernen Technik und ihrem guten Service ein echter Partner im chinesischen Eisenbahnaufbau werden kann.
(CRI, 5. März 2005)
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-03-04 09:25
Chinese government's focus on sustainable development will bring about new and long-term business opportunities for foreign companies in China, Alstom Chairman and CEO Patrick Kron said in Beijing Thursday.
Kron is in his eighth trip to Beijing in recent years and vows to "catch up with the demands" of electricity and transport in China market.
Kron's Beijing visit coincided with the annual convention of the Chinese legislature, which is expected to discuss government's efforts to cool down an economy galloping ahead at an annual rate of 9.5 percent.
Last year, the Chinese government took such measures as tightening land and money supply to curb excessive expansion real estate, steel making and manufacturing sectors, which strained supply of energy and transport.
But Kron said the Chinese government's macro-economic control measures would not affect the operations of Alstom, a leading global supplier of power generation and rail transport equipment and technology. He said the Chinese government maintained its strong commitment on the development of energy and transport infrastructures.
Kron predicts that in this year and the coming years, China's demand for electricity and transport will remain huge as the economy keeps on a fast track.
Alstom has already set up two solely owned companies and seven joint venture companies in China. It has supplied equipment and transferred relevant technology to a number of large-scale infrastructure projects in the country, including a power plant at the Three Gorges Dam in central China, the subway network of Shanghai city and a nuclear power plant at Daya Bay in South China.
On the other hand, the Chinese government's growing concern on environment protection will help open new opportunities for Alstom, Kron said.
Alstom has transferred advanced clean coal technology to a number of Chinese power plants. So far, around 40 percent of the burners at coal firing power plants in China have adopted the technology of Alstom.
Kron said he is glad to see that environmentally friendly technology of power generation is growing into a new growth of the company's business in China. He said as China puts increasing importance on resources efficiency in all aspects of social and economic development, Alstom is fully optimistic about its future business opportunities in the country.
During his visit in Beijing, Kron met with Chinese business partners and government officials in a bid to seek new expansion opportunities. He also made a speech at Beijing Jiaotong University on Thursday afternoon. More than 400 students listened to his speech under the title of "Reliable partner of Chinese rail transport."
DJ Schröder trifft Chirac in Blomberg - ddp
Schröder trifft Chirac in Blomberg - ddp
BLOMBERG (Dow Jones-VWD)--Bundeskanzler Gerhard Schröder und der französische Staatspräsident Jacques Chirac sind am Montag im ostwestfälischen Blomberg zu politischen Gesprächen zusammengekommen. Schröder empfing Chirac der Nachrichtenagentur ddp zufolge vor dem historischen Rathaus. Der Kanzler wolle Chirac unter anderem über seine jüngste Reise durch die arabischen Staaten unterrichten.
An dem bilateralen Treffen nähmen auch die Außenminister Joschka Fischer und Michel Barnier teil, heißt es weiter. Das Gespräch sei im Rahmen der Blaesheimer Treffen organisiert, die seit Anfang 2001 regelmäßig auf deutsch-französischer Ebene stattfinden. Neben dem Meinungsaustausch habe auch ein Gang durch die Altstadt und ein Eintrag ins Goldene Buch der Stadt auf dem Programm gestanden. Mit dem deutsch-französischen Treffen erweise Schröder auch seiner Heimatstadt eine Referenz: Der Bundeskanzler sei in dem zu Blomberg gehörenden Ortsteil Mossenberg geboren worden.
Alstom targets SMEs with mobile services
Tim Lohman, ARN
07/03/2005
Alstom IT is to launch a new managed service this month targeted at the SME market. The distributor is joining forces with UK email appliance vendor, intY, to offer resellers a way of providing end-users with business emails delivered to a handheld device via GSM.
Four components make up the offering - handheld devices, a mobile version of intY's appliance server which sits on top of a business's email or file server, installation and a managed service.
Alstom marketing communications manager, Paul Sadler, said the product was designed as a value-add for the company's smaller resellers.
"The idea is that it is an easy 'do you want business emails delivered to your handheld with that' type sell which resellers can make on top of a server installation," he said. "Through it, they will receive an upfront margin and recurring revenue percentage on the service."
The managed service component of the product lay in the ongoing cleaning of emails before they were sent to users, Sadler said.
"You can select times of the day to have emails sent, edit out unwanted information such as spam disclaimers and filter who you want to receive emails from," he said. "In this way the service is attractive for SMEs as it cuts down data costs."
While products such as RIM's Blackberry handheld device offered similar capabilities to the enterprise space, Sadler said the SMB market was looking for a cheaper alternative.
"This is designed for resellers with five- to 50-seat customers and can be used for mobile sales forces, delivery drivers or executives," he said. "If you look at the UK, many of intY's resellers are running their business around this product."
In an effort to broaden the offering's appeal, the distributor was also encouraging resellers to combine the service with its Thin Print wireless printing product, Sadler said.
"With Thin Print, intY users who have an email attachment will be able to print it wirelessly instead of having to view it only on the mobile device," he said.
Alstom would further explore SME managed service offerings made available by the rest of intY's range, Sadler said. Potential areas of development included security and IT management.
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08/03/2005
Author: Anurag Khetan, Industry Analyst, Energy Practice, Frost & Sullivan
Over the course of the past year, Frost & Sullivan has keenly researched the after sales services market for power plants in Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and Asia-Pacific, after having looked at the North American market a couple of years ago. The services markets in these 3 regions, estimated to be worth a combined $5,181.1 million in the year 2004, have little in common. On one extreme is the Western European services market, estimated to be worth $3,268 million in the year 2004. On the other extreme is the CEE market, worth $511.4 million. Somewhere in between lies the Asia-Pacific market (excluding Japan worth $1,391.4 million). The disparity is also conspicuous in the expected growth rates in the region. While the Western European market is expected to grow at a compound annual rate of 4.7 percent over the period 2003 to 2010, the Asia-Pacific market is expected to display a growth rate of 9.2 percent and CEE market by 7 percent.
Divergence in various drivers and restraints explain this disparity. The main driver for the Western European market is expected to be the increasing competition in the electricity market which forces the utilities/independent power producers and industrial power plant owners to be as efficient as possible. The driving force behind the CEE market is the liberalization and privatization of the electricity sector, which will expose the incumbents to competition from electricity imports of surplus from neighbours. The Asian power plants services market is driven by the growing demand for latest gas turbine technology which forces the operators to have Long Term Service Agreements as the in-house expertise is unable to maintain such complex machines and by the increasing share of Independent Power Producers (IPP) which represent a new breed of investors that restrict themselves to asset and risk management and let a third-party do the maintenance and even take care of the operations.
As such, challenges for service providers are numerous and diverse. One of the main challenges in the Asian power plant services market is the high number of parts suppliers with varying quality levels available in the region. The mature market of Western Europe expects the service providers to add more value to the existing services so as to enable the utilities/IPPs and industrial power plants to remain/become as competitive as possible. The CEE power plants services market is restrained by the long tradition of in-house maintenance and uncertainty regarding the restructuring of the electricity markets in the region.
ALSTOM, a leading Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) with a global presence in a wide spectrum of power generation equipment including steam turbines, gas turbines, generators, boilers and auxiliaries, has well established service operations in all the three regions and has pursued a strategy that merits its receiving the Frost & Sullivan awards in these markets under different categories. ALSTOM Power Service is the proud recipient of the Frost & Sullivan Growth Strategy Leadership award for the Asian and Western European power plant services market and of the Frost & Sullivan Market Leadership award for the CEE power plant services market.
In its research into the Asian power plant services market, ALSTOM came as one of the top three market share holders in most the countries in the region, which is a significant achievement given that local service providers have a well-entrenched position in the market. This consistent market position is likely to serve as a strong base for ALSTOM to grow its services business in the future. ALSTOM is also working on some country specific alliances and joint ventures like the NTPC-ALSTOM venture it has with NTPC in India and is also looking to expand the role of Long Term Service Agreements (LTSAs) and Turnkey Operation and Maintenance (O&M) contracts.
In the Western European market, ALSTOM's power services sales increased at a rate of 6.6 percent compared to the estimated total market growth rate of 4.3 percent during the period 2002-3. As a result of this strong growth rate, the cash flow to earnings ratio rose above unity, indicating strong liquidity and easy debt-repaying capability. At 10 percent, the growth was most impressive during the financial year 2003-4, again higher than the expected total market growth rate of 4.4 percent. The company also managed to win several orders to supply its next generation gas turbines to many plants in Europe, which shall ensure a steady stream of service revenues in the future.
ALSTOM is also the recipient of Frost & Sullivan Market Leadership award in the CEE power plant services market. With a share of 19.8 percent, ALSTOM has comfortable lead with the nearest competitor having a share of 11.7 percent. In a market that is expected to grow at a compound annual rate of 7 percent over the period 2003-2010, ALSTOM has gained a significant market lead, which shall serve to increase its dominance in the region in the future.
These region-specific efforts are supported by the organization restructuring undertaken by the company. ALSTOM reorganised its power business division effective from April 2003 into three specialised entities-Power Turbo-Systems, Power Environment and Power Services. This is in line with the company's strategy of targeting not only its own turbines and other equipment, leveraging its installed base, but also the equipment of other OEMs, taking advantage of its vast experience in developing, maintaining and operating different types of power plants all around the globe. It is looking to metamorphose into a complete asset management company from just being a service provider. The full-scope operations and maintenance contracts already account for about 12 percent of the total power services revenue of the company. The reorganisation is also in line with its strategy of integrating its global service offerings into a seamless entity in order to provide a uniform--Global Field Service--to the generators who are themselves looking to diversify operations and to move across borders.
These diverse initiatives, undertaken to tackle the diverse circumstances present in each region, are responsible for ALSTOM being recognized by Frost & Sullivan as leader in the power plant services market worldwide.
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He denied, however, that CAF would subcontract the construction of the trains for the new line if its bid is successful.
The winning bid will be announced by April 28, the spokesman said, adding that CAF and Alstom were chosen from an original line-up of seven competitors. He was unable to provide financial details of the contract, reported to be worth 456 mln eur.
Shanghai Daily news
Shanghai Electric Corp, the country's largest power equipment and machinery manufacturer, clinched a deal yesterday to jointly produce two 1,000-megawatt thermal power generators with its overseas partners for a local power plant.
The 1,000MW power generators are among the most advanced ever made by Chinese power equipment providers.
Shanghai Electric Power Generation Group, the power equipment subsidiary of SEC, signed the deal with Waigaoqiao Power Plant to supply the two huge generators for the third phase of the plant, which is due to start operating in the first half of 2008.
"The deal is a cornerstone in boosting Shanghai's manufacturing industry to be a pillar in the local economy," said Hu Yanzhao, vice mayor of Shanghai, who attended the signing ceremony.
"Power demand by local factories and residents grew by double digits over the past years. The new generators will help raise supply and ease the electricity shortage in the city."
The company will jointly produce the generators with Germany's Siemens AG, and Alstom from France, both leading power equipment suppliers in the world.
Shanghai Electric Power Generation is the world's largest supplier of thermal power equipment in terms of both sales and number of orders since 2002, it claimed in a statement.
The company generated sales of around 10 billion yuan (US$1.2 billion) last year and claims a 36 percent share of the thermal power equipment market in China.
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Wednesday, March 9, 2005
Two local companies are teaming up to create the power control and propulsion system for a new class of U.S. Navy destroyers, which officials said will be an economic boon to the region.
Curtiss-Wright EMD, with a plant in Harmar, and Alstom Power Conversion Inc, in RIDC Park, O'Hara, will be developing the integrated electric drive propulsion system for the DD(X) ship class.
"The steel industry in Pittsburgh, as everyone is well aware, has had hard times," said Shoun Kerbaugh, Alstom president and CEO. "In Western Pennsylvania, there is a tremendous ability of technical people, and we are converting that from the steel industry to electric propulsion."
Alstom could add 30 to 50 jobs during the course of the project, Kerbaugh said.
Terri Marts, vice president and general manager of Curtiss-Wright's Harmar plant, said this move reinforces the job security for the facility's 750 employees.
"We also get supplies from the area, so it expands the market opportunities for us," Marts said. "We rely on Western Pennsylvania suppliers, so those dollars stay in the region."
Marts declined to give a number of potential jobs created so early in the project, but said there is a significant potential for new jobs.
Additionally, the companies may subcontract the work locally, Alstom officials said.
The Navy has yet to determine how many ships are included in the contract, Kerbaugh said. However, the main contract is expected by April and construction could start in September, Kerbaugh said.
Marts said this could include five ships.
The integrated electric drive propulsion system is expected to allow warships to rapidly reconfigure power and reduce operating and support costs, as well as noise. It also could allow capacity for future combat system upgrades and greater flexibility in ship design.
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/business/s_311352.html
ALSTOM recently closed a R$6 million contract with Tractebel Energia to modernize the electrostatic precipitator for unit 6 (with a potential of 131 MW) of UTLB Plant of the Jorge Lacerda Thermoelectric Complex located in Capivari de Baixo, SC. The modernization should be completed by the beginning of the second semester of this year.
This modernization is part of Tractebel Energia’s Environmental Management System, which is continually working to better its processes in order to improve environmental impact.
With this objective in mind, the company has already invested approximately R$4.5 million between 2000 and 2004 for the modernization and maintenance of its precipitators. Another $R6.5 million investment is expected in 2006 and 2007.
Equipment, materials and services for modernization are part of ALSTOM’s scope of service. With 25 years of operation, the precipitator is installed at the end of a coal boiler. “The gas flow passes through internal plates in the equipment. By means of an electric field, these plates collect particles generated during the coal burning process, thereby preserving the environment,” explains Marcos Cohen, Manager of Business Development at ALSTOM.
It should be noted that Brazilian coal is composed of 43% ash, compared to other countries where the proportion varies between 10 and 12%. Therefore, the precipitator is doubly important. With a heavy work demand, the product will need to be efficient and durable.
The experience of working with Tractebel Energia and the analysis of the technical and economic aspects of the project were decisive in choosing ALSTOM.
A leader in the precipitator market with wide range of products and services, ALSTOM offers complete services for NOx and SOx particle material. Reducing the use of combustibles leads to reduced pollutant emissions as well as improved thermodynamic cycle performance.
“While competitors are focusing on precipitators, ALSTOM evaluates and proposes complete alternatives from the coal grinders, through the combustion process and all the way to the precipitator. Offering more than just services, our objective is to present solutions,” concludes Cohen.
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