Shanghai Electric

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Shanghai Electric Group Company Limited
Native name
上海电气集团股份有限公司
Type Public
Industry Engineering, capital goods
Founded2004
Headquarters,
China
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Huang Dinan (黄迪南) (Chairman & CEO)
Products
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese 上海电气集团股份有限公司
Traditional Chinese 上海電氣集團股份有限公司
Website www.shanghai-electric.com

Shanghai Electric (officially Shanghai Electric Group Company Limited) is a Chinese multinational power generation and electrical equipment manufacturing company headquartered in Shanghai. [1] The company traces its roots to 1880.

Contents

Shanghai Electric is engaged in the design, manufacture and sale of products including power generation equipment, power transmission and distribution equipment, transformers, switchgear, circuit breakers, transport equipment, machine tools, elevators, packaging and print machinery, and environmental protection equipment. [1]

It is the world's largest manufacturer of steam turbines. [2]

History

Shanghai Electric has a long history and one of its subsidiaries was established before 1880. Shanghai Electric has achieved a number of breakthroughs since 1949, including the first 6,000 kW fossil-fueled power generating unit, the first cooling gas turbine generator in the world, the first ten-thousand water pressing machine in China, the first 300 MW nuclear power generating unit in China, the first large ship-use crankshaft in China, and the first 1,000 MW ultra super-critical fossil-fueled power generating units in China.

On April 28, 2005, Shanghai Electric listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. On December 5, 2008, the group was listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. [1]

In October 2010, Shanghai Electric and Reliance Power of India signed a US$8.3 billion agreement for Shanghai Electric to supply 36 coal-fired thermal power generation units to Reliance over the subsequent three years. [3] [4]

In April 2011 Shanghai Electric and Alstom agreed to combine their power plant boiler divisions into a new joint-venture company called Alstom-Shanghai Electric Boilers Co. [5] In June 2011, Shanghai Electric announced plans to invest RMB 1 billion in a joint venture with Shanghai Municipal Electric Power Company, with each to hold a 50% stake. [6]

In September 2011, Shanghai Electric signed a cooperation agreement with CESC to collaborate on the construction of coal-based power stations in India. [7]

Corporate affairs

Shanghai Electric has several A share listed subsidiaries, including Shanghai Mechanical & Electrical Industry co., Ltd., and has over 50 joint-ventures, including Shanghai Mitsubishi Elevator Co., Ltd., a joint venture with Mitsubishi Electric. [1]

Shanghai Electric has a strategy to assist in the improvement of the China's overall competitiveness through the achievement of three major objectives: "core business concentration, self-mastered innovation and global resource consolidation". The company also intends to develop its "Shanghai Electric" brand into a universal brand.

Products

Shanghai Electric is engaged in the design, manufacture and sale of products including power generation equipment, wind turbines, power transmission and distribution equipment, transformers, switchgear, circuit breakers, transport equipment, machine tools, elevators, packaging and print machinery and environmental protection equipment. [1] Shanghai Electric offers turnkey systems and service for power plants.

Subsidiaries

Shanghai Electric Wind Energy Co., Ltd. is a wind turbine manufacturing company.

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