Alstom Power Service ramps up capacity

Factory workshop expansion capacity doubled at Vadodara facility  

Vadodara, May 24, 2007 - Alstom Power Service today announced the expansion of its factory workshop with the foundation stone laying ceremony held at its Vadodara based manufacturing facility in presence of Mr Sunand Sharma, Country President, Alstom India & Chairman, ALSTOM Projects India Ltd., Neil White, Senior Vice President, Alstom Power Service and Mr Nirmal Jha, Senior Vice President, Alstom Power Service Region-IV.

With the expansion of the workshop at Vadodara, Alstom Power Service will now double its service capabilities. With this development, APIL has become the first company in the private sector to have this kind of state-of-the-art facility.

The expanded portfolio of the Alstom Power Service will result in improved response to customer through:

• Developing clean room for large generator repairs
• Enhancing the capacity by the state-of-the-art new pedestals for high speed (up to 14000 RPM)
• To meet the stringent technical requirement of short peening for nuclear turbines
• To upgrade the state-of-the-art facility for bend removal of turbine rotors

The power service sector of Alstom offers unique value throughout the lifecycle of the plant and offers full range of service solutions tailored to customer needs. For Alstom Power Service, Kolkata is the technical hub for boiler and environment products that caters to markets in India and the South East Asia, both in terms of sales and service requirements and product development.

Alstom Power Service in India currently employs 250 people. The focus on power service function will bring new opportunities for the engineering talent pool in India.

Alstom Power service commands a robust clientele having all power generating companies in India, all state electricity boards, IPP's, industrial customers in cement, paper and aluminum industries as its clients. Alstom has already carried out the work of environment upgrades at NTPC, PSEB, MSEB plants with exceptional operational results.

About Alstom Power Service 

Alstom provides the most complete range of power generation services and equipment worldwide. Present in more than 70 countries, Alstom supplies over 20% of the world's installed power, offering more than 100 years of experience and 650 GW of power in the areas it operates in.

Alstom Power Service is the leading service provider to the power generation industry and has more than 15,000 specialists located at over 200 service centres around the world. This extensive network has 20 global service execution centres and 22 workshops. The range of services offered by Alstom Power Service include traditional spare part handling, field service support for individual power plant components and full power plant management.

Alstom Power Service offers tailor-made product and service packages to meet different customer requirements to keep plants competitive.

About ALSTOM India Projects Limited (APIL) 

ALSTOM Projects India Ltd (APIL) is a majority owned subsidiary company of ALSTOM SA France the global leader in power generation and rail infrastructure and a multinational company that nurtures a long term commitment to India. ALSTOM Projects India Ltd (APIL) offers a composite range of services related to power generation for utilities and industrial users, transportation systems covering traction, signaling and train control for the railways and energy management for a variety of industries.

In India since 1910, Alstom is one of the oldest foreign companies in the country employing close to 3000 employees across three marketing office (New Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata), five manufacturing centres (Kolkata, Vadodara, Coimbatore, Durgapur and Shahabad) and a software technology facility (Bangalore).

ALSTOM Projects India Ltd. enjoys a turnover of Rs 1250 crores and is listed at Mumbai Stock Exchange with 33 per cent of its equity with the public.

For further information, please contact:
Komal Das Director- Corporate Communications
Alstom Projects India Ltd
email: komal.das@power.alstom.com