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Japan AE Power Systems Established Joint Venture for C-GIS and VCB Manufacturing in Shanghai, China.


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TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 2, 2004

Japan AE Power Systems Corporation (Head Office, Minato-ku, Tokyo; President and Director, Masakazu Mori) has established, with Tianshui Changcheng Switchgear The term switchgear, used in association with the electric power system, or grid, refers to the combination of electrical disconnects, fuses and/or circuit breakers used to isolate electrical equipment.  Factory (Tianshui City, Gansu Province; Senior Engineer and Director, Liang Guo Heng), a joint venture company for manufacturing and sales of medium voltage C-GIS (cubicle type gas insulated in·su·late  
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 switchgear) and VCBs (vacuum circuit breaker circuit breaker, electric device that, like a fuse, interrupts an electric current in a circuit when the current becomes too high. The advantage of a circuit breaker is that it can be reset after it has been tripped; a fuse must be replaced after it has been used ) in China. This joint venture in China is the first joint venture for Japan AE Power Systems since the company began full-scale operations on October 1, 2002.

1. Aims of establishment

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 demands for medium voltage (below 50kV) switchgear products. In particular, the approaching 2008 Beijing Olympics Olympics Sports medicine An international competition among (traditionally) nonprofessional athletes trained in a particular summer or winter sport, which is held every 4 yrs in a selected city. See Paralympics, Special Olympics, World Medical Games.  and the 2010 Shanghai Shanghai (shăng`hī`, shäng`hī`), city (1994 est. pop. 12,980,000), in, but independent of, Jiangsu prov., E China, on the Huangpu (Whangpoo) River where it flows into the Chang (Yangtze) estuary.  Expo are likely to lead to increasing demand for C-GIS products for urban installations.

Japan AE Power Systems has studied establishment of a joint venture with one of the leading manufacturer and seller of medium voltage switchgear in China, Tianshui Changcheng Switchgear Factory, a subsidiary of Lanzhou Great Wall Electrical Co., Ltd. (The latter is listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange Shanghai Stock Exchange

One of two major securities markets in China.
.) Establishing a joint venture in China will enable provision of competitive products through the combination of advanced technology from Japan AE Power Systems and the Chinese mainland sales force of Tianshui Changcheng Switchgear Factory. We also welcome this as an opportunity, while expanding our business on the mainland, to contribute to the electric power industries in China.


    2. Outline of the new company

Name:             Shanghai AE Power Changcheng Switchgear Corporation

Location:         Jiading, Shanghai City, China

Line of business: Manufacture and sale of medium voltage C-GIS and
                  VCBs

Establishment:    January 20, 2004

Start of
production:       November 2004 (provisional)

Capital:          USD 4.5 million

Investment ratio: Japan AE Power Systems, 60%
                  Tianshui Changcheng Switchgear Factory, 40%

Representatives:  Chairman: Kikkawa Takashi (Executive Managing
                  Director, Japan AE Power Systems)

                  Vice Chairman: Zhang Xitai, (General Director,
                  Tianshui Changcheng Switchgear Factory)

                  President: Homma Makoto, (Senior Manager, Medium
                  Voltage Switchgear Business Division, Japan AE
                  Power Systems)

Site area:        22,000 m2

Number of
employees:        approx. 40 in FY 2004 (provisional)

Annual sales:     JPY 530 million in FY 2005 (forecast)



    Outline of venture partner

Name:             Tianshui Changcheng Switchgear Factory

Location:         Tianshui, Gansu Province, China

Established:      1968

Start of
production:       November 2004 (provisional)

Capital:          CNY 44 million

Annual sales:     CNY 320 million in FY 2002

Representative:   Liang Guo Heng

Line of business: Manufacture and sale of low and medium voltage
                  switchgear, VCBs, etc.

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