EANS-News: ANDRITZ HYDRO receives order to upgrade four Kaplan turbine units at the Shardarinskaya hydropower plant, Kazakhstan

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Graz (euro adhoc) - Graz/Vienna, January 21, 2014. International
technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from JSC
Shardarinskaya HPP, a subsidiary of the state-owned Kazakh utility
company Samruk Energy, to upgrade the electromechanical equipment at
the Shardarinskaya hydropower plant, which was originally
commissioned in 1967. The order value is 75 million euros (the order
entered into force in the fourth quarter of 2013). Completion of the
upgrade is scheduled for the second half of 2017.

ANDRITZ HYDRO will refurbish four Kaplan turbines with a runner
diameter of 5.3 meters. Their output will be increased by around 20%
from the current 26 megawatts to 31.5 megawatts per machine unit. The
order also includes the supply of generators and new control
equipment, as well as modernization of the auxiliary systems of the
hydropower plant, which is located on the Syr-Darya River in the
southern part of Kazakhstan.

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The ANDRITZ GROUP The ANDRITZ GROUP is a globally leading supplier of
plants, equipment, and services for hydropower stations, the pulp and
paper industry, the metalworking and steel industries, and for
solid/liquid separation in the municipal and industrial sectors. In
addition, ANDRITZ offers technologies for certain other sectors
including automation, the production of animal feed and biomass
pellets, pumps, machinery for nonwovens and plastic films, steam
boiler plants, biomass boilers and gasification plants for energy
generation, flue gas cleaning plants, plants for the production of
panelboards (MDF), thermal sludge utilization, and biomass
torrefaction plants. The publicly listed, international technology
Group is headquartered in Graz, Austria, and has a staff of around
23,900 employees. ANDRITZ operates over 220 production sites as well
as service and sales companies all around the world.

ANDRITZ HYDRO ANDRITZ HYDRO supplies electromechanical equipment for
hydropower stations. With over 170 years of accumulated experience
and more than 30,000 turbines installed totaling approximately
420,000 megawatts of output, the business area is one of the world's
leading system suppliers, offering the complete product portfolio,
including turbines, generators, and additional equipment of all types
and sizes: "from water to wire" for small-scale and large hydropower
stations up to outputs of more than 800 megawatts per turbine unit.
ANDRITZ HYDRO is also well-positioned in the growing maintenance,
refurbishment, and upgrade market for existing hydropower plants.
Pumps (for water transport, irrigation, and applications for various
industries) and turbogenerators for thermal power stations are also
allocated to the business area.

Further inquiry note:
Oliver Pokorny
Group Treasury, Corporate Communications & Investor Relations
Tel.: +43 316 6902 1332
Fax: +43 316 6902 465
mailto:oliver.pokorny@andritz.com

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