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MAY - JUNE 2009<br />
THE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS & SERVICES MAGAZINE<br />
FOR THE SOUTH-EAST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES<br />
issue2/2009<br />
ISSN 1312-0670<br />
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<strong>European</strong> Market<br />
SEE PROJECTS 2009<br />
Vacuum and gear pump<br />
manufacturers in Turkey<br />
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south-east european INDUSTRIAL MARKET<br />
IN THIS ISSUE:<br />
Rutr<strong>on</strong>ik received 'Distributor of the Year' award<br />
eleven times<br />
New Multi-Purpose Keypads from TME<br />
Hi-Lo PSS Group established a manufacturing<br />
facility in Romania<br />
ITT to acquire Laing GmbH, broadening portfolio<br />
of energy-efficient plumbing and HVAC pumps<br />
Mitsubishi HMI soluti<strong>on</strong>s with Rittal enclosures<br />
RWE and Turcas signed a joint venture agreement<br />
4 The future can come, we are ready!<br />
Mr. Steffen Hanik, BITO LAGERTECHNIK for<br />
<strong>South</strong>-<strong>East</strong> <strong>European</strong> INDUSTRIAL Market magazine<br />
6 Remote access for the digital home<br />
SEE NEWS<br />
SEE INTERVIEW<br />
SEE ELECTRONICS<br />
SEE INDUSTRY<br />
7 <str<strong>on</strong>g>Electr<strong>on</strong>ic</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Manufacturing</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Services</str<strong>on</strong>g> (<str<strong>on</strong>g>EMS</str<strong>on</strong>g>) <strong>on</strong><br />
<strong>South</strong>-<strong>East</strong> <strong>European</strong> Market<br />
16 Vacuum and gear pump manufacturers in Turkey<br />
18 SEE PROJECTS 2009<br />
SEE EXIBITIONS<br />
22 WIN - World of Industry 2009<br />
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SEE INTERVIEW<br />
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SEE NEWS<br />
New Multi-Purpose Keypads<br />
from TME<br />
The TME's offer<br />
has been extended<br />
with a<br />
wide range of<br />
universal keypads.<br />
Apart from<br />
selecti<strong>on</strong> of number<br />
of keys (12 or<br />
16), the customer can choose material from which<br />
the keypad is made; keypad colour, key descripti<strong>on</strong>,<br />
versi<strong>on</strong> resistant to weather c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s; key<br />
actuating force and stroke; keypad overall dimensi<strong>on</strong>s;<br />
keypad way of mounting, etc.<br />
"The multi-purpose keypads are well known<br />
and proven in many applicati<strong>on</strong>s - it is hard to find<br />
somebody, who had no opportunity to use them.<br />
Their simple design guarantees high operati<strong>on</strong>al<br />
life (about 1 000 000 operati<strong>on</strong>s per key) and resistance<br />
to external c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
The next good point of these keypads is their<br />
attractive price", stated from TME.<br />
A special versi<strong>on</strong> of the universal keypads<br />
is so called keyboard switch modules. The keyboard<br />
switch module<br />
is a small metal<br />
waterproof keypad<br />
characterised<br />
by high resistance<br />
and durability with<br />
<strong>on</strong>e to four keys.<br />
Such a structure<br />
enables to freely arrange keys and to build a<br />
keypad we need (e.g. in lifts, a keypad of 1x<br />
10 layout, pushbutt<strong>on</strong>s <strong>on</strong> c<strong>on</strong>soles, etc.)<br />
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Rutr<strong>on</strong>ik received 'Distributor of<br />
the Year' award eleven times<br />
Over the past<br />
year, Rutr<strong>on</strong>ik<br />
Elektr<strong>on</strong>ische<br />
Bauelemente<br />
GmbH received<br />
eleven awards<br />
for "Distributor of<br />
the Year". Renownedmanufacturers<br />
paid<br />
tribute to Rutr<strong>on</strong>ik's<br />
large sales turnover, excellent support for<br />
customers for design-in products, and Rutr<strong>on</strong>ik's<br />
extensive sales structure throughout Europe covering<br />
all six product sectors: semic<strong>on</strong>ductors,<br />
passive and electromechanical comp<strong>on</strong>ents,<br />
storage technologies, displays & embedded<br />
boards, as well as wireless technologies.<br />
In the past year, NEC, Telit, Pulse, Micr<strong>on</strong>,<br />
Vishay, JAE, Murata, Samsung, Panas<strong>on</strong>ic,<br />
Keyst<strong>on</strong>e and Fujitsu h<strong>on</strong>oured Rutr<strong>on</strong>ik with<br />
their awards.<br />
Rutr<strong>on</strong>ik's efforts in the c<strong>on</strong>sultancy-intensive<br />
wireless segment were awarded twice: It received<br />
<strong>on</strong>e award from Italian wireless specialist<br />
Telit, and also from Pulse, the leading provider<br />
of datacom and telecom technologies, antennas<br />
and microph<strong>on</strong>es. With the establishment of the<br />
Wireless Development Centre, the intensive<br />
training of its FAEs and the <strong>European</strong>-wide wireless<br />
seminar series that was organised in 2008,<br />
Rutr<strong>on</strong>ik positi<strong>on</strong>ed itself as the leading wireless<br />
distributor. The passive and electromechanical<br />
comp<strong>on</strong>ents divisi<strong>on</strong>s also received several<br />
awards: JAE, Murata, Samsung, Panas<strong>on</strong>ic and<br />
Keyst<strong>on</strong>e all awarded Rutr<strong>on</strong>ik.<br />
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The future can come, we are ready!<br />
Mr. Steffen Hanik,<br />
BITO LAGERTECHNIK for<br />
<strong>South</strong>-<strong>East</strong> <strong>European</strong><br />
INDUSTRIAL Market magazine<br />
Dear Mr. Hanik, please present<br />
BITO Lagertechnik as a company,<br />
history, scope of activity,<br />
product program, etc.<br />
BITO is an internati<strong>on</strong>ally operating company<br />
founded in 1845 with a staff of more than 700<br />
specialising in the fields of storage and workshop<br />
equipment and order picking systems.<br />
On a plant surface of more than 140,000 m2 in Germany, BITO manufactures a customeroriented<br />
and innovative product range meeting<br />
highest user demands.<br />
BITO is <strong>on</strong>e of the few single source suppliers<br />
of comp<strong>on</strong>ents and complete systems in<br />
the fields of shelving and racking as well as<br />
plastic bins and c<strong>on</strong>tainers to meet the requirements<br />
of storage, workshop and order picking<br />
envir<strong>on</strong>ments in any industry.<br />
BITO is not <strong>on</strong>ly a full line supplier with<br />
integrated and comprehensive producti<strong>on</strong><br />
facilities, but also a full service provider offering<br />
a 'c<strong>on</strong>cept-to-completi<strong>on</strong>' c<strong>on</strong>sultancy<br />
service that will see a project through<br />
from design to handover.<br />
Where are your current main<br />
markets and what markets you<br />
are targeted at in near future?<br />
The main market for BITO is central Europe<br />
with 14 subsidiaries and many sales-partners<br />
all over the world.<br />
In 2007 BITO founded a joint venture "Nilkamal<br />
BITO Storage Systems" in India to operate<br />
as manufacturer and distributor.<br />
In 2008 "BITO Storage Systems Middle <strong>East</strong>"<br />
was founded at Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.<br />
Now BITO is dispreading in <strong>South</strong>-<strong>East</strong>ern<br />
Europe with Sales Partners.<br />
Please, define the most specific<br />
features of markets in <strong>South</strong>-<br />
<strong>East</strong>ern Europe (SEE) compared<br />
to Western or global?<br />
In Western Europe the wage level is quite<br />
high. So you will find a high degree of automati<strong>on</strong>.<br />
At the moment the wage level in SSE is<br />
still low so you do not find so much automati<strong>on</strong><br />
in the logistics sector. But this will change within<br />
the next years.<br />
At the moment the inquiries for such systems<br />
are less but this will also change in the next<br />
time. For BITO this is the chance to deliver our<br />
highly developed products for this branch.<br />
What comprises your near future<br />
business plans for SEE, including<br />
Bulgaria, Slovenia, Romania,<br />
Greece and Turkey?<br />
In Romania we have our own subsidiary; in<br />
all other states we have Sales Partners. In Bul-
garia it's the company Logistic Systems in Sofia; in Greece it's the company<br />
Pebro and in Turkey the company Ek<strong>on</strong>. In all other states including Serbia,<br />
etc. we are looking for Sales-Partners at the moment.<br />
How is BITO's after-sales service organized in<br />
these countries? Do you offer some l<strong>on</strong>g-term technical<br />
support for your customers?<br />
There is no difference if a customer orders directly from BITO or orders<br />
from <strong>on</strong>e of our Sales-Partners. The customer will always receive the same<br />
benefits. Our BITO-Service-Programme includes delivery, assembly, startup<br />
and customer support.<br />
Being close to our customers is of great importance for BITO. A<br />
dense network of experienced technical advisors guarantees fast and<br />
competent support and service.<br />
Which are BITO Lagertechnik's storage soluti<strong>on</strong>s<br />
with the biggest market potential in<br />
<strong>South</strong>eastern Europe?<br />
In 2008 we start running Europe's most modern pallet racking plant<br />
in Meisenheim (Germany). With this new pallet-rack we have competitive<br />
prices to sell it also in SSE. Our customers receive a product<br />
"Made in Germany" for a fair price.<br />
Our main focuses are the dynamic racks for cart<strong>on</strong>s, bins and also for<br />
pallets as well as our large variety of plastic bins and c<strong>on</strong>tainers.<br />
What are BITO Lagertechnik products advantages<br />
in comparis<strong>on</strong> with those of competiti<strong>on</strong>?<br />
BITO is offering a huge product range. So the customers can receive<br />
everything for their warehouse from <strong>on</strong>e hand.<br />
Because of this we can exactly offer what the customer needs.<br />
BITO will be pleased to give competent and experienced advice as to the<br />
optimum soluti<strong>on</strong>.<br />
The scope of advice ranges from inquiries answered over the ph<strong>on</strong>e to <strong>on</strong><br />
site visits during which a c<strong>on</strong>crete layout plan can be drawn up in cooperati<strong>on</strong><br />
with the customer.<br />
What technologies and market trends do you think<br />
would affect the warehouse and order picking system's<br />
market within next years?<br />
I think that the market trends are influenced from two different circumstances.<br />
At first we have the changing in the Logistic-c<strong>on</strong>cept. In the past you almost<br />
had <strong>on</strong>ly big orders and now you have more and more small orders.<br />
Delivery periods are getting smaller and smaller. In pharmaceutical logistics<br />
you sometimes have delivery periods from 3 times per day.<br />
Also webshop-business with small quantity orders is getting more and<br />
more popular. For these changes you need a flexible order picking system.<br />
The sec<strong>on</strong>d changing is the Lean-Management which is realised<br />
in many companies at the moment. For this system you need a<br />
very flexible rack. That's why BITO integrated the new BITO-Ergo<br />
system now <strong>on</strong> the market.<br />
As you see we listen very carefully to what the market needs are<br />
and bring our flexible systems <strong>on</strong> the market. The future can come,<br />
we are ready.<br />
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Remote access for the digital home<br />
Remote m<strong>on</strong>itoring and c<strong>on</strong>trol of home appliances is becoming a reality<br />
with support from a range of communicati<strong>on</strong> protocols.<br />
Rawin Rojvanit<br />
Microchip Technology<br />
Functi<strong>on</strong>ally, the c<strong>on</strong>trol-panel and display<br />
designs of appliances have not changed much<br />
in the past several decades. Each appliance<br />
still has a c<strong>on</strong>trol panel c<strong>on</strong>sisting of knobs<br />
and butt<strong>on</strong>s, and some type of display. The<br />
implementati<strong>on</strong> of these inputs and outputs<br />
may have improved during the transiti<strong>on</strong> from<br />
mechanical to digital, but c<strong>on</strong>sumers still have<br />
to walk up to these appliances to c<strong>on</strong>trol them<br />
and m<strong>on</strong>itor their activity. So isn’t it about time<br />
to c<strong>on</strong>nect these appliances to the Internet<br />
and empower c<strong>on</strong>sumers to access them from<br />
anywhere, anytime?<br />
Imagine a c<strong>on</strong>trol and display system that<br />
can be accessed from a web browser. The<br />
c<strong>on</strong>sumer could access these appliances from<br />
a PDA, a cell ph<strong>on</strong>e, or a computer. In this<br />
manner, the c<strong>on</strong>sumer could check whether<br />
they have left the stove <strong>on</strong>. In the event that<br />
an unsafe temperature or level of smoke is<br />
reached, the stove could send an SMS message<br />
to a cell ph<strong>on</strong>e - allowing the c<strong>on</strong>sumer<br />
to turn off the stove and/or activate a fireextinguishing<br />
system.<br />
The safety implicati<strong>on</strong>s for remote m<strong>on</strong>itoring<br />
and c<strong>on</strong>trol of home appliances becomes<br />
obvious when c<strong>on</strong>sidering that, between<br />
1999-2002, there were 114,000 reported<br />
home fires, associated with cooking equipment,<br />
every year in the US, resulting in 290<br />
deaths and 4,380 injuries annually (source:<br />
Nati<strong>on</strong>al Fire Protecti<strong>on</strong> Associati<strong>on</strong>). In additi<strong>on</strong><br />
to increasing safety, c<strong>on</strong>sumers would<br />
also benefit from more c<strong>on</strong>venience and higher<br />
efficiency.<br />
The remote access capability is not a replacement<br />
for traditi<strong>on</strong>al c<strong>on</strong>trol panels and<br />
displays, as it would still desirable for c<strong>on</strong>sumers<br />
to retain the c<strong>on</strong>venti<strong>on</strong>al hands-<strong>on</strong> c<strong>on</strong>trol<br />
of each appliance. Additi<strong>on</strong>ally, the adopti<strong>on</strong><br />
rate for networked appliances is dependent<br />
<strong>on</strong> the network infrastructure and availability.<br />
According to a recent survey, 42% of<br />
EU households now have a broadband c<strong>on</strong>necti<strong>on</strong>,<br />
which is an increase of 12% <strong>on</strong> the<br />
2006 figure. This is a promising trend, as it<br />
shows that more <strong>European</strong> households are<br />
going <strong>on</strong>line and wanting their homes to be a<br />
part of the digital world.<br />
C<strong>on</strong>trolling and m<strong>on</strong>itoring home appliances<br />
c<strong>on</strong>sists of both home automati<strong>on</strong> and<br />
home entertainment. An entertainment appliance,<br />
such as a digital TV, has a high datarate<br />
requirement, and therefore would need<br />
a different networking medium than a light<br />
bulb. Some of the available networking technologies<br />
include Ethernet, HomePlug powerline<br />
communicati<strong>on</strong>, 802.11 Wi-Fi, and IEEE<br />
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Figure 1: A potential scenario for networking home appliances.<br />
802.15.4 ZigBee, low data-rate RF communicati<strong>on</strong>.<br />
Ethernet and Wi-Fi are used widely<br />
for networking computers. A wired soluti<strong>on</strong><br />
such as Ethernet may be desirable over a<br />
wireless choice when designing an appliance<br />
with a large amount of metallic comp<strong>on</strong>ents,<br />
since the wireless signal has poor penetrati<strong>on</strong><br />
through thick metal. In the absence of<br />
an Ethernet port, power-line communicati<strong>on</strong><br />
could be used. However, the data rate for<br />
this technology is still very low. ZigBee is intended<br />
to be used in wireless applicati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
requiring low data rates and low power c<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong>.<br />
A ZigBee-to-Ethernet or Wi-Fi<br />
bridge is probably needed for interc<strong>on</strong>necting<br />
the different elements, as shown in Figure<br />
1.<br />
Choosing a higher data rate opti<strong>on</strong> often<br />
translates into a higher implementati<strong>on</strong> cost.<br />
Each designer has to balance the product requirements<br />
against the cost of implementing<br />
them.<br />
Regardless of the different networking<br />
technology deployed, the higher-layer software<br />
protocols ultimately tie all the devices<br />
together; allowing them to interact and communicate<br />
with other Internet devices. Some<br />
of these protocols include IP, TCP, and UDP.<br />
The higher-layer protocol should also provide<br />
secure access to each of the devices to<br />
prevent strangers from being able to start<br />
and stop home appliances, or open and close<br />
the garage door. Security could be implemented<br />
using an HTTP server <strong>on</strong> an appliance<br />
device. A user would remotely access<br />
that device by typing the URL or IP address<br />
of the server. A login page would then authenticate<br />
the user, before allowing access<br />
to c<strong>on</strong>trol and m<strong>on</strong>itor the appliance. The<br />
user interface could be GUI-based or textbased,<br />
or both.<br />
A GUI interface could be built from simple<br />
HTML ic<strong>on</strong>s or an image map with ‘hot spots’<br />
for accepting commands. A script can also be<br />
included for the Web browser that would periodically<br />
poll the server for new status informati<strong>on</strong>.<br />
A text-based interface, such as a Short<br />
Figure 2: Appliances can be easily and cost-effectively<br />
networked using 8-bit microc<strong>on</strong>trollers<br />
with integrated Ethernet capability, such<br />
as the PIC18F97J60 from Microchip.<br />
Message Service (SMS) bot, could simplify access<br />
from a small Internet device, such as a<br />
cell ph<strong>on</strong>e. Using these Web-based technologies<br />
reduces the design cost for implementing<br />
a proprietary remote-c<strong>on</strong>trol device. It also<br />
offers a greater level of integrati<strong>on</strong> am<strong>on</strong>g devices<br />
from different manufacturers.<br />
Implementing these network soluti<strong>on</strong>s has<br />
become easier as silic<strong>on</strong> manufacturers offer<br />
a more integrated soluti<strong>on</strong>. For example, an<br />
embedded Ethernet device can now be implemented<br />
using just <strong>on</strong>e microc<strong>on</strong>troller<br />
with an integrated Ethernet interface c<strong>on</strong>troller<br />
(See Figure 2). A free TCP/IP stack is also<br />
typically included to complement the hardware<br />
soluti<strong>on</strong>.<br />
As the soluti<strong>on</strong> cost becomes more ec<strong>on</strong>omical<br />
for the mass market, more appliances<br />
and other household devices could integrate<br />
networking capability. No <strong>on</strong>e c<strong>on</strong>nectivity<br />
soluti<strong>on</strong> al<strong>on</strong>e will be able to meet the<br />
wide-ranging applicati<strong>on</strong> requirements. rather,<br />
a combinati<strong>on</strong> of Ethernet, HomePlug, Wi-Fi,<br />
ZigBee, and other emerging technologies can<br />
deliver an optimal integrated soluti<strong>on</strong>. Providing<br />
the ability to remotely c<strong>on</strong>trol and m<strong>on</strong>itor<br />
appliances would increase both safety and<br />
free time, saving c<strong>on</strong>sumers from doing timec<strong>on</strong>suming<br />
chores and leaving them with<br />
more time to do the things they enjoy.<br />
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<strong>on</strong> <strong>South</strong>-<strong>East</strong> <strong>European</strong> Market<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Electr<strong>on</strong>ic</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Manufacturing</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Services</str<strong>on</strong>g> are am<strong>on</strong>g the most rapidly growing industries in the electr<strong>on</strong>ic producti<strong>on</strong> area. The development is due to a<br />
complex mix of reas<strong>on</strong>s. Companies in the field broadened the spectrum of services they offer - from manufacturing of boards to more intricate<br />
manufacturing services. Now most of the <str<strong>on</strong>g>EMS</str<strong>on</strong>g> companies can provide all of the manufacturing resources for an OEM, reducti<strong>on</strong> in working capital,<br />
shortened time for availability or the acquiring of the new technologies and ability to offer after sales services. Further, n<strong>on</strong>-traditi<strong>on</strong>al end-use markets<br />
that are promptly embracing outsourcing strategy, such as medical, industrial, aerospace and defence, are in increasing exposure these days and <str<strong>on</strong>g>EMS</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
offers them profitable potencial in terms of future opportunities. Am<strong>on</strong>g the traditi<strong>on</strong>al <str<strong>on</strong>g>EMS</str<strong>on</strong>g> hotspots as Asia-Pacific and Latin America, <strong>East</strong>ern Europe<br />
have emerged as <strong>on</strong>e of the main outsourcing places. We present informati<strong>on</strong> about few of the leading regi<strong>on</strong>al companies specialized in <str<strong>on</strong>g>Electr<strong>on</strong>ic</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
C<strong>on</strong>tract <str<strong>on</strong>g>Manufacturing</str<strong>on</strong>g>, Design, Test, <str<strong>on</strong>g>Manufacturing</str<strong>on</strong>g> and Repair <str<strong>on</strong>g>Services</str<strong>on</strong>g> of electr<strong>on</strong>ic modules and assemblies. All the data used in the article is based<br />
<strong>on</strong> materials provided by the companies or published <strong>on</strong> their web-sites.<br />
ATECH ELEKTRONIKA D.O.O.<br />
Slovenian company ATech serves a broad portfolio<br />
of market segments including home appliance, industrial,<br />
HVAC, telecommunicati<strong>on</strong>s, medical and military<br />
electr<strong>on</strong>ics.<br />
Company's activities include lead-free ready; SMT automatic<br />
assembly, reflow in inert gas atmosphere; PTH<br />
manual assembly, wave soldering in inert gas atmosphere;<br />
Product assembly; Box-build, packaging and<br />
worldwide delivery; ICT & functi<strong>on</strong>al testing; Quality certificati<strong>on</strong>;<br />
Development and building of custom testing devices.<br />
"<str<strong>on</strong>g>EMS</str<strong>on</strong>g> market in Slovenia is in intense price competi<strong>on</strong>.<br />
There aren't much companies with extensive customer<br />
support from product c<strong>on</strong>cept to product life-time<br />
support", stated Gregor Franic, Marketing Director of Atech<br />
Elektr<strong>on</strong>ika.<br />
CARAT ELECTRONICS AD<br />
Carat <str<strong>on</strong>g>Electr<strong>on</strong>ic</str<strong>on</strong>g>s AD is <strong>on</strong>e of the main Bulgarian<br />
manufacturers of electricity meters and electr<strong>on</strong>ic cash<br />
registers with fiscal memory, integrated POS terminals<br />
and systems, fiscal printers, electr<strong>on</strong>ic taximeters with<br />
fiscal memory, electr<strong>on</strong>ic tachographs, electr<strong>on</strong>ic electricity<br />
meters, informati<strong>on</strong> systems for c<strong>on</strong>trol and electr<strong>on</strong>ic<br />
reading of electric energy and others.<br />
The company has modern SMD assembly equipment<br />
and capacity for fulfillment of large series of orders for<br />
SMD and c<strong>on</strong>venti<strong>on</strong>al assembly of printed circuit boards.<br />
Besides the high-tech equipment for the electr<strong>on</strong>ic<br />
products manufacture, Carat <str<strong>on</strong>g>Electr<strong>on</strong>ic</str<strong>on</strong>g>s provides pos-<br />
Table 1. Presented companies<br />
sibility for the producti<strong>on</strong> of instrumental and molding<br />
equipment - injecti<strong>on</strong> molds, cutters, blast forms, press<br />
forms and also a wide range of different size and c<strong>on</strong>figurati<strong>on</strong><br />
of metal products, products form thermoplastic<br />
and thermo reactive polymers, produced through molding<br />
and pressing - for home or industrial use.<br />
CENTILLION LTD<br />
Bulgarian company Centilli<strong>on</strong> was established in 1998.<br />
Company's activities and expertize include development<br />
of products and producti<strong>on</strong> technologies; producti<strong>on</strong> of<br />
electr<strong>on</strong>ic modules, devices and systems; representati<strong>on</strong><br />
of leading companies for electr<strong>on</strong>ic assembly, test<br />
and repair equipment; training and c<strong>on</strong>sulting in surface<br />
mount technologies. Centilli<strong>on</strong> utilizes approved processes<br />
for product development based <strong>on</strong> the ISO<br />
HR 100 A<br />
Revoluti<strong>on</strong>ary<br />
Hybrid Rework<br />
Technology<br />
for SMD Soluti<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
Safe IR & Hot Air<br />
Combined<br />
Innovati<strong>on</strong>. Quality. Customer Support<br />
Tzarigradsko Shosse Blvd, 7-th km, ATM Center, 1784 Sofia, Bulgaria<br />
tel: (+359 2) 974 47 51 fax: (+359 2) 974 47 52;<br />
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9001 standard. The operati<strong>on</strong>s include research and<br />
analysis; development; producti<strong>on</strong> of prototypes and<br />
preparati<strong>on</strong> of manufacturing (pilot series); serial pro-<br />
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ducti<strong>on</strong>. In manufacturing processes company rely <strong>on</strong><br />
advanced technological equipment for automatic assembly<br />
of comp<strong>on</strong>ents with 0201, fine-pitch, BGA,<br />
µBGA and flip-chip package forms. In order to guarantee<br />
the process of test and inspecti<strong>on</strong> of the product's<br />
functi<strong>on</strong>ality, Centilli<strong>on</strong> develops test strategies,<br />
programs and systems; Instructi<strong>on</strong>s and methods for<br />
testing and qualifying; test devices, technical formulati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
and equipment.<br />
COMET ELECTRONICS<br />
Comet <str<strong>on</strong>g>Electr<strong>on</strong>ic</str<strong>on</strong>g>s was established in 1991 in Bulgaria.<br />
The main activity of the company is c<strong>on</strong>centrated in the<br />
import, export and distributi<strong>on</strong> of electr<strong>on</strong>ic comp<strong>on</strong>ents<br />
for industrial purposes. The commercial activity of the<br />
company covers Bulgaria and the Balkan regi<strong>on</strong>. The volume<br />
of annual turnover, the support of a great variety of<br />
items included in the Line card, the regular supplies from<br />
over than 50 world known manufacturers and distributors<br />
determine the leading role of Comet <str<strong>on</strong>g>Electr<strong>on</strong>ic</str<strong>on</strong>g>s am<strong>on</strong>g<br />
the Bulgarian distributors of electr<strong>on</strong>ic comp<strong>on</strong>ents. Comet<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Electr<strong>on</strong>ic</str<strong>on</strong>g>s serves more than 5000 middle and small<br />
scale manufacturing and trading companies. It is the main<br />
supplier of the basic industrial companies in Bulgaria. The<br />
company also performs special supplies of items not included<br />
in its Line card for R&D, for manufacture of prototypes<br />
and pilot series. Apart from the distributi<strong>on</strong> activities,<br />
Comet <str<strong>on</strong>g>Electr<strong>on</strong>ic</str<strong>on</strong>g>s recently established its own <str<strong>on</strong>g>EMS</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
producti<strong>on</strong> facility in the new building.<br />
ELECTRON CONSORTIUM JSC<br />
Electr<strong>on</strong> C<strong>on</strong>sortium JSC was established in Bulgaria<br />
in 1991. The field of activities of Electr<strong>on</strong> C<strong>on</strong>sor-<br />
tium includes transfer of technologies and know-how,<br />
industrial cooperati<strong>on</strong>, engineering, agency and trade<br />
activities in the field of telecommunicati<strong>on</strong>, navigati<strong>on</strong><br />
and radar systems, electr<strong>on</strong>ics and radio equipment,<br />
security systems, producti<strong>on</strong> of electr<strong>on</strong>ic tools, special<br />
and civil equipment, etc. The company has research<br />
and development facilities, equipped with modern<br />
measuring equipment, and highly technological<br />
producti<strong>on</strong> facilities for assembling PCBs.<br />
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Table 2. Type of design services provided<br />
Producti<strong>on</strong> activities of the company includes assembly<br />
of PCB's, modules and whole products.<br />
The assembly includes SMD and c<strong>on</strong>venti<strong>on</strong>al<br />
(THR) assembly. The producti<strong>on</strong> line has a possibility<br />
to take limited series, as well as mass producti<strong>on</strong>. The<br />
producti<strong>on</strong> equipment allows flexibility and fast<br />
change of the produced items. The company makes<br />
the whole technological preparati<strong>on</strong> from the file of<br />
the PCB, which includes the informati<strong>on</strong> about the<br />
placement of the comp<strong>on</strong>ents and the corresp<strong>on</strong>ding<br />
mark and value/type of the comp<strong>on</strong>ent.<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>EMS</str<strong>on</strong>g>-ELECTRA SRL<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>EMS</str<strong>on</strong>g>-ELECTRA is a Romanian company providing electr<strong>on</strong>ic<br />
manufacturing services, from prototype to medium<br />
quantities, based <strong>on</strong> the specificati<strong>on</strong>s and requirements<br />
received from the customer purchasing of the materials<br />
from the global market;<br />
materials and<br />
cables preparati<strong>on</strong>;<br />
automatic assembly<br />
of the SMD comp<strong>on</strong>ents;<br />
lead-free reflow<br />
soldering; assembly<br />
of the THT<br />
Table 3. Kind of soldering technologies<br />
comp<strong>on</strong>ents; lead-free wave soldering; microc<strong>on</strong>trollers<br />
programming; functi<strong>on</strong>al testing (intermediate and final);<br />
final assembly of the products and packaging. The producti<strong>on</strong><br />
of the PCBs (single and double layer) and the<br />
injecti<strong>on</strong> of the plastic cases can be d<strong>on</strong>e in the companies<br />
which bel<strong>on</strong>g to the group. "The small and medium<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>EMS</str<strong>on</strong>g> companies from Romania have several times more<br />
capacity than it is needed for the Romanian market", commented<br />
Mr. Sorin Popa, Manager of <str<strong>on</strong>g>EMS</str<strong>on</strong>g>-ELECTRA SRL,<br />
about <str<strong>on</strong>g>EMS</str<strong>on</strong>g> market in his country.<br />
EPIQ ELECTRONIC ASSEMBLY<br />
EPIQ <str<strong>on</strong>g>Electr<strong>on</strong>ic</str<strong>on</strong>g> Assembly was established in 1997.<br />
Its principal business is the producti<strong>on</strong> of electr<strong>on</strong>ic modules<br />
for automotive (Ford, General Motors, Daimler-<br />
Chrysler, Delphi, Valeo and others.), Telecommunicati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
(S<strong>on</strong>y), household (Tefal, Roventa, Seb Group,<br />
Calories etc.) sanitary and medical equipment (IEM,<br />
Tefal), and sensors. Epiq's main processes include<br />
automatic and manual saturati<strong>on</strong> of printed circuit
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Table 4. Type of <str<strong>on</strong>g>EMS</str<strong>on</strong>g> process/ manufacturing technology provided<br />
boards, surface mount and open producti<strong>on</strong> of specialized sensors, interim and<br />
final electrical test produced by the measuring equipment, chip-<strong>on</strong>-board assembly,<br />
producti<strong>on</strong> tooling and injecti<strong>on</strong> molds.<br />
Equipment and producti<strong>on</strong> facilities of Epiq include 12 000 square meters producti<strong>on</strong><br />
area, 1000 sq.m. clean room class 10 000, 5 lines for surface mounting with a total capacity<br />
of 90 000 comp./hour, 5 machines type seam waves, open assembly machines, laboratory<br />
qualificati<strong>on</strong> tests, Intranet management system for documents and data. Producti<strong>on</strong>,<br />
sales, warehouse and financial activities of the company are managed by specialized<br />
software BAAN IV. Epiq successfully develop activities <strong>on</strong> the U.S. and West <strong>European</strong><br />
markets.<br />
HYBRID INTEGRATED CIRCUITS LTD<br />
Hybrid Integrated Circuits Ltd.(HIC) was established in December 1996 <strong>on</strong> the<br />
bases of the Hybrid Microelectr<strong>on</strong>ics Department of the "Institute of Microelectr<strong>on</strong>ics"<br />
(IME - Sofia). HIC manufactures custom hybrid IC's, resistor networks,<br />
high-voltage resistors, PCB assemblies. Company also performs SPC and FMEA<br />
with customer participati<strong>on</strong> if necessary to guarantee the customer interests. HIC<br />
supplies a great variety of SMT comp<strong>on</strong>ents as well as c<strong>on</strong>nectors, displays and<br />
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other through-hole comp<strong>on</strong>ents. Company offers all standard passive comp<strong>on</strong>ents,<br />
the most comm<strong>on</strong> active comp<strong>on</strong>ents from stock and the complete kit of<br />
comp<strong>on</strong>ents needed for assembly of hybrid or PCB <strong>on</strong> request. The producti<strong>on</strong> is<br />
export orientated - more than 90% of HIC's products are exported to Western<br />
Europe.<br />
INTEGRA SOLUTIONS<br />
INTEGRA Soluti<strong>on</strong>s, Belgrade, Serbia was founded in 2004 as a small private-owned<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Electr<strong>on</strong>ic</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Manufacturing</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Services</str<strong>on</strong>g> (<str<strong>on</strong>g>EMS</str<strong>on</strong>g>) provider. In the very beginning its main business<br />
was manufacturing of lightning c<strong>on</strong>trol equipment for the UK partner. In following years,<br />
Integra Soluti<strong>on</strong>s was gradually increasing capabilities and expanding number of clients.<br />
Today, it is <strong>on</strong>e of the fastest growing <str<strong>on</strong>g>EMS</str<strong>on</strong>g> providers in Serbia. In order to enhance services<br />
and deploy new technologies, Integra Soluti<strong>on</strong>s c<strong>on</strong>tinuously invests in training, development<br />
and educati<strong>on</strong> of employees, improvement of technological processes and equipment<br />
and supplier network building.<br />
IT INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES<br />
IT Industrial Technologies Ltd was established in 2005. The company is working as<br />
a c<strong>on</strong>tract electr<strong>on</strong>ic manufacturer for its clients in Austria, Germany and Bulgaria. IT<br />
has a flexible producti<strong>on</strong> which allows them<br />
to produce small series (less than 100<br />
boards) and big <strong>on</strong>e up to hundreds of<br />
thousands boards. Depending of customer's<br />
needs the company is able to offer<br />
PCB design, preparati<strong>on</strong> of producti<strong>on</strong><br />
technology, development and producti<strong>on</strong> of<br />
testing equipment, producti<strong>on</strong> of the de-<br />
Table 5. Kind of product runs realized
vice, leaded or leadfree soldering of the comp<strong>on</strong>ents.<br />
In 2007 IT Industrial Technologies Ltd was approved<br />
by SIEMENS and signed a c<strong>on</strong>tract for service of SMD<br />
machines produced by SIEMENS for Bulgaria and near<br />
countries.<br />
L-TEK d.o.o.<br />
L-Tek is a Slovenian company specialized in software<br />
and hardware development<br />
covering<br />
different informati<strong>on</strong><br />
technologies,<br />
telecomunicati<strong>on</strong>s,<br />
microc<strong>on</strong>trollers<br />
and special up<strong>on</strong><br />
Table 6. Kind of offered material supply<br />
customer requests. Company's portfolio also includes<br />
PCB board assembling / SMT and classic technologies<br />
for small and middle quantities including testing and<br />
packing <strong>on</strong> customer needs; manufacture of special<br />
power ressistor comp<strong>on</strong>ents, etc. In cooperati<strong>on</strong> with its<br />
subc<strong>on</strong>tractors L-Tek produces<br />
various electromechanical<br />
parts and plastic<br />
parts, punching tools and<br />
tools for plastics, mechanic<br />
c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>. Company<br />
has SMD assembly line,<br />
ceramic burn ovens, resistortrimming-measuring,<br />
silic<strong>on</strong> coating, point welding, screen printing, plastic<br />
injecti<strong>on</strong>, molding, metal punching, etc.<br />
MICRON-20 LTD<br />
Micr<strong>on</strong>-20 Ltd is a Bulgarian company for PCB design<br />
and manufacturing established in 1991. The<br />
company is specialized in manufacturing of prototypes,<br />
small and large series. Its producti<strong>on</strong> capacity<br />
is approximately 800-1000 types of single-sided and<br />
technologies; automatic SMD assembling of prototypes<br />
and small series; stencils manufacturing and<br />
high-frequency materials treatment technology as<br />
Rogers, Arl<strong>on</strong>, Neltec, Tac<strong>on</strong>ic, etc.<br />
OPT HELLAS<br />
OPT HELLAS was established in 1980 and is located<br />
<strong>on</strong> the outskirts of Athens, Greece. Over the past 22<br />
years Opt Hellas has developed a broad line of custom<br />
designed frequency c<strong>on</strong>trol products for various markets<br />
such as military, avi<strong>on</strong>ics, commercial, wireless<br />
and instrumentati<strong>on</strong>. OPT HELLAS general capabilities<br />
are: m<strong>on</strong>olithic crystal filters in all polynomials and<br />
package c<strong>on</strong>figurati<strong>on</strong> from 4 MHz to 120 MHz with<br />
fracti<strong>on</strong>al bandwidths 0.03 % to 0.3%; discrete crystal<br />
filters in all polynomials and package c<strong>on</strong>figurati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
from 1.4 mhz to 200 MHz with fracti<strong>on</strong>al bandwidths of<br />
0.01% to 2 %; LC filters of all types in all polynomial<br />
and package c<strong>on</strong>figurati<strong>on</strong>s from 1.0 KHz to 3000 MHz<br />
with fracti<strong>on</strong>al bandwidths of 2 % to more than 100 %;<br />
coil assemblies designed in toroidal coil assemblies pot<br />
core assemblies and any other form of coil assemblies,<br />
etc.<br />
The majority of its business is custom designed and<br />
standard filters with improved characteristics such as<br />
stringent group delay, ripple and/or intermodulati<strong>on</strong><br />
specificati<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
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double-sided as well as multi-layer PCBs m<strong>on</strong>thly. In<br />
order to achieve highest levels of customer satisfacti<strong>on</strong><br />
Micr<strong>on</strong> 20 has developed and installed new factory<br />
located in Gabrovo, Bulgaria with high capacity -<br />
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Energy saving unites producti<strong>on</strong> and the envir<strong>on</strong>ment<br />
Envir<strong>on</strong>mental <str<strong>on</strong>g>Manufacturing</str<strong>on</strong>g> can deliver more than just energy saving,<br />
Mitsubishi Electric takes a holistic, but practical approach to satisfy today's requirements<br />
to cut waste and improve efficiency.<br />
During the past decade of intense industrial growth, envir<strong>on</strong>mental<br />
c<strong>on</strong>cerns have not been the primary focus of most<br />
manufacturing industries. There are now str<strong>on</strong>g initiatives within<br />
energy intensive industries such as Steel, Chemicals, Aluminium,<br />
Paper, Glass, Foundries, Food and Beverage, Ceramics,<br />
Cement and Extracti<strong>on</strong> to use inverter drives to reduce<br />
energy c<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong>. The c<strong>on</strong>cept of 'Envir<strong>on</strong>mental<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Manufacturing</str<strong>on</strong>g>' from Mitsubishi Electric however can be taken<br />
much further, Mitsubishi has a complete range of automati<strong>on</strong><br />
equipment that can be applied to gain the maximum benefit in<br />
any industry, allowing efficiency gains to be spread far wider.<br />
The major effort within industry is c<strong>on</strong>centrated <strong>on</strong> reducing<br />
the amount of energy c<strong>on</strong>sumed by pumps, fans and<br />
compressors, usually by fitting inverter drives to c<strong>on</strong>trol<br />
speed and improve torque resp<strong>on</strong>se, while also reducing<br />
off-load running.<br />
Frequency Inverters play a lead role in reducing energy usage.<br />
Some, such as Mitsubishi's FR-A741, also include a<br />
regenerative power feature that reduces energy usage<br />
This approach is still highly creditable and Mitsubishi c<strong>on</strong>tinues<br />
to be extremely successful in this area. It is easy to see<br />
why; Mitsubishi Electric's FR-F700 series of power-saving inverter<br />
drives - manufactured in comm<strong>on</strong> with all Mitsubishi<br />
products in ISO 14001 accredited factories - can produce savings<br />
of up to 57% compared with c<strong>on</strong>venti<strong>on</strong>al drives, when<br />
used <strong>on</strong> variable torque loads such as fans and pumps.<br />
With a major proporti<strong>on</strong> of industrial electricity c<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong><br />
(?around 40%) utilized as the motive power for electric<br />
motors that drive pumps, fans and compressors, savings of<br />
over 50% <strong>on</strong> motor running costs are a major c<strong>on</strong>tributor to<br />
reducing a company's carb<strong>on</strong> footprint.<br />
They also reveal the scale up<strong>on</strong> which energy is wasted<br />
unnecessarily, giving a clue to the wider applicati<strong>on</strong> of AC<br />
inverter drive technology in more sec<strong>on</strong>dary areas of producti<strong>on</strong><br />
such as c<strong>on</strong>veyors, mixers and machine tools, which<br />
do not immediately suggest themselves, but can also provide<br />
useful savings. Before moving into these sec<strong>on</strong>dary areas<br />
and exploring the benefits of synergized c<strong>on</strong>trol, it is<br />
appropriate to c<strong>on</strong>sider another, newly emerging drive feature<br />
that acts not just to reduce energy c<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong>, but to<br />
reverse it. This is regenerati<strong>on</strong>.<br />
The regenerati<strong>on</strong> feature is integrated into Mitsubishi's<br />
new FR-A741 inverter drive to improve its braking performance.<br />
The FR-A741's regenerative braking system makes<br />
it much more efficient than c<strong>on</strong>venti<strong>on</strong>al drive systems, giving<br />
it the potential for significant energy savings. It also helps<br />
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to keep operating costs low, and makes possible the use of<br />
smaller and much less expensive drive systems, and simpler<br />
and more compact switchgear cabinet layouts<br />
The FR-A741's regenerative functi<strong>on</strong> works by feeding the<br />
energy generated by braking back into the power grid. Hence<br />
instead of wasting this energy as heat generated by a braking<br />
resistor and associated bulky cooling hardware, the prime<br />
benefit is this energy can then be used for other purposes.<br />
Hence overall power c<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong> is reduced as are operating<br />
costs. This is a key benefit to many high torque applicati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
such as hoists, c<strong>on</strong>veyor systems, centrifugal separators,<br />
testing machines, winding machines and elevators.<br />
When used as proprietary items, inverter drives can, <strong>on</strong><br />
their own, produce major savings in energy in certain market<br />
sectors. But what about the wider manufacturing area<br />
where savings are not so obvious?<br />
Well, here the focus has to be <strong>on</strong> such factors as Quality<br />
Improvements; reduce the number of rejects to reduce energy<br />
in rework and waste generated; <strong>on</strong> Increased Productivity:<br />
manufacturing the same product with reduced levels<br />
of energy, to achieve a lower unit cost per item; and <strong>on</strong><br />
Improved Efficiency.<br />
Improved efficiency can be achieved in a number of ways:<br />
by replacing repetitive manual tasks with robots; by using servomotors<br />
in place of standard motors for improved resp<strong>on</strong>se<br />
and precisi<strong>on</strong>; by ensuring the correct alignment of mechanical<br />
couplings, belts and chains, and by providing adequate<br />
lubricati<strong>on</strong>. Checking a drive system right down the power<br />
train makes ec<strong>on</strong>omic sense as a poorly maintained mechanical<br />
drive can reduce operating efficiency by as much as 5%.<br />
The key envir<strong>on</strong>mental objectives of improving efficiency<br />
and reducing waste - and, it must be said, improving quality<br />
- can be achieved using robotic technology. This is evidenced<br />
by a recent applicati<strong>on</strong>, at Rodinger Kunststoff-Technik<br />
(RKT) GmbH. in Germany.<br />
At this company, Mitsubishi Electric articulated arm robots<br />
are used to handle delicate moulded parts, in order to prevent<br />
expensive wastage, which could otherwise be substantial<br />
with the company manufacturing around 500 different<br />
products, and undertaking producti<strong>on</strong> runs of between<br />
100,000 and a milli<strong>on</strong> units per annum.<br />
As well as preventing waste, the robots (RV-6S units) have<br />
increased efficiency by improving producti<strong>on</strong> rates by 10%<br />
at the injecti<strong>on</strong> moulding plant. This improvement results<br />
from faster removal of parts, despite the fact that in some<br />
cases the 15 - RV-6S robots have to remove up to 48 parts<br />
simultaneously and place them precisely in a variety of different<br />
size recesses.<br />
Robotic technology is also playing a similar role, although<br />
this time as <strong>on</strong>e key comp<strong>on</strong>ent in a series of optimised<br />
automati<strong>on</strong> packages developed by Mitsubishi Electric to<br />
improve the performance, efficiency and quality throughput<br />
of flow pack machines. The packages, for Low/Medium,<br />
Medium/High and Ultra-High producti<strong>on</strong> flow pack machines,<br />
integrate the benefits of Mitsubishi Electric's AC<br />
Mitsubishi Electric articulated arm robots are used at<br />
Rodinger Kunststoff-Technik (RKT) GmbH. in Germany to<br />
handle delicate moulded parts, in order to prevent wastage.<br />
drives, servo systems, PLCs, moti<strong>on</strong> c<strong>on</strong>trollers, HMI's, virtual<br />
software and - in the case of Ultra High producti<strong>on</strong> machines<br />
- vertical robots, to provide machine users with the<br />
maximum flexibility and repeatability in operati<strong>on</strong>, to prevent<br />
errors and waste.<br />
By the very acti<strong>on</strong> of integrating these products Mitsubishi<br />
Electric is producing a synergy of operati<strong>on</strong> that is greater<br />
than the sum of the discrete comp<strong>on</strong>ents involved. Although<br />
designed primarily to improve the overall performance of the<br />
flow pack machines, this synergy produces efficiencies in<br />
operati<strong>on</strong> that also benefit the envir<strong>on</strong>ment, through more<br />
efficient use of materials, reduced wastage, improved quality<br />
and reduced use of energy.<br />
Another highly relevant example of using synergised automati<strong>on</strong><br />
technology to achieve higher producti<strong>on</strong> efficiency<br />
and therefore improved energy efficiency is at Russian Railways<br />
Magnitogorsk repair depot which has increased productivity<br />
by 100%, repairing over three thousand more<br />
freight carriages per year.<br />
Using the software and hardware integrati<strong>on</strong> capacity of a<br />
Mitsubishi iQ Automati<strong>on</strong> Platform to automate an entire secti<strong>on</strong><br />
of the rebuild process, all the benefits of Envir<strong>on</strong>mental<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Manufacturing</str<strong>on</strong>g> can be brought together. The system integrates<br />
RFID tracking, welding robots, CNC milling machines,<br />
parts handling and producti<strong>on</strong> line c<strong>on</strong>veyors.<br />
Automati<strong>on</strong> at Russian Railways Magnitogorsk repair depot<br />
links the c<strong>on</strong>veyors, welding robots and machine tools to<br />
increased productivity by 100%, and a higher producti<strong>on</strong><br />
efficiency means improved energy efficiency.<br />
The iQ Automati<strong>on</strong> Platform provided an ideal soluti<strong>on</strong> to<br />
draw all the disparate elements of the repair process together.<br />
It is a multifuncti<strong>on</strong>al, multi-CPU platform designed for a wide<br />
range of complex automati<strong>on</strong> tasks using a single approach<br />
to both hardware and software. It allows inverter drives to run<br />
the c<strong>on</strong>veyors, the robots to be used for welding very efficiently,<br />
and the machine tools to be optimised in their work schedules.<br />
All these benefits added together deliver a synergy of<br />
the technologies to reduce energy c<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong>, reduce waste<br />
and maximise producti<strong>on</strong> efficiency.<br />
The iQ Automati<strong>on</strong> Platform from Mitsubishi is helping<br />
Russian Railways repair over three thousand more freight<br />
carriages per year.<br />
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PRIMA TECH PRO<br />
Bulgarian company Prima Tech Pro is specialized in<br />
PCBs and <str<strong>on</strong>g>Electr<strong>on</strong>ic</str<strong>on</strong>g> devices assembly and test with cus-<br />
tomer's comp<strong>on</strong>ents and assembly specificati<strong>on</strong> - CE<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Manufacturing</str<strong>on</strong>g>; screen printing of panels, boxes, stickers,<br />
stencils; technological projects for PCB assembly, procurement<br />
of equipment and c<strong>on</strong>sumables, training, etc.<br />
ROMMTECH-3S<br />
Rommtech-3S Ltd. is 100% private Dutch- Bulgarian joint<br />
venture created in 2007 by Rommens Instrumenten-en Apparatenbouw<br />
B.V. and Security Smart Systems Ltd. Both<br />
companies have more than 15 years experience in developing<br />
and manufacturing electr<strong>on</strong>ics and electromechani-<br />
cal products. ROMMTECH-3S Ltd is situated in Vratza, Bulgaria.<br />
Its scope of activity is manufacturing of electr<strong>on</strong>ic and<br />
electromechanical devices; assembly of PCB's- c<strong>on</strong>venti<strong>on</strong>al<br />
and SMD assembly of electr<strong>on</strong>ic comp<strong>on</strong>ents; engineering<br />
and setting up <strong>on</strong> Printed circuit board (PCB); software<br />
loading and test of products; coupling cables, final assembly<br />
and packing; ESD protected area for electr<strong>on</strong>ic producti<strong>on</strong>;<br />
manufacturing in accordance with IPC-A-610 standard;<br />
cutting and crimping cables; injecti<strong>on</strong> moulded plastic (thermoplastic)<br />
details up to 1600 gr. and metal products (incl.<br />
punched parts up to 3mm thickness). "We are the <strong>on</strong>ly <strong>on</strong>e<br />
manufacturer in this regi<strong>on</strong> who produces electr<strong>on</strong>ics, injecti<strong>on</strong><br />
moulded products and metal sheet boxes. We offer<br />
final assembled high-quality products and complete soluti<strong>on</strong>s<br />
for clients' projects", stated Nadya Stoyanska, office<br />
manager in Rommtech-3s Ltd.<br />
SATURN ENGINEERING<br />
Saturn Engineering, Ltd. is a full service engineering design,<br />
product development and c<strong>on</strong>tract manufacturing<br />
company located in Sofia, Bulgaria. The company was<br />
established in 1998. Its area of expertise covers the industrial,<br />
medical and c<strong>on</strong>sumer markets. The company<br />
provides complete, soluti<strong>on</strong>s for OEM customers in a<br />
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Table 7. Type of offered testing services<br />
broad range of fields, including industrial, dental, medical<br />
and laboratory. It's a well known Bulgarian provider of<br />
electr<strong>on</strong>ics manufacturing services, including PC board<br />
assembly, using surface-mount or through hole technology,<br />
electromechanical assembly, cabling, final assembly.<br />
Saturn Engineering PCB capabilities are complex doublesided<br />
PCB assembly; C<strong>on</strong>tinuous flow SMT lines;<br />
Through-hole and mixed technology assembly; Lead-free<br />
assembly; No-clean and water soluble wave and reflow<br />
solder processing; Complete electrical and functi<strong>on</strong>al testing<br />
and in-circuit and chip programming and verificati<strong>on</strong>.<br />
SECTRON ELECTRONICS<br />
Sectr<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Electr<strong>on</strong>ic</str<strong>on</strong>g>s is specialized in design and development,<br />
producti<strong>on</strong>, assembling, sale and servicing of<br />
electr<strong>on</strong>ic devices - VHF and UHF Alarm transmiters, safe<br />
protectror (vibrati<strong>on</strong> detector), perimeter protecti<strong>on</strong> systems.<br />
Also company specializes in the design and distributi<strong>on</strong><br />
of security systems such as: CCTV, Intruder alarm,<br />
Access c<strong>on</strong>trol, Fire-alarm, Fire-suppressi<strong>on</strong>, Hotel security,<br />
Police equipment, Perimeter protecti<strong>on</strong> and Radio-<br />
Telecommunicati<strong>on</strong>. Sectr<strong>on</strong> is an official representative<br />
of some of the most prestigious manufacturers of security<br />
equipment. Company policy is to close the cycle of sale<br />
procedure - design, sale, installati<strong>on</strong>, service and support.<br />
In a move to widen its distributi<strong>on</strong> network, Sectr<strong>on</strong> has<br />
own branch offices in Plovdiv, Varna, Burgas, Stara Zagora,<br />
Rousse, Blagoevgrad, Pleven, Pazardjik, Bulgaria<br />
adding to the l<strong>on</strong>g lists of partner companies that cover<br />
almost every regi<strong>on</strong> in the country. Furthermore, Sectr<strong>on</strong>'s<br />
expansi<strong>on</strong> takes place bey<strong>on</strong>d the Bulgarian border. Two<br />
separate companies by the name of Sectr<strong>on</strong> exist in<br />
neighboring Serbia (since 2001) and Maced<strong>on</strong>ia (since<br />
2005). Both companies dem<strong>on</strong>strate high growth facilitating<br />
both the distributi<strong>on</strong> functi<strong>on</strong> of its parent company. In<br />
order to use its sales potential effectively, Sectr<strong>on</strong> has<br />
also successfully exported security equipment and knowhow<br />
to Moldova, Romania and Kosovo during the years.<br />
SOFTWARE PRODUCTS AND SYST<str<strong>on</strong>g>EMS</str<strong>on</strong>g> JSC<br />
Bulgarian company Software Products and Systems<br />
is specialized in special purpose hardware producti<strong>on</strong>;<br />
PCB producti<strong>on</strong>; Drills and Routers for PCBs; Assembling<br />
SMT and THT,etc.<br />
The company is manufacturing single, double and multilayer<br />
PCB from FR4, CEM1 and aluminum corn; mechanical<br />
detail and boxes from sheet metal; hard alloyed drills<br />
and routers for PCB producti<strong>on</strong> and dental technique.<br />
STS ELECTRONICS LTD<br />
STS <str<strong>on</strong>g>Electr<strong>on</strong>ic</str<strong>on</strong>g>s Ltd. is <strong>on</strong>e of the leading Bulgarian companies<br />
in the automati<strong>on</strong> equipment manufacturing. The<br />
company portfolio is including inductive switches designed<br />
for wear-free and n<strong>on</strong>-c<strong>on</strong>tact detecti<strong>on</strong> of metal objects;<br />
photoelectric switches; capacitive switches designed for<br />
n<strong>on</strong>-c<strong>on</strong>tact and wear-free detecti<strong>on</strong> of metal (electrically<br />
c<strong>on</strong>ductive) and n<strong>on</strong>-metal (electrically n<strong>on</strong>-c<strong>on</strong>ductive) objects;<br />
magnetic field sensors which are actuated by magnetic<br />
fields and are especially suited for pist<strong>on</strong> positi<strong>on</strong> de-<br />
tecti<strong>on</strong> in pneumatic cylinders; counters and tachometers.<br />
STS <str<strong>on</strong>g>Electr<strong>on</strong>ic</str<strong>on</strong>g> also produces ultras<strong>on</strong>ic sensors which use<br />
ultras<strong>on</strong>ic waves for n<strong>on</strong>-c<strong>on</strong>tact and wear-free detecti<strong>on</strong> of<br />
a large variety of objects without matter whether the object<br />
is transparent or opaque, metallic or n<strong>on</strong>-metallic, or of liquid,<br />
solid or powdery c<strong>on</strong>sistence.<br />
TELETEK ELECTRONICS JSC<br />
Teletek <str<strong>on</strong>g>Electr<strong>on</strong>ic</str<strong>on</strong>g>s JSC is a Bulgarian high-tech manufacturer<br />
of a full range of intruder and fire alarm<br />
systems.The company disposes with 2 hi-tech SMD<br />
lines c<strong>on</strong>sisting of DEK Ela screen, PHILIPS Topaz-X<br />
Pick and Place machines and ERSA Hotflow5 oven.<br />
With capability of placing over 30 000 comp<strong>on</strong>ents per
Table 8. Other c<strong>on</strong>tracts services provided<br />
hour. The Pick and Place machines enable to mount fine<br />
pitch comp<strong>on</strong>ents, BGA comp<strong>on</strong>ents and micro BGA<br />
comp<strong>on</strong>ents as well as Doublesided Reflow Soldering.<br />
Company activities also include PCB assembling with<br />
SMD comp<strong>on</strong>ents; PCB assembling with c<strong>on</strong>venti<strong>on</strong>al<br />
comp<strong>on</strong>ents and final product assembly, functi<strong>on</strong>al testing<br />
of already finished products according to our customers<br />
demands.<br />
VIDEOTON<br />
Videot<strong>on</strong> is the largest Hungarian industrial group in<br />
local private ownership offering manufacturing and related<br />
services for industrial firms. Company is integrated<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tract manufacturer and a professi<strong>on</strong>al regi<strong>on</strong>al<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>EMS</str<strong>on</strong>g> provider being the 21st largest <str<strong>on</strong>g>EMS</str<strong>on</strong>g> company globally.<br />
Headquartered in Szekesfehervar (Hungary),<br />
Videot<strong>on</strong> has 10<br />
locati<strong>on</strong>s in Hungary<br />
and 1 in<br />
Bulgaria (Stara<br />
Zagora). The<br />
Group employs<br />
9600 people and<br />
so it is the 8th<br />
biggest employer<br />
in the Hungarian<br />
industry. On a total built-in producti<strong>on</strong> area of 600 000<br />
square meters with 25 specialized medium sized subsidiaries<br />
Videot<strong>on</strong> provides its business partners complex<br />
manufacturing services from part manufacturing<br />
through final box assembly and system integrati<strong>on</strong> to<br />
transportati<strong>on</strong> or distributi<strong>on</strong> of products. Besides de-<br />
sign and engineering services, complete industrializati<strong>on</strong><br />
of new products also bel<strong>on</strong>gs to Videot<strong>on</strong>'s core<br />
competencies.<br />
Based <strong>on</strong> its comprehensive service portfolio Videot<strong>on</strong><br />
can support industrial firms to run a flexible and costeffective<br />
operati<strong>on</strong> in Hungary and offer tailored business<br />
soluti<strong>on</strong>s and setups.<br />
In its Bulgarian locati<strong>on</strong> Videot<strong>on</strong> offer a l<strong>on</strong>g-term<br />
manufacturing soluti<strong>on</strong> for its business partners since<br />
1999. The operati<strong>on</strong> activities cover assembly & testing<br />
of complete products, mechanical and electromechanical<br />
units, supported by in-house part manufacturing.<br />
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Hi-Lo PSS Group established a<br />
manufacturing facility in<br />
Romania<br />
Hi-Lo PSS Group, <strong>on</strong>e of the leading producers<br />
of Racking and Shelving soluti<strong>on</strong>s for the UK market,<br />
established a 12,000 sq.m manufacturing facility<br />
in Brasov,<br />
central Romania.<br />
The facility is<br />
able to offer logistics<br />
operators,<br />
manufacturers<br />
and retailers requiring<br />
pallet<br />
racking or certain shelving products in the <strong>East</strong>ern<br />
<strong>European</strong> regi<strong>on</strong>.<br />
"The combined business which will operate in<br />
Romania as Dexi<strong>on</strong> Hi-Lo Storage Soluti<strong>on</strong>s offers<br />
the market an unrivalled breadth of product range,<br />
with soluti<strong>on</strong>s for logistics operators, retailers, manufacturers;<br />
and all types of office and commercial<br />
envir<strong>on</strong>ments where storage and filing is required.<br />
The business is able to fulfil orders ranging from<br />
simple bays of shelving to racking for the most<br />
complex warehouses or large archiving projects",<br />
stated from the company.<br />
"With thousands of references from all over<br />
Europe and from this already a large part in the<br />
<strong>East</strong> <strong>European</strong> Regi<strong>on</strong>, we know there is large<br />
demand for the quality products we offer, and<br />
the acquisiti<strong>on</strong> of the Hi-Lo business is the next<br />
logical step strengthen our offer" says Wolfgang<br />
Koenigslehner, Regi<strong>on</strong>al Vice President for Business<br />
Development.<br />
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RWE and Turcas signed a joint<br />
venture agreement<br />
RWE Holding A.S, RWE's Turkish subsidiary<br />
company, and the Turkish company Turcas Elektrik<br />
Uretim A.S., subsidiary of Turcas Petrol<br />
A.S. (Turcas) signed a joint venture agreement<br />
for the c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> of an 800 MW combined<br />
cycle gas<br />
turbine<br />
power<br />
p l a n t<br />
(CCGT)<br />
near the<br />
city of<br />
Denizli.<br />
RWE will<br />
own 70% in the joint venture company, which<br />
already holds pre-license rights for the power<br />
plant. Initially, the main task of the joint venture<br />
company is to c<strong>on</strong>tinue the project development<br />
work and further advance the project. A final<br />
investment decisi<strong>on</strong> is expected by the end of<br />
2009 and c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> could start in early 2010.<br />
"We are happy to team up with RWE as partner<br />
because RWE is <strong>on</strong>e of the largest companies in<br />
the energy sector in Europe and has extensive experience<br />
in the operati<strong>on</strong> of gas-fired power plants.<br />
We highly appreciate the competence of our partner<br />
and look forward to working jointly <strong>on</strong> the remaining<br />
issues. We are optimistic that together<br />
with RWE, we can start the operati<strong>on</strong> of the power<br />
stati<strong>on</strong> within the deadlines we have mutually set<br />
ourselves", said Erdal Aksoy, Chairman of Turcas.<br />
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Vacuum and gear pump<br />
manufacturers in Turkey<br />
Pumps industry producti<strong>on</strong> in Turkey began in mid-<br />
1950s and the industry started to develop rapidly in<br />
the early 1960s. Small and medium size companies<br />
dominate the Turkish pumps industry which comprises<br />
approximately 899 manufacturing companies in<br />
the sector. Number of people employed in the sector<br />
is about 5660.<br />
Pumps are increasingly used in agricultural irrigati<strong>on</strong><br />
and in the manufacturing industry. Nowadays<br />
Turkey is trying to improve land and water resources<br />
and expand irrigati<strong>on</strong>. Pumps also have a wide variety<br />
of applicati<strong>on</strong>s in almost all subsectors of the<br />
Turkish manufacturing industry, mainly in the str<strong>on</strong>g<br />
food, chemical, fertilizer and petroleum industry. Other<br />
important c<strong>on</strong>sumer sectors for liquid pumps are<br />
the energy, tourism and building sector.<br />
Industrializati<strong>on</strong> and huge agricultural producti<strong>on</strong><br />
have resulted in the emergence of a str<strong>on</strong>g pumps<br />
sector in Turkey. Advanced producti<strong>on</strong> methods,<br />
such as Computer Numerical C<strong>on</strong>trol (CNC) and<br />
Computer Aided Design (CAD) are being carried out<br />
successfully in the large sized enterprises. Producti<strong>on</strong><br />
planning, quality c<strong>on</strong>trol and tests are realized<br />
by means of modern methods in these enterprises.<br />
In additi<strong>on</strong>, research and development work also c<strong>on</strong>tributes<br />
to the success recorded by these companies.<br />
As a result every kind of small capacity pump can be<br />
produced in Turkey. In additi<strong>on</strong>, there are a few large<br />
sized companies which are specialized in the producti<strong>on</strong><br />
of high capacity pumps.<br />
Turkish-made pumps are exported to almost 152<br />
countries in the world. Major export markets are Germany,<br />
Iraq, the United Kingdom, the USA, Russian<br />
Federati<strong>on</strong>, France and Kazakhstan.<br />
The object of the following article are some of the<br />
leading Turkish manufacturers in the field of vacuum<br />
and gear pump producti<strong>on</strong> and export.<br />
GUCUM PUMP<br />
Gucum Pump and Machine Industry Co. is <strong>on</strong>e of the<br />
leading companies in the field of vacuum pump technology<br />
in Turkey. The company has been manufacturing<br />
liquid ring vacuum<br />
pumps since<br />
1970. Liquid ring<br />
vacuum pumps are<br />
in class of positive<br />
displacement<br />
pumps. Using the<br />
expansi<strong>on</strong> and reducti<strong>on</strong><br />
principal in<br />
the cell of impeller<br />
blade, they vacuum the gases with a liquid ring. If the<br />
appropriate liquid is selected (generally water) all the<br />
gases and vapors are moved.<br />
For a liquid ring vacuum pump the final sucti<strong>on</strong><br />
pressure is limited with the liquid ring evaporati<strong>on</strong><br />
pressure. During service liquid temperature is 15 0 C<br />
at the pump discharge vacuum pressure reaches 25<br />
mmHg (33 mbar).<br />
Liquid ring vacuum<br />
pumps have a wide<br />
applicati<strong>on</strong> area in industry.<br />
Because of<br />
their working c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s<br />
are in liquid,<br />
they are useful for<br />
applicati<strong>on</strong>s which in-<br />
clude moisture like filtrati<strong>on</strong>, drying, refrigerati<strong>on</strong><br />
and distillati<strong>on</strong><br />
Gucum's liquid ring vacuum pumps are used mainly in<br />
the food, chemical,<br />
plastic, textile, glass,<br />
pharmaceutical and<br />
brick and tile industry.<br />
Other applicati<strong>on</strong>s of<br />
their pumps are at deodorizati<strong>on</strong><br />
and refinery<br />
applicati<strong>on</strong>s during<br />
manufacturing edible<br />
oil; producing yoghurt, milk and juice; producing jam and<br />
candies; at the macar<strong>on</strong>i, tomato paste and c<strong>on</strong>serve<br />
factories to remove the vapour; sugar refinery; producing<br />
agricultural products, producing amyl; producing cigarettes<br />
and alcohol; viscerating poultries, etc.<br />
POM-VAK<br />
POM-VAK has been found in Istanbul Ikitelli Organized<br />
Z<strong>on</strong>e in 2000. Company<br />
is specialized mainly<br />
<strong>on</strong> vacuum pumps -<br />
rotary lobe pumps,<br />
magnetic driven plastic<br />
acid pumps, stainless<br />
steel centrifugal<br />
pumps and centrifugal<br />
pumps that can<br />
work against vacuum<br />
pressure; liquid ring<br />
vacuum pumps;<br />
m<strong>on</strong>oblock types; single<br />
stage types with big sucti<strong>on</strong> capacity at mid-vacuum<br />
pressure; oil ring vacuum pump systems; rotary<br />
vane vacuum pumps; oil sealed vacuum pumps; dry<br />
running vacuum pumps; discharge pumps under vacuum<br />
pressure; stainless steel centrifugal pumps; air operated<br />
diaphragm pumps, etc.<br />
ARMAS<br />
ARMAS A.S. was founded<br />
in 1966 in order to produce<br />
commercial vehicle<br />
brake system comp<strong>on</strong>ents<br />
in Turkey. The manufacturing<br />
plant, run by a staff c<strong>on</strong>sisting<br />
of 10 engineers, 5<br />
university graduated specialists<br />
and about 100<br />
trained operators, presently<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tinues producing<br />
brake system comp<strong>on</strong>ents utilising 4000 m 2 floor space<br />
with an additi<strong>on</strong>al team of 4 quality c<strong>on</strong>trol operators<br />
and 5 research men.<br />
As the air brake systems producer ARMAS A.S. is<br />
<strong>on</strong>e of the leading companies in its product line regarding<br />
the technical<br />
know-how and producti<strong>on</strong><br />
facilities. AR-<br />
MAS Products are<br />
100 % tested and to<br />
comply with rigid<br />
specs and subject to<br />
extansive test for reliability.<br />
A major porti<strong>on</strong><br />
of its products that require<br />
precisi<strong>on</strong> ma-
chining and of paramount importance are manufactured<br />
within facilities <strong>on</strong> various special machine<br />
tools while other comp<strong>on</strong>ents and materials are<br />
sourced from the local suppliers quality standards<br />
remain reliable.<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>EMS</str<strong>on</strong>g>E SIZDIRMAZLIK POMPA<br />
Is a Tukish manufacturer and exporter of gear<br />
pumps,acid pumps, centrifugal pumps,vacuum<br />
pumps, lobe pumps, diaphragm pumps, m<strong>on</strong>opumps<br />
(screw pumps), hot oil pumps,mechanical<br />
seals,packing seals,gaskets,oil seals under the brand<br />
name "<str<strong>on</strong>g>EMS</str<strong>on</strong>g>E". The company is based in Istanbul and<br />
has a Standards ISO 9001.<br />
ZINISAN VAKUM POMPA<br />
The Company is specialized in manufacturing of vacuum<br />
pumps and vacuumpackaging machines under the<br />
brand names "Zinisan" and "Elephant". "ZINISAN packaging<br />
machines are produced with the stress <strong>on</strong> an opti-<br />
mal natural protectio'<br />
of products in a<br />
wide variety of industries<br />
worldwide.<br />
ZINISAN guarantees<br />
affordable top<br />
quality in the vacuumpackagingtechnology.<br />
Advanced engineering, modular c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong><br />
and well-balanced design ensure that the machines perform<br />
optimally and are easy to maintain. The variety of<br />
machines and possibilities offers the customer an optimal<br />
choice for product packaging.<br />
GENEL MAKINA<br />
Genel Makina DIS Ticaret A.S. was established in<br />
1967 as a family<br />
company. The<br />
company is<br />
matching small<br />
scale producers<br />
with many foreign<br />
business<br />
partners, mainly<br />
acting in the field<br />
of Machinery and Spare parts for Machinery. The company<br />
is producing gear pumps and vortex pumps under<br />
the brand name GMS. Producti<strong>on</strong> has applicati<strong>on</strong><br />
in cevher treatment and preparati<strong>on</strong> (dirty water, mud,<br />
filter presses, feeds and a mixture of granular suspen-<br />
si<strong>on</strong>),c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> and ceramics<br />
(plaster, wet<br />
cement, bentanit,<br />
paints,<br />
porcelain clay,<br />
the secret, the<br />
milk of lime, ir<strong>on</strong> oxide clay); petro chemical textile and<br />
refinery (acids, bases, emilsiy<strong>on</strong>lar, viscous paste,<br />
paints, varnish, solvents, oil cakes, soap, cream,<br />
shampoo, asphalt, crude oil greases, fuel-oil, paraffin,<br />
tar, mineral oils, and c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong>s, gas, diesel, liquid<br />
gases, alcohol, hot oil, hot water, hotmelt), etc.<br />
BASHER POMPA<br />
Basher Pompa is zpecialized in manufaturing of<br />
general purpose and internal eccentric rotary<br />
positive displacement gear process pumps, helical<br />
gear process positive displacement rotary<br />
process pumps, single and multi stage centrifugal<br />
pumps, c<strong>on</strong>venti<strong>on</strong>al cam gear, helix gears,<br />
spur gear, with a trio of externally driven gear radius,<br />
eccentric palette internally, externally driven<br />
gear with a helix, lobe and manufacture of vacuum<br />
pumps to perform, other types of pumps,<br />
pump parts, filters, separators, c<strong>on</strong>necti<strong>on</strong> equipment,<br />
producti<strong>on</strong> line equipment, dosage pumps,<br />
injectors, expansi<strong>on</strong> joints, etc. Basher's pump<br />
have an applicati<strong>on</strong> in general food, paraffin, glucose,<br />
chocolate, water-based fluids, water, general<br />
industry, tankers, transfer systems, foundry,<br />
icebox, aggressive-corrosive liquids, detergents,<br />
glycerine, solvents, molasses, cement, asphalt,<br />
fuel-oil, angry fat, oil, LPG, cosmetics and other<br />
gas processing, laboratories, high technology, research,<br />
medical biotechnological, pharmacological<br />
activities, mining, semi-c<strong>on</strong>ductors, etc.<br />
KING POMPA<br />
King Pompa manufacturing facilities are based in<br />
Istanbul, Turkey. The first producti<strong>on</strong> unit was made in<br />
1977 and the mass producti<strong>on</strong> started in 1982. Compa-<br />
nies main activities are in the field of positive displacement<br />
pumps and pump producti<strong>on</strong> activities in the fields<br />
of engineering and the industrial areas. King Pompa is<br />
manufacturing gear pumps, petrochemical pumps, food<br />
pumps, chemical pumps, paint pumps, pumps with magnetic<br />
couplings. Its main product lines are integral series<br />
pumps; integral series giant pumps; optimal series<br />
pumps; M series pumps; magnetic kaplinli pumps; crawler<br />
pumps and pressure valves limitati<strong>on</strong>s. All pumps are<br />
produces in corresp<strong>on</strong>dence with GOST standard.<br />
NET MAKINA<br />
The Turkish company Net Makina is manufacturing<br />
gear pumps, high-pressure gear pumps, safety<br />
valves and filters under the brand name NETPOMP.<br />
The pumps are designed for different industrial purposes<br />
and liquids - glucose, vegetable oils, gelatin,<br />
paint, adhesive, solvent, paraffin, glycerin, asphalt,<br />
cream, fuel oil, caustics, mineral and natural oils,<br />
wine, gum, varnish, hot oils, etc.<br />
OZENIRLER<br />
The company produced hydraulic dumper gear pump,<br />
lower lifting cylinders and gear boxes (p.t.o.) within the<br />
first years of its establishment but later enlarged its<br />
range of producti<strong>on</strong> with a great initiative following 1985<br />
and started to manufacture hydraulic telescopic cylinders,<br />
machinery cylinders, pist<strong>on</strong> and gear pumps, gear<br />
boxes (p.t.o.) as well as lowering ventile.<br />
The producti<strong>on</strong> capacity of the company has reached<br />
five thousand pieces per year, c<strong>on</strong>tinues to be <strong>on</strong>e of<br />
the leaders within its sector as well as export its products<br />
to the Middle <strong>East</strong> countries.<br />
Ozenirler is manufacturing four types of pumps<br />
with different working pressure and weight - pist<strong>on</strong><br />
pump; gear pump; mechanics gear pump and directi<strong>on</strong>al<br />
valves.<br />
YILDIZ POMPA<br />
Yildiz Pompa is involving industry for transferring viscous<br />
and semi-viscous fluid from inside the cam gear<br />
pumps, food pumps, module gear pumps, gear pumps<br />
and the new helix that produces a lobe pump. Its annual<br />
producti<strong>on</strong> is approximately 2000 pumps.<br />
Companies manufacturing facilities are based in Istanbul<br />
at approximately 1200 m 2 covered area.<br />
Yildiz pumps are mainly used in food processing, beverages,<br />
the dairy products, pers<strong>on</strong>al hygiene products,<br />
pharmaceutical industry, biological applicati<strong>on</strong>s, and industrial<br />
chemicals.<br />
YILSA SAYAC POMPA<br />
Yilsa Limited Company is an extensi<strong>on</strong> of Yildiz Pump and<br />
Machine Industry which was founded in 1976. Yilsa Limited<br />
was founded at February 1988 in Adapazari in the presidency<br />
of Necati Gokdemir. The company is producing tanker<br />
counters, pumps, hose wrapping spools and oil filters which<br />
are used in oil tankers. In tanker counter sector, company's<br />
products are nati<strong>on</strong>al wide known. Yilsa products was<br />
been producing under the brand of Yildiz Pump and Machine<br />
Indusrty between the 1981 - 1984. Since 1984 the<br />
products are made under the nati<strong>on</strong>al quality document<br />
"TSE Kalite Belgesi". In 1997 sales and marketing forces<br />
was divided from Yilsa to "Gokpa Oil Equipments<br />
Marketing Company".<br />
Source: IGEME and companies web-sites<br />
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Industry, power engineering ang energy efficient projects in <strong>South</strong>-<strong>East</strong> Europe<br />
supported by <strong>European</strong> Bank for Rec<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> and Developement (EBRD)<br />
Elektrokrajina Power<br />
Distributi<strong>on</strong> Project,<br />
Bosnia and Herzegovina<br />
The EBRD is c<strong>on</strong>sidering providing debt financing for the<br />
rec<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> of power distributi<strong>on</strong> network and facilities<br />
and upgrade of metering system (the "Project") in the Banja<br />
Luka regi<strong>on</strong> of<br />
Republic of Srpska<br />
of Bosnia and<br />
Herzegovina.<br />
The Project will<br />
increase energy<br />
efficiency by reducing<br />
the technical<br />
and commercial distributi<strong>on</strong> network losses.<br />
The Project will facilitate enforcement of payment discipline<br />
and reducti<strong>on</strong> of commercial losses through remote<br />
meter reading, relocati<strong>on</strong> of meters (outside the houses) and<br />
remote disc<strong>on</strong>necti<strong>on</strong>. The improvements in the distributi<strong>on</strong><br />
network will also lead to a better quality of power supply<br />
(fewer interrupti<strong>on</strong>s, better frequency c<strong>on</strong>trol) necessary to<br />
support the country's ec<strong>on</strong>omic growth. In additi<strong>on</strong>, extending<br />
a corporate loan to a distributi<strong>on</strong> company relying primarily<br />
<strong>on</strong> the regulatory framework dem<strong>on</strong>strates the financial<br />
l<strong>on</strong>g-term viability of the sector to commercial lenders and<br />
private investors.<br />
The client is ZP Elektrokrajina a.d., the power distributi<strong>on</strong><br />
company servicing the regi<strong>on</strong> of Banja luka, majority owned<br />
(65%) by Elektroprivreda Republika Srpska ("EPRS"), <strong>on</strong>e<br />
of the three nati<strong>on</strong>al energy utilities that cover electricity generati<strong>on</strong><br />
and distributi<strong>on</strong> in Bosnia and Herzegovina.<br />
EBRD financing is EUR 15 milli<strong>on</strong> corporate senior loan to<br />
Elektrokrajina to co-finance a EUR 20 milli<strong>on</strong> investment together<br />
with the Republic of Srpska Investment Development<br />
Bank and the Client.<br />
The total project cost is EUR 20 milli<strong>on</strong>.<br />
Envir<strong>on</strong>mental impact<br />
The Project was screened B/1 under the Bank's Envir<strong>on</strong>mental<br />
Policy (2003), requiring an Envir<strong>on</strong>mental and Social<br />
Due Diligence (ESDD) in line with the Bank's Envir<strong>on</strong>mental<br />
Policy. The ESDD undertaken by an internati<strong>on</strong>al independent<br />
c<strong>on</strong>sultant c<strong>on</strong>sisted of an Envir<strong>on</strong>mental Audit of the<br />
existing assets and an Envir<strong>on</strong>mental Analysis of the proposed<br />
investment programme.<br />
The ESSD has c<strong>on</strong>firmed that the company is in general<br />
compliance with Nati<strong>on</strong>al requirements and the investment<br />
programme is structured to meet the Bank's Envir<strong>on</strong>mental<br />
Policy. The ESDD identified, am<strong>on</strong>g others, the need to further<br />
strengthen the instituti<strong>on</strong>al capacity of the Company in<br />
terms envir<strong>on</strong>mental, health and safety (EHS) management.<br />
This has been addressed through the Envir<strong>on</strong>mental and<br />
Social Acti<strong>on</strong> Plan (ESAP), which has been agreed with the<br />
Company. The ESAP includes am<strong>on</strong>g others the need for a<br />
formalized EHS management system in line with best internati<strong>on</strong>al<br />
practice as well as development of a stakeholder<br />
engagement programme.<br />
The Bank will m<strong>on</strong>itor the project to asses the status of<br />
implementati<strong>on</strong> of the ESAP.<br />
Maritza <strong>East</strong> 2 TPP - FGD 5-6<br />
Loan Extensi<strong>on</strong><br />
Bulgaria<br />
The EBRD is c<strong>on</strong>sidering financing the installati<strong>on</strong> of a<br />
Flue Gas Desulphurisati<strong>on</strong> (FGD) plant at units 5 and 6 of<br />
the Maritza <strong>East</strong> 2 (ME2) power plant in Bulgaria. The power<br />
plant is fired by lignite and has a capacity of 1,450 MW.<br />
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The key objective of the proposed project is to reduce pollutant<br />
emissi<strong>on</strong>s and therefore to help improve local c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s<br />
and assist the country in meeting its nati<strong>on</strong>al and EU envir<strong>on</strong>mental<br />
standards and obligati<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
The transiti<strong>on</strong> impact of the EBRD involvement results<br />
from:<br />
The project introduces FGD technology that will lead to<br />
compliance with EU envir<strong>on</strong>mental standards. The technology<br />
and the improved compliance with internati<strong>on</strong>al standards<br />
that it allows are potentially replicable in the regi<strong>on</strong><br />
where envir<strong>on</strong>mental performance is an issue and where<br />
there has been limited investment to c<strong>on</strong>trol pollutant emissi<strong>on</strong>s<br />
in thermal generati<strong>on</strong> power plants to-date.<br />
The project will also have significant ec<strong>on</strong>omic benefits for<br />
the country and the regi<strong>on</strong> as it provides a relatively low cost<br />
alternative to replacement capacity and supports the local<br />
lignite mining industry. Due to access to low-cost lignite, ME2<br />
will c<strong>on</strong>tinue to be a low cost producer, which is particularly<br />
important in the c<strong>on</strong>text of increasing demand and supply<br />
shortages in the regi<strong>on</strong>.<br />
The project will support a key market player in the Bulgarian<br />
Electricity market to improve its envir<strong>on</strong>mental<br />
performance to EU standard and become a modern producer<br />
of electricity.<br />
The client isMaritza <strong>East</strong> 2 (ME2), a 1,450-MW, lignitefired<br />
power plant near Stara Zagora in south-east Bulgaria.<br />
ME2 is an independent joint stock company. ME2 is a subsidiary<br />
of the Bulgarian Energy Holding, 100% owned by the<br />
state via the Ministry of Ec<strong>on</strong>omy and Energy.<br />
The EBRD expects to provide a senior debt facility of<br />
up to EUR 55 milli<strong>on</strong> to Maritza <strong>East</strong> 2 TPP. The Bank<br />
intends to syndicate approximately EUR 20 milli<strong>on</strong> to<br />
commercial banks.<br />
The <strong>European</strong> Commissi<strong>on</strong> has provided a EUR 34.5 milli<strong>on</strong><br />
grant funding under ISPA towards the cost of the project.<br />
Maritza <strong>East</strong> 2 will fund the remainder of the project cost.<br />
Total project cost is approximately EUR 101 milli<strong>on</strong>.<br />
Envir<strong>on</strong>mental impact<br />
The project was screened B (2008). The project will<br />
require an envir<strong>on</strong>mental and social analysis and an envir<strong>on</strong>mental<br />
health and safety audit of <strong>on</strong>-going operati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
of the plant. It should be noted that extensive due<br />
diligence was c<strong>on</strong>ducted, and an Envir<strong>on</strong>mental Manage-<br />
ment Plan prepared for the original project in 2003.<br />
Therefore, the envir<strong>on</strong>mental and social appraisal of the<br />
current project will need to focus <strong>on</strong> obtaining an update<br />
<strong>on</strong> the status of mitigati<strong>on</strong> measures identified previously<br />
as well as analysing any other key issues within the c<strong>on</strong>text<br />
of the revised and Envir<strong>on</strong>mental Social Policy<br />
(2008) and Performance Requirements.<br />
Key issues identified by the original due diligence include:<br />
air emissi<strong>on</strong>s, water usage and discharges, FGD<br />
resources and FGD by-product management and usage.<br />
The envir<strong>on</strong>mental and social appraisal will need to identify<br />
the extent and magnitude of impacts at c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> and<br />
operati<strong>on</strong> phases of the project taking into account boundaries<br />
of the direct influence of the project, and assess how<br />
any envir<strong>on</strong>mental, social, health or safety issues related<br />
to the activities of the sub-c<strong>on</strong>tractors, can be mitigated<br />
given that the EPC c<strong>on</strong>tract has already been issued. Envir<strong>on</strong>mental<br />
issues include: disposal of waste at c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong><br />
and operati<strong>on</strong> stages, including hazardous waste, and<br />
a potential c<strong>on</strong>taminati<strong>on</strong> of groundwater and surface water<br />
in case of poor integrity of a landfill and floods overflowing<br />
existing ash p<strong>on</strong>ds. Labour-related issues include protecti<strong>on</strong><br />
of workers in terms of wages and compensati<strong>on</strong>;<br />
availability of a grievance mechanism for addressing c<strong>on</strong>cerns<br />
by employees of both the Client and sub-c<strong>on</strong>tractors;<br />
provisi<strong>on</strong> of safe systems of work and working envir<strong>on</strong>ment.<br />
Community health and safety issues include a<br />
requirement for adequate emergency preparedness. Availability<br />
of an adequate stakeholder engagement programme<br />
will be reviewed by the due diligence.<br />
Petrom Power Plant<br />
Romania<br />
The EBRD is c<strong>on</strong>sidering providing EUR 200 milli<strong>on</strong> corporate<br />
senior unsecured loan to the Romanian oil & gas<br />
company, Petrom S.A., the largest company in Romania,<br />
to fund the c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> of a new 860 MW CCGT power<br />
plant, which will generate electricity with high availability<br />
(91% load factor) and high level of performance (the<br />
"Project"). The unit will be built in Brazi, next to an existing<br />
refinery of Petrom. The plant is designed according to the<br />
highest technical standards and will meet the latest <strong>European</strong><br />
envir<strong>on</strong>mental requirements. This is the first Combined<br />
Cycle Gas Turbine of this kind to be installed in Romania<br />
and as such will be the most efficient thermal power<br />
plant of this size when commissi<strong>on</strong>ed.<br />
The transiti<strong>on</strong> impact of the Project is derived from:<br />
• The Project is the first 100% private power generati<strong>on</strong><br />
project in Romania, a market where virtually all power generati<strong>on</strong><br />
capacities of this size are state owned;<br />
• The Project will c<strong>on</strong>tribute to the stabilizati<strong>on</strong> of the Romanian<br />
electricity system, by offering system services and<br />
participating <strong>on</strong> the electricity balancing market;<br />
• The Project c<strong>on</strong>tributes to the revamping of the electricity<br />
sector asset base in Romania, by using modern, state-ofthe<br />
art Best Available Technique soluti<strong>on</strong>s;
* The Project will improve envir<strong>on</strong>mental standards and efficiency<br />
in the Romanian power generati<strong>on</strong> sector;<br />
• The Project will support the private sector, and therefore<br />
pave the way for more private projects to be implemented<br />
in the Romanian power generati<strong>on</strong> sector. The project will<br />
lead to an increased presence of the private sector in Romanian<br />
power generati<strong>on</strong>, which will stimulate competiti<strong>on</strong><br />
and improve efficiency.<br />
• The Project shall have significant dem<strong>on</strong>strati<strong>on</strong> effects,<br />
having the potential to facilitate other private investment,<br />
for example in the replacement of antiquated power generati<strong>on</strong><br />
assets by modern, state of the art and envir<strong>on</strong>-<br />
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The client: Petrom is the largest company in Romania<br />
and has proved oil and gas reserves of 872 mn boe, a<br />
maximum refining capacity of 8 milli<strong>on</strong> t<strong>on</strong>s per year, approximately<br />
550 petrol stati<strong>on</strong>s in Romania and 269<br />
petrol stati<strong>on</strong>s in the Republic of Moldova, Bulgaria and<br />
Serbia (as of end 2008). It is 51% owned by OMV A.G.,<br />
an Austria-based integrated oil company with interests<br />
throughout central and eastern Europe. Petrom is also<br />
traded <strong>on</strong> the Bucharest Stock Exchange.<br />
EBRD is c<strong>on</strong>sidering providing up to EUR 200 milli<strong>on</strong>. Total<br />
project cost is approximately EUR 500 milli<strong>on</strong>.<br />
Envir<strong>on</strong>mental impact<br />
The Combined Cycle Gas Turbine Plant (CCGT) will be<br />
c<strong>on</strong>structed <strong>on</strong> a brown field site at the refinery and will<br />
c<strong>on</strong>sist of two 291 MWe co-generati<strong>on</strong> units (gas turbines<br />
and recovery boilers) and <strong>on</strong>e steam 313 MWe turbine. A<br />
dedicated 30 km gas pipeline will be c<strong>on</strong>structed to deliver<br />
gas to the Power Plant and a dedicated high voltage<br />
power line will be c<strong>on</strong>structed to deliver power to the grid.<br />
Up to twenty percent of the power produced and up to 96<br />
t<strong>on</strong>s/hour steam will go to Petrom for internal use, with<br />
the remainder of the power going to the grid.<br />
The Project was screened as Category A under the<br />
2008 Envir<strong>on</strong>mental and Social Policy, requiring an Envir<strong>on</strong>mental<br />
and Social Assessment of the proposed<br />
power plant, and studies <strong>on</strong> the gas pipeline, overhead<br />
power lines, and <strong>on</strong> the services to be provided from<br />
the neighbouring Petrom refinery, public c<strong>on</strong>sultati<strong>on</strong>,<br />
and acti<strong>on</strong> plans for each asset. These studies were<br />
carried out by independent c<strong>on</strong>sultants.<br />
Envir<strong>on</strong>mental studies were d<strong>on</strong>e <strong>on</strong> soil, hydro-geology<br />
and underground water, water usage, air quality, biodiversity,<br />
landscape impacts, noise. Social issues reviewed included<br />
socio-ec<strong>on</strong>omic impacts, cultural heritage, labour,<br />
occupati<strong>on</strong>al and public health and safety.<br />
The most significant atmospheric emissi<strong>on</strong>s from the<br />
CCGT will be from the operati<strong>on</strong>al phase when natural<br />
gas will be combusted to drive the gas turbines and<br />
also generate heat/steam for the steam turbine, resulting<br />
in nitrous oxide (NOx) and sulphur oxide (SOx)<br />
emissi<strong>on</strong>s. The CCGT is located in close proximity to<br />
other significant NOx and SOx emitters in the form of<br />
the Refinery itself and neighbouring Dalkia CHP plant,<br />
and a cumulative assessment of air emissi<strong>on</strong>s will be<br />
undertaken following a decommissi<strong>on</strong>ing programme<br />
at the Refinery, which will remove some emissi<strong>on</strong>s<br />
sources.<br />
The CCGT will be highly efficient, with total natural gas<br />
c<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong> of 1.2bcm/year. It will have state-of-the-art<br />
emissi<strong>on</strong>s reducti<strong>on</strong> equipment, such as low NOx burners,<br />
and will fulfil the latest <strong>European</strong> envir<strong>on</strong>mental<br />
emissi<strong>on</strong>s requirements outlined in the Large Combusti<strong>on</strong><br />
Plant Directive. The sulphur c<strong>on</strong>tent in the natural<br />
gas feedstock to be used by the CCGT is low and hence<br />
will not result in significant SOx emissi<strong>on</strong>s from the auxiliary<br />
steam boiler. In order to m<strong>on</strong>itor NOx c<strong>on</strong>centrati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
in CCGT flue gas, real-time air emissi<strong>on</strong>s m<strong>on</strong>itoring<br />
equipment will be installed <strong>on</strong> the CCGT flue stacks. The<br />
CCGT will be designed and implemented in c<strong>on</strong>formity<br />
with Best Available Techniques (BAT) applicable to the<br />
CCGT for ensuring envir<strong>on</strong>mental protecti<strong>on</strong>.<br />
Limited c<strong>on</strong>taminati<strong>on</strong> of soil was found <strong>on</strong> the site from<br />
the refinery operati<strong>on</strong>s, however within the permissible limits<br />
for industrial sites. Upgrades of the refinery's wastewater<br />
treatment plant are necessary and included in acti<strong>on</strong> plans.<br />
Natural gas pipeline<br />
The nati<strong>on</strong>al gas company Transgaz will c<strong>on</strong>struct, own<br />
and operate an 800mm diameter / 30 km gas pipeline dedicated<br />
to the CCPP, from an underground storage facility at<br />
Butimanu, Dambovita County. The route will traverse agricultural<br />
land and has been designed to avoid local settlements<br />
and minimise river crossings.<br />
Under the EU EIA Directive and Romanian law, an EIA for<br />
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Some of the most important features of the<br />
GOT1000 series are: the high-resoluti<strong>on</strong> screens<br />
with 256 or even up to 65,536 colours can also<br />
display complex graphics; Fast USB port <strong>on</strong> the<br />
fr<strong>on</strong>t of the units with transparent mode to<br />
MELSEC c<strong>on</strong>trollers, servo amplifiers and frequency<br />
inverters; Compact Flash cards to transfer and<br />
save project data and operati<strong>on</strong> system updates;<br />
Unicode enables display of all internati<strong>on</strong>al languages.<br />
GOT1000 terminals also have <strong>on</strong>line language-switching<br />
up to 10 different languages; Opti<strong>on</strong>al<br />
interfaces for Ethernet, MELSECNET/10, CC-<br />
Link as well as additi<strong>on</strong>al RS232C and RS422 and<br />
4-channel multidriver-c<strong>on</strong>cept.<br />
"Providing the features customers have been<br />
asking for was a top priority in the design of these<br />
units - combined with advanced technology and<br />
the experience drawn from a l<strong>on</strong>g history of HMI<br />
design. The result is products that will make work<br />
easier for programmers and service staff as well<br />
as operators", stated from the company.<br />
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ITT to acquire Laing GmbH,<br />
broadening portfolio of energyefficient<br />
plumbing and HVAC pumps<br />
ITT Corporati<strong>on</strong> announced it has signed a definitive<br />
agreement to acquire Laing GmbH of Germany, a<br />
privately-held leading producer of energy-efficient circulator<br />
pumps primarily used in residential and commercial<br />
plumbing and heating, ventilating and air c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>ing<br />
(HVAC) systems. Once completed, the acquisiti<strong>on</strong><br />
will significantly broaden ITT's offering and will<br />
reflect the company's c<strong>on</strong>tinued strategic focus <strong>on</strong> satisfying<br />
the market's growing demand for energy efficiency<br />
and lower life-cycle costs.<br />
"The additi<strong>on</strong> of Laing's energy-efficient circulators<br />
to ITT's product portfolio significantly expands our offering<br />
to customers in the HVAC industry," said Gretchen<br />
McClain, president of ITT's Fluid and Moti<strong>on</strong> C<strong>on</strong>trol<br />
business. "Up<strong>on</strong> completi<strong>on</strong> of the acquisiti<strong>on</strong>, ITT will<br />
be able to offer customers a comprehensive range of<br />
high-performance and 'green' pump technology and<br />
products that meet more stringent energy standards."<br />
"The combinati<strong>on</strong> of Laing with ITT's building services<br />
business is a logical step in our evoluti<strong>on</strong>," said<br />
Oliver Laing, chief executive officer of Laing. "The<br />
strength of ITT's brands and their commitment to leading<br />
edge technology means that we will have even<br />
more resources to develop new and innovative products<br />
for our customers, and expand our global reach."<br />
Financial terms of the transacti<strong>on</strong> were not disclosed.<br />
The company expects to complete the transacti<strong>on</strong><br />
during the sec<strong>on</strong>d quarter, pending regulatory<br />
approval and customary closing c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
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this length of gas pipeline is not mandatory, and the Romanian<br />
envir<strong>on</strong>mental authorities will screen the project to determine<br />
what kindof studies are needed. See Public C<strong>on</strong>sultati<strong>on</strong><br />
secti<strong>on</strong> below.<br />
Overhead Line (OHL) c<strong>on</strong>necti<strong>on</strong><br />
The OHL C<strong>on</strong>necti<strong>on</strong> between the CCGT and Nati<strong>on</strong>al<br />
Grid will involve installati<strong>on</strong> of new pyl<strong>on</strong>s, overhead cables,<br />
and High Voltage (HV) switchgear and 220/400kV transformers<br />
(both state-of-the-art by Siemens). A short (3km)<br />
high voltage power line will be c<strong>on</strong>structed from the CCGT<br />
to the Brazi Vest switching stati<strong>on</strong>. C<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>, operati<strong>on</strong><br />
and decommissi<strong>on</strong>ing of the OHL C<strong>on</strong>necti<strong>on</strong> will be carried<br />
out by the Romanian nati<strong>on</strong>al electricity transmissi<strong>on</strong> network<br />
operator, Transelectrica.<br />
Electromagnetic radiati<strong>on</strong> was reviewed, and the closest<br />
receptors are 750m distant. No significant envir<strong>on</strong>mental or<br />
social issues were identified, and an acti<strong>on</strong> plan has been<br />
agreed for c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> impacts, such as dust c<strong>on</strong>trol and<br />
traffic management. All of the above will be installed in accordance<br />
with Romanian norms which are comparable with<br />
EU standards.<br />
Public c<strong>on</strong>sultati<strong>on</strong> and informati<strong>on</strong><br />
disclosure<br />
Petrom has developed a Stakeholder Engagement Plan<br />
(SEP) which identifies workers, the PetroBrazi refinery, the<br />
villages near the refinery, and the villages near the route of<br />
the gas pipeline as stakeholders. Envir<strong>on</strong>mental and social<br />
assessments and acti<strong>on</strong> plans have been put in the public<br />
domain in locati<strong>on</strong>s near the project, in the EBRD offices in<br />
L<strong>on</strong>d<strong>on</strong> and Bucharest, and posted <strong>on</strong> the client's website<br />
(http://www.petrom.com/portal/01/petromcom/<br />
berd_documents) in Romanian and English languages.<br />
The Power Plant went through a Romanian EIA process in<br />
2007, including public hearings at different stages. The<br />
Overhead Electrical Lines are not subject to EIA, but went<br />
through a public notificati<strong>on</strong> process. The Gas Pipeline designs<br />
are not yet ready for screening by the envir<strong>on</strong>mental<br />
authorities, who will determine if an EIA is needed. At a minimum<br />
(if no EIA is needed), the envir<strong>on</strong>mental and social<br />
report and acti<strong>on</strong> plan prepared for EBRD <strong>on</strong> the pipeline<br />
will be in the public domain. If an EIA is required, it will go<br />
through the full process including notificati<strong>on</strong> and public<br />
hearings. All acti<strong>on</strong> plans for the CCPP, OHL, and Refinery<br />
have been disclosed.<br />
Acti<strong>on</strong> Plans and Reporting<br />
Envir<strong>on</strong>mental and Social Acti<strong>on</strong> Plans (ESAPs) have<br />
been developed for each comp<strong>on</strong>ent of the Project - CCGT,<br />
gas pipeline, OHL C<strong>on</strong>necti<strong>on</strong> and linkages with the Refinery.<br />
These acti<strong>on</strong> plans include management of the mitigati<strong>on</strong><br />
measures agreed, as well as m<strong>on</strong>itoring requirements.<br />
Petrom will report both to the EBRD and to the public <strong>on</strong> an<br />
annual basis <strong>on</strong> the implementati<strong>on</strong> of the plans. Site visits<br />
will be undertaken during c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> and periodically thereafter.<br />
An independent envir<strong>on</strong>mental and social audit will be<br />
required after commissi<strong>on</strong>ing.<br />
Plinacro Gas Storage Project<br />
Croatia<br />
The proposed project will be used for the acquisiti<strong>on</strong> of<br />
Podzemno skladiste plina d.o.o., the company that owns<br />
underground gas storage in<br />
Okoli. The company will be requested<br />
to undertake a capital<br />
expenditures programme<br />
over the life of the loan aimed<br />
at ensuring adequate maintenance<br />
and operati<strong>on</strong>s of the<br />
gas storage. The storage represents a strategic asset for<br />
Croatia since it will enable the State to c<strong>on</strong>trol and regulate<br />
the gas supplies and c<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong> in the future as<br />
well as secure n<strong>on</strong>-discriminative third party access to<br />
the storage to gas suppliers and gas traders. Total project<br />
cost is EUR 70 milli<strong>on</strong>.<br />
Transiti<strong>on</strong> impact:<br />
Through this Project, the Bank would promote improvements<br />
in the efficiency of the gas storage and supply services,<br />
including:<br />
1)a clear commitment by the Company to an investment programme<br />
that will support the rehabilitati<strong>on</strong> and expansi<strong>on</strong><br />
of the storage facility<br />
2)improvements in the regulatory framework with respect<br />
to the status quo ante, which would allow n<strong>on</strong>-discriminatory<br />
access by an enlarged set of end-users to the<br />
facility and avoid future discriminatory cut-offs in case of<br />
gas shortages.<br />
The client is PLINACRO d.o.o.<br />
a 100% state-owned Croatian natural gas transmissi<strong>on</strong><br />
system operator. Plinacro Company is the Croatian gas<br />
transmissi<strong>on</strong> system operator. Al<strong>on</strong>g with successful performance<br />
of its basic activity - natural gas transmissi<strong>on</strong> through<br />
the Croatian gas transmissi<strong>on</strong> system, Plinacro is intensively<br />
c<strong>on</strong>structing the infrastructure to enable l<strong>on</strong>g-term and<br />
stable natural gas supply. By the implementati<strong>on</strong> of development<br />
plans of Plinacro Company, after 2011, the larger<br />
part of the Republic of Croatia will be covered by the gas<br />
transmissi<strong>on</strong> system.Plinacro designed and is still developing<br />
its transmissi<strong>on</strong> system so as to be easily c<strong>on</strong>nected<br />
with and integrated in the network of internati<strong>on</strong>al gas pipelines,<br />
particularly the pipelines that provide supply diversificati<strong>on</strong><br />
and natural gas transit for the neighbouring countries.<br />
This will lead to very high energy security of the<br />
Croatian market, and be a strategic step forward within the
egi<strong>on</strong>, in nearly all segments<br />
of natural gas business activities<br />
- producti<strong>on</strong>, supply, transit,<br />
storage, trade, and<br />
strengthen the Croatian ec<strong>on</strong>omy<br />
and its political positi<strong>on</strong>.<br />
Today Plinacro operates 2085<br />
km of high pressure gas pipelines,<br />
1659 km of which are 50bar<br />
system and 426 km of 75bar<br />
system, 19 entry measuring stati<strong>on</strong>s, 151 exit measuring-reducti<strong>on</strong><br />
stati<strong>on</strong>s with 245 measuring lines and a<br />
state-of-the-art Nati<strong>on</strong>al Dispatching Centre, i.e. communicati<strong>on</strong><br />
system and centre of remote supervisi<strong>on</strong> and c<strong>on</strong>trol<br />
of the gas transmissi<strong>on</strong> system. Plinacro c<strong>on</strong>trols its<br />
infrastructure through the Nati<strong>on</strong>al Dispatching Centre and<br />
four gas transmissi<strong>on</strong> regi<strong>on</strong>s - the Gas Transmissi<strong>on</strong> Regi<strong>on</strong><br />
<strong>East</strong>ern Croatia (with headquarters in D<strong>on</strong>ji Miholjac),<br />
the Gas Transmissi<strong>on</strong> Regi<strong>on</strong> Central Croatia (with headquarters<br />
in Popovaca), the Gas Transmissi<strong>on</strong> Regi<strong>on</strong><br />
Northern Croatia (with headquarters in Zabok), the Gas<br />
Transmissi<strong>on</strong> Regi<strong>on</strong> Western Croatia (with headquarters<br />
in Rijeka), and the Maintenance Department and Storage<br />
located in Ivanic-Grad. Currently Plinacro employs 266<br />
people, almost half of them post-sec<strong>on</strong>dary graduates and<br />
university graduates. At the beginning of 2008, the total<br />
assets of Plinacro amount to HRK 2.54 billi<strong>on</strong>.<br />
Envir<strong>on</strong>mental impact<br />
Use of proceeds is not associated with a major expansi<strong>on</strong><br />
and/or modernisati<strong>on</strong> of the existing Okoli gas storage facility.<br />
Moreover, potential significant adverse envir<strong>on</strong>mental<br />
and social impacts are readily identified and addressed<br />
through mitigati<strong>on</strong> measures. The Project has therefore<br />
been screened as Category B in accordance with the Bank's<br />
Envir<strong>on</strong>mental and Social Policy (2008).<br />
An integrated audit covering envir<strong>on</strong>mental, social and occupati<strong>on</strong>,<br />
health and safety issues related to Plinarco and<br />
the Okoli gas storage facility will be c<strong>on</strong>ducted by an independent<br />
c<strong>on</strong>sultant. Results from this audit will be included<br />
in an Envir<strong>on</strong>mental and Social Acti<strong>on</strong> Plan that will need to<br />
be agreed with the Company and implemented over an<br />
agreed timeframe. In additi<strong>on</strong>, a Stakeholder Engagement<br />
Plan will be prepared and released to the public domain.<br />
EBRD c<strong>on</strong>siders the area of influence to include the<br />
Okoli project site and related auxiliary facilities; however,<br />
this will be further investigated as part of the Bank's due<br />
diligence in the field.<br />
The PSD will be updated with the results of investigati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
and main agreed acti<strong>on</strong>s as part of the Bank's envir<strong>on</strong>mental<br />
and social due diligence process.<br />
Rotor Wind Farm<br />
Turkey<br />
The EBRD is c<strong>on</strong>sidering financing the c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> and<br />
development of a 135 MW <strong>on</strong>shore wind independent power<br />
project located in Osmaniye in <strong>South</strong>ern Turkey. The wind<br />
farm is being developed by Rotor Elektrik Uretim A.S., a<br />
company incorporated in Turkey and 100% owned by Zorlu<br />
Elektrik Uretim A.S (Zorlu Enerji). It is expected to be operati<strong>on</strong>al<br />
by the end of 2009 and will be Turkey's largest wind<br />
farm to date.<br />
Transiti<strong>on</strong> impact:<br />
The Bank's involvement in the project will promote further<br />
development of the power sector in Turkey as well as the<br />
following transiti<strong>on</strong> impact potential:<br />
Dem<strong>on</strong>strati<strong>on</strong> effects of new products and processes -<br />
The project would be the first large scale wind project in<br />
Turkey developed <strong>on</strong> a project finance basis. In additi<strong>on</strong>, the<br />
project has the potential to lead to important dem<strong>on</strong>strati<strong>on</strong><br />
effects in terms of envir<strong>on</strong>mental best practice as well as the<br />
financial viability of large scale wind projects which could<br />
attract new developers and investors in the sector.<br />
Improved regulatory framework - The regulatory and<br />
legislative framework for renewable energy in Turkey is<br />
still relatively new and untested. Through the Project, the<br />
Bank will support the regulatory framework, which has<br />
the potential to pave the way for additi<strong>on</strong>al renewable<br />
projects going forward.<br />
Deepening of markets - The project is expected to sell<br />
power to the open market, deepening the extent of the nascent<br />
Turkish power market.<br />
The client Rotor Elektrik Uretim A.S. is a company incorporated<br />
in Turkey and 100% owned by Zorlu Elektrik Uretim<br />
A.S. Zorlu Enerji is majority c<strong>on</strong>trolled by Zorlu Holding A.S.,<br />
a large Turkish c<strong>on</strong>glomerate with operati<strong>on</strong>s in energy, textiles,<br />
electr<strong>on</strong>ics and white goods.<br />
The EBRD will provide up to ˆ45 mln to Rotor Elektrik<br />
Uretim A.S. for the development of the wind farm. Also expected<br />
to participate in the financing package is IFC, EIB<br />
and commercial banks.<br />
Total project cost is ˆ211 milli<strong>on</strong>.<br />
Envir<strong>on</strong>mental impact<br />
Screening category and applicable<br />
performance requirements<br />
Following an Initial Envir<strong>on</strong>mental Examinati<strong>on</strong> (IEE), the<br />
project has been screened B under the Bank's Envir<strong>on</strong>mental<br />
and Social Policy 2008, requiring an Envir<strong>on</strong>mental and<br />
Social Due Diligence (ESDD). The project is at an advanced<br />
stage of c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> and, therefore the Bank's ability to leverage<br />
change to sitting, design and access road c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong><br />
is limited. Nevertheless, the IEE and subsequent ESDD<br />
c<strong>on</strong>firmed that the site is not located in a sensitive locati<strong>on</strong><br />
and that both the c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> and future operati<strong>on</strong>al impacts<br />
can be readily identified, assessed and mitigated.<br />
The Bank has undertaken the ESDD jointly with the IFC<br />
who are also c<strong>on</strong>sidering financing the project. The ESDD<br />
includes an Envir<strong>on</strong>mental Impact Assessment (EIA) prepared<br />
by an independent local c<strong>on</strong>sultancy and an envir<strong>on</strong>mental<br />
and social appraisal of the project by the Bank.<br />
Key Envir<strong>on</strong>mental and Social Issues<br />
and due diligence results<br />
Although wind farms have significant benefits in terms of<br />
generating carb<strong>on</strong> free electricity, they can be associated<br />
with envir<strong>on</strong>mental and social impacts due to the locati<strong>on</strong>,<br />
notably in terms of impact <strong>on</strong> flora and fauna as well as<br />
possible impact <strong>on</strong> land use.<br />
Although the project is not located in an envir<strong>on</strong>mentally<br />
or socially sensitive locati<strong>on</strong>, it will have a c<strong>on</strong>siderable impact<br />
<strong>on</strong> the landscape, due to its extensive infrastructure<br />
(access roads) and the positi<strong>on</strong>ing of 54 large wind turbines<br />
<strong>on</strong> a mountain ridge. This issue was identified as part of the<br />
ESDD, and although the impact is limited and the developer<br />
has designed steps to reduce impacts as far as possible, it<br />
can not be eliminated.<br />
The project did not require a full EIA under Nati<strong>on</strong>al legis-<br />
lati<strong>on</strong>, however, an EIA has been developed by the Sp<strong>on</strong>sor<br />
for the Lenders. This EIA has c<strong>on</strong>firmed that the project will<br />
have limited impact <strong>on</strong> flora and fauna and that the site is<br />
located a c<strong>on</strong>siderable distance from bird migratory routes.<br />
Furthermore, the locati<strong>on</strong> will also have limited impact <strong>on</strong><br />
land use and local livelihoods. The Sp<strong>on</strong>sor is developing a<br />
social programme and will support local educati<strong>on</strong>al programmes.<br />
One of the main envir<strong>on</strong>mental impacts is associated<br />
with the development of the associated infrastructure<br />
such as the access roads to the site. To mitigate the potential<br />
impact of soil erosi<strong>on</strong>, an envir<strong>on</strong>mental and social management<br />
and m<strong>on</strong>itoring plan has been developed with the<br />
Sp<strong>on</strong>sor and is included as part of the EIA.<br />
The ESDD has c<strong>on</strong>firmed that the project is structured to<br />
meet the Bank's Performance Requirements (PRs).<br />
Summary of Envir<strong>on</strong>mental and Social<br />
Acti<strong>on</strong> Plan<br />
As a result of the ESDD, an Envir<strong>on</strong>mental and Social<br />
Management and M<strong>on</strong>itoring Plan (ESMMP) has been<br />
prepared in line with the Bank's Performance Requirements<br />
(PRs) to address both the c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> and operati<strong>on</strong>al<br />
phase of the project. This includes the development<br />
of a systematic approach to envir<strong>on</strong>mental and social<br />
management of the c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> process to limit erosi<strong>on</strong><br />
as well as avifauna m<strong>on</strong>itoring at the wind farm. The<br />
Company will implement an envir<strong>on</strong>mental, health and<br />
safety management system to manage the c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>,<br />
operati<strong>on</strong> and future decommissi<strong>on</strong>ing phase. A Stakeholder<br />
Engagement Programme (SEP) has been developed<br />
by the Company, which will include the publicati<strong>on</strong><br />
of annual informati<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> envir<strong>on</strong>mental and social matters<br />
<strong>on</strong> the Company's web sites, as well as local informati<strong>on</strong><br />
in local newspapers, as appropriate. A grievance<br />
mechanism will be maintained by the Company.<br />
Implementati<strong>on</strong> requirements<br />
• The Company will implement the ESAP (as agreed with<br />
the Company) and the Envir<strong>on</strong>mental and Social Management<br />
and M<strong>on</strong>itoring Plan.<br />
• The Company will be required to provide the with an annual<br />
envir<strong>on</strong>mental report to the Lenders, including updates<br />
<strong>on</strong> the bird m<strong>on</strong>itoring undertaken, implementati<strong>on</strong> of the<br />
agreed envir<strong>on</strong>mental and social acti<strong>on</strong> plan, and notificati<strong>on</strong><br />
<strong>on</strong> any material accidents or incidents.<br />
The Company will c<strong>on</strong>duct its business with due regard to<br />
Nati<strong>on</strong>al and EU envir<strong>on</strong>mental regulati<strong>on</strong>s and standards<br />
• The Company will facilitate periodic m<strong>on</strong>itoring visits<br />
by Bank staff or appointed representatives, when<br />
deemed necessary.<br />
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WIN - World of Industry 2009<br />
High-level visitors c<strong>on</strong>tribute to the fair's number 1 positi<strong>on</strong> in Eurasia<br />
WIN - World of Industry, the number <strong>on</strong>e industry event<br />
of the Eurasian Regi<strong>on</strong>, closed its doors <strong>on</strong> March 1st<br />
with the same high-level results like the previous year.<br />
The fair c<strong>on</strong>tinued to bring 7 interrelated sectors of industrial<br />
producti<strong>on</strong> together.<br />
1.358 direct exhibitors - 659 in Phase 1 and 699 in Phase<br />
2 - used the fair as a platform to meet existing clients and<br />
establish new c<strong>on</strong>tacts. This year WIN welcomed 113.992<br />
professi<strong>on</strong>al visitors in two phases (Phase 1: 43.645,<br />
Phase 2: 70.347). Besides a str<strong>on</strong>g interest of the domestic<br />
industrial manufacturing sector, the fair has attracted a<br />
significant number of internati<strong>on</strong>al buyers not <strong>on</strong>ly from<br />
neighboring countries but also from all over Europe, the<br />
Far-Middle <strong>East</strong> and America. The number of well qualified<br />
visitors coming from following 70 countries, c<strong>on</strong>tributed<br />
to the high-level of internati<strong>on</strong>ality of the exhibiti<strong>on</strong>.<br />
From 5 to 8 February, the first part welcomed exhibitors<br />
of MACHINERY'09 (14th Machine Comp<strong>on</strong>ents and<br />
Metal Working Fair), WELDING'09 (9th Joining, Welding<br />
and Cutting Technologies Fair), SURFACE TREAT-<br />
MENT'09 (3rd Surface Treatment Technologies Fair)<br />
and MATERIALS HANDLING'09 (8th Materials Handling<br />
and Logistics Fair) fairs.<br />
From 26 February to 1 March, the sec<strong>on</strong>d part c<strong>on</strong>sisted<br />
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of OTOMASYON'09 (16th Industrial Automati<strong>on</strong> Fair),<br />
ELECTROTECH'09 (10th Energy, Electric and <str<strong>on</strong>g>Electr<strong>on</strong>ic</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
Technologies Fair) and HYDROLIC & PNEUMATIC'09 (6th<br />
Fluid Power Technologies Fair) fairs.<br />
Organized at the same locati<strong>on</strong>, the state of the art<br />
TUYAP Fair, C<strong>on</strong>venti<strong>on</strong> and C<strong>on</strong>gress Center, both fairs<br />
were the central venues for the 7 sectors of the manufacturing<br />
industry, where the innovati<strong>on</strong>s, latest technologies<br />
and soluti<strong>on</strong>s were showcased to an internati<strong>on</strong>al<br />
mix of audience. The net exhibiti<strong>on</strong> area used in both<br />
fairs was 47.546 sqm in total.<br />
The fair hosted a total of 242 direct internati<strong>on</strong>al exhibitors<br />
coming from 30 countries in both phases. The official German<br />
pavili<strong>on</strong>s with more than 70 companies presented their<br />
products in both phases, additi<strong>on</strong>ally country pavili<strong>on</strong>s from<br />
<strong>South</strong> Korea, Egypt and Italy as well as the internati<strong>on</strong>al<br />
pavili<strong>on</strong>s increased the dynamism of the fair by offering new<br />
business c<strong>on</strong>tacts in a global market.<br />
This year, Egypt was the Eurasian Business Partner of<br />
WIN Fairs and <strong>on</strong>e of the outstanding events at the fair was<br />
the Business Cooperati<strong>on</strong> Days, during which the markets<br />
of Egypt, Iran and Syria and Ukraine were in focus. The<br />
buyers, related associati<strong>on</strong>s, officials from governmental<br />
bodies used the "Business Cooperati<strong>on</strong> Days" platform to<br />
have face to face meetings with WIN exhibitors.<br />
WIN 2009 IN PICTURES<br />
Industrial Activities Summit and internati<strong>on</strong>al<br />
c<strong>on</strong>ferences makes the fair a perfect<br />
communicati<strong>on</strong> venue<br />
The "Industrial Activities Summit" c<strong>on</strong>sisting of product<br />
presentati<strong>on</strong>s, seminars, forums and panels that were<br />
held simultaneously with the fair showcased the latest<br />
trends and technologies influencing the Eurasian and<br />
Middle <strong>East</strong>ern markets. Over the course of four days,<br />
professi<strong>on</strong>al attendees had the opportunity to get highly<br />
qualified informati<strong>on</strong> from the specialists of the machinery,<br />
welding, surface treatment and materials handling<br />
sectors. Another highlight of the first part was the NRW<br />
Program, including a forum and matchmakings, organized<br />
by the German State of North Rhine Westphalia<br />
and German-Turkish Chamber of Commerce.<br />
WIN Fairs are supported by 68 associati<strong>on</strong>s and 89<br />
trade publicati<strong>on</strong>s of the industry world from Turkey and<br />
abroad. Supporters from governmental bodies, associati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
and media underlined the significance of the fair<br />
as an important trading platform in the whole Eurasian<br />
and Middle <strong>East</strong>ern Regi<strong>on</strong>.<br />
Organized in the same c<strong>on</strong>cept with the world's leading<br />
industrial fair "HANNOVER MESSE", WIN - World of Industry<br />
will be organized in two parts in 2010 as well; 1st part: 4<br />
to 7 February 2010 and 2nd part 25 to 28 February 2010.
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