SIEMENS TO BUILD GAS TURBINE PLANT In the Leningrad Oblast
The company Siemens gas turbine technology (STGT, part of the group Siemens) and the company YIT Lentek today signed the main contract of sale of land in the industrial park Greenstate in the Leningrad region for the construction of a plant for the production of gas turbines. At the same time STGT and the government of the Leningrad region signed a contract providing support to the area of the investment project.
The land area of 3.8 hectares. STGT intends to build a set of world-class manufacturing and servicing of gas turbines Siemens, first of all it is a highly efficient gas turbines SGT5-2000E and the SGT5-4000F capacity of 166 MW and 292 MW. The total area of the plant will be about 25 thousand m2.
It is planned that the facility will be commissioned before the end of 2014 The company will operate up to 500 employees.
The new plant will be machining the rotor and stator parts turbine components, run a full cycle of assembly work, carried out the factory testing, preservation of products and its shipment to the customer. At the same time, the strategy of planned gradual increase in the share of manufactured components localization.
Land in the industrial park Greenstate company YIT Lentek fully provided necessary to accommodate the production of engineering infrastructure and communications, urban planning carried out training. The accommodation here is the new production will significantly reduce the time required to implement the project investor.
According to the contract signed by the leadership of STGT and Leningrad Oblast Governor Alexander Drozdenko, STGT support measures will be provided in the form of tax credits for a set period of time.
`Building a new plant - an important stage in the development of our company. This is a real `greenfield #39;, then there is a factory built and equipped with specialized equipment` zero `, - said Ralph Schneider, CEO of Siemens Gas Turbine Technologies. - This will allow us to fully apply the knowledge and experience of the global network of production of gas turbines Siemens high power and stand in a row with a well-established manufacturing facilities in Charlotte (USA), Berlin and Shanghai. Our main task - to offer our customers in Russia and the CIS modern technical solutions Siemens in the localization of production, which corresponds to the strategic plans of the Russian government to modernize the energy industry of the country `.
Siemens Gas Turbine Technologies - a joint venture of Siemens (65%) and power [machines (35%), created December 1, 2011 is engaged in the development of gas turbines, the localization of production, assembly, sales, project management and maintenance of gas turbines in Russia and the CIS.
