05 November 2013
Alstom inaugurates a mobile service workshop in Dubai

Alstom has unveiled its new mobile facility for transformer on-site repair, refurbishment, redesign and high voltage test in Jebel of Dubai (UAE). It consists of a mobile inclosure to repair active parts of transformers in a controlled environment, advanced drying equipment and a container-sized high voltage testing module for diagnostic and repair. Large power transformers and special transformers of all type and origin, up to 400 kV and 500 MVA, can now benefit on site from Alstom's service expertise. The mobile facility is dedicated to customers in the near and Middle East as well as nearby regions.

The new facility helps customers reduce outage and down time compared to other options, while eliminating costs and risks associated with heavy transport. Supported by Alstom's power transformer know-how and experience, the mobile workshop and dedicated team offer an alternative solution to failure or poor transformer performance issues.

The first contract is already secured. PDO, Petroleum Development Oman, the foremost hydrocarbon exploration and production company in the Sultanate of Oman, accounting for more than 90% of the country's crude-oil production, signed for a $1 million contract to rewind a rectifier transformer at site.

Hamed Heyhat, Alstom's Regional Managing Director for Grid Service said: "Proximity is essential for ensuring optimal performance of our customers' assets. Bringing the best of Alstom's technical competence on site, for a key asset like transformers, will deliver a quick and accurate response to customer needs in the region".

Alstom Grid offers services to optimise the electrical infrastructure, increase return on investment, and improve the lifecycle cost of existing electrical grids. Teams provide service expertise in network design and asset consultancy, condition-monitoring asset management, predictive maintenance, emergency support, or long-term service contracts.

Jan Masschelin, Alstom's Vice President for Grid Service said: "Alstom Grid service plays an important role in maintaining customer assets and maximising availability and reliability of the transmission network. Being highly committed to customer satisfaction, Alstom invests in innovation both in terms of maintenance solutions and long-term asset management."

About Alstom
Alstom is a global leader in the world of power generation, power transmission and rail infrastructure and sets the benchmark for innovative and environmentally friendly technologies. Alstom builds the fastest train and the highest capacity automated metro in the world, provides turnkey integrated power plant solutions and associated services for a wide variety of energy sources, including hydro, nuclear, gas, coal and wind, and it offers a wide range of solutions for power transmission, with a focus on smart grids. The Group employs 93,000 people in around 100 countries. It had sales of over €20 billion and booked close to €24 billion in orders in 2012/13.

Alstom Grid has one clear vision: to develop innovative solutions for a flexible, reliable, affordable and sustainable electrical grid, everywhere. We design, manufacture, install and service the power transmission and distribution products and systems that empower the planet's low carbon economy... for now and for the future.

Alstom Grid has over 130 years' experience and ranks among the top three in the electrical transmission sector with an annual sales turnover of more than €4 billion. Alstom Grid's 19,000 employees are spread across 88 manufacturing and engineering sites worldwide and have one common mission: be our customers' trusted partner, from the source to the city.

We are energising a smarter world... with Alstom.

Press Contacts 
Majed Al-Majed (Alstom Near & Middle East): majed.almajed@crn.alstom.com - Tel: +971 4 2929 848
Nathalie Bourotte (Alstom Grid): nathalie.bourotte@alstom.com - Tel: +33 1 49 01 62 17
Website: www.alstom.com/grid

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