2007-2008 - Cgglobal.com

There was a breakthrough in selling of
wind power transformers in the Americas,
when the first 38 units of 2300 kVA SLIM®
transformers were sold to Enercon for the
Ripley Wind Farm in Canada
In Pauwels, too, there have been several
capacity increasing initiatives in 2007-08.
Investments were made in the Indonesian plant
to raise capacities. This involved setting up a
floating core coil assembly platform; installing a
second drying oven; and a heavy duty vacuum
pump. The distribution transformer facility at
Cavan (Ireland) increased efficiency by 5% at
little or no cost, and also added additional shifts
in the bottleneck areas to increase output. The
distribution transformer facility in the US is in
the midst of an expansion programme which
will facilitate manufacture of 10MVA through 60
MVA medium power transformers up to 138 KV,
650 KV BIL.
$ DEVELOPING NEW MARKETS AND
CUSTOMERS The SBU’s power transformer
division achieved 32% growth over last year
in its international orders. Export orders were
obtained from eight new countries, including
Greece, Trinidad, Qatar, Jordan and Ecuador. The
division also supplied a new product: 2 X
250 MVA 230/220 KV transformers for the
Singapore and Malaysian power grids. Oman
and Guatemala were countries where the
division supplied equipment for the first time.
Pauwels continued enjoying successes in the
wind power industry, especially in Southern
Europe, mainly Spain, where several new
customers signed on to the SLIM® or bioSLIM®
solution throughout 2007-08. In addition, there
was a breakthrough in selling of wind power
transformers in the Americas, when the first 38
units of 2300 kVA SLIM® transformers were sold
to Enercon for the Ripley Wind Farm in Canada.
Ganz’s transformers have also been getting
new orders in Europe — in Spain, Belgium,
Ireland and the UK.
Ganz is executing one of its largest single GIS
orders for the Steel Authority of India Limited’s
Bhilai steel plant for 10 bays of 220 KV GIS and
16 bays of 132 KV GIS. It also obtained an order
for Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd for the
supply of three bays of 132 KV GIS. In addition,
the division became an approved vendor for
customers such as Delhi Metro Rail Corporation,
Reliance Energy, Torrent Power and the Nuclear
Power Corporation of India. International
marketing of switchgear also received a boost
with new orders from Italy, Malaysia, Chile,
Spain, Canada, Myanmar and Vietnam.
A SLIM® TRANSFORMER BEING INSTALLED INSIDE THE WORLD’S HIGHEST TURBINE IN THE NORTHERN
PART OF GERMANY
Ganz is executing one of its largest single
GIS orders for the Steel Authority of India
Limited’s Bhillai steel plant for 10 bays of
220 KV GIS and 16 bays of 132 KV GIS
14 ANNUAL REPORT 2007–2008 CROMPTON GREAVES LIMITED