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At the end of July and just one year after Greece received an aid package of €110bn eurozone leaders and the International Monetary Fund agreed to lend the country a further €109bn. The measure was deemed necessary to prevent Greece from defaulting on its debts, which it is anticipated would have dire consequences on Europe’s economy and put further into question the future of the euro.

German and French fi nancial institutions are estimated to hold up to 70 % of Greek debt, therefore should the country’s circumstances falter any further then the reper-cussions would be severe on these comparatively strong economies, and interest rates for bonds on neighbouring struggling economies, notably the Irish Republic and Portugal, would raise. Most signifi cantly perhaps, should Greek default on its debts, then Ireland and Portugal could follow suit.

The Greek bailout therefore is fi rst and foremost recog-nised as a means to contain the crisis, rather than off er any solution. Commentators agree that the onus is now on Greece to put into action substantial changes to the social, administrative and political systems that led the country to live well beyond its means for so many years. The signifi cance of this is not only that of practicality, but also to demonstrate alliance between the eurozone’s 17 member states. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso expressed the

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Content

/ Editorial

The euro: Keeping it together ........................................................................................................ 3

/ Event‘s news & reports

MSV 2011 again throughout the Brno Exhibition Centre

Polska Technika Górnicza S.A. .......................................................................................... 10

Metering, Billing/CRM Europe ........................................................................................... 12

Smart Homes ............................................................................................................................. 14

Smart Utilities Russia ............................................................................................................. 16

22nd International Trade Fair of Low-energy Building FOR ARCH 2011 ........... 20

For ELECTRON ........................................................................................................................... 22

For Industry ................................................................................................................................ 24

Amper 2012 ................................................................................................................................ 26

LOG-IN........................................................................................................................................... 27

Emo Hanover ............................................................................................................................. 27

/ Story

Trade Fair for Industrial Heating & Cooling Technology

/ Companies

50Hertz Offshore | A Power System for Wind Energy in the Baltic Sea ................................... 32

New World Resources Plc | Safe Workforce, Sound Business

CEZ Group | FutureMotion Initiative ......................................................................................... 46

ABB s.r.o. | A Long-standing Presence ......................................................................................... 52

Elia Group | Setting an Example for Europe’s TSOs ..................................................................... 54

HETTICH CR k.s. | Part of the Family ........................................................................................ 58

VERBUND | Leading the Way in Hydro Power

/ Technology news

S&S Worldwide Boosts Sales by 75 Percent with IBM Smarter

Commerce Software in the Cloud .................................................................................................... 62


53rd International Engineering

Fair will take place from 3 to 7 Oc-

tober 2011 as the most important

industrial show held in the new

member countries of the Europe-

an Union. Interest in participation

is again rising, and most surfaces

including the largest exhibition

halls are already sold out.

MSV 2011 again throughout the Brno

Exhibition Centre

p.6

NWR is Central Europe’s lea-

ding hard coal and coke produ-

cer, serving a blue chip client

base in the region’s steel and

energy sectors. Chief Opera-

ting Officer Ján Fabián talks

to Gabrielle Brown about how

putting the welfare of its staff

first dramatically improved

efficiency, morale and custo-

mer relations at NWR.

New World Resources Plc

Safe Workforce, Sound Business

• WTT Expo on the right course,

attracting WTT Expo on the right

course, attracting more than 80

percent of the targeted 140 ex-

hibitors • Presentation of the ITG

study at the special “Hall Heating

Systems” exhibition • High-profi le

SWISS Pavilion of energie – clus-

ter.ch • New exhibitors introduce

themselves at the special “Hose

Technology” exhibition

Trade Fair for Industrial Heating & Cooling

Technology

VERBUND is Austria’s leading

energy supplier, employing

nearly 3,000 staff and producing

40 % of Austria’s total electricity

requirements. 90 % of the energy

it creates comes from hydro po-

wer, which represents the second

highest proportion in Europe.

VERBUND

Leading the Way in Hydro Power

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MSV 2011 again throughout

the Brno Exhibition Centre

53rd International Engineering Fair will

take place from 3 to 7 October 2011 as

the most important industrial show held

in the new member countries of the

European Union. Interest in participa-

tion is again rising, and most surfaces

including the largest exhibition halls

are already sold out.

The fair reflects economic recovery“Preparations are in full swing and we reg-ister high interest in participating. After last year, which refl ected the beginning of economic recovery, this is another tes-timony of the positive mood of industrial fi rms,” stated MSV director Jiří Rousek. He also confi rmed that the number of applications is already higher than last year in many fi elds, while new ones are still coming. “We see returning exhibitors

who last participated in MSV in 2008, before the economic crisis, while some traditional participants expand their exhi-bition space. Most of our largest buildings, including Halls P, V and F are fi lled almost to full capacity,” Rousek specifi ed.

Interest in the fair corresponds with posi-tive development of the economy and the growth of industrial production in the Czech Republic but also in Germany and throughout Central Europe. Domestic exports are driven beside the automotive industry especially by engineering and energy sector.

Hall P will belong to metalworking machinesThe largest exhibition hall in Central Eu-rope becomes the main presentation cen-tre of the important branch of machine

tools for the third time. Visitors can look forward to the largest number of ma-chinery exhibits headed by the novelties of leading domestic and international manufacturers. Although IMT, the spe-cialized machine tools trade fair does not take place this year, the extent of exhibition space booked in this branch already exceeds last year’s reality of the IMT fair 2010. “Recovery in engineering fi elds, which is now talked about a lot, is a reality and is clearly manifested in the participation interest”, commented Jiří Rousek.

There are no rules for exhibitors restrict-ing the machine presentation, therefore producers want to present to potential clients really the most interesting parts of their off er. There are reports of specifi c machine exhibits, which we will see in Brno. For example, Kovosvit MAS will pre-sent its new product of the year - fi ve-axis multi-centre MCU 5X 630VT with turning possibilities.


Exhibitors, who signifi cantly increased their exhibition space in comparison with last year, include companies like STROJÍRNA TYC, ITAX PRECISION, AGIE CHARMILLES or DK machinery. Companies that exhibited at MSV last in 2008 and return this year, include Mikron MORA-VIA (machine tools), FEIN elektronáradie (machine tools and turning machines and tools), DAYTON PROGRESS (standard parts for forming machines) or SEMACO (machine tools), who participated in MSV in 2005.

The whole “Machine Tools, Welding Equip-ment, Surface Finishing and Tools” branch presents most newcomers. The most in-teresting premiere will involve the par-ticipation of YAMAZAKI MAZAK Central Europe. An off er of machine tools brings to Brno for the fi rst time the companies RIPRON, S.O.S. DIFAK, MACMATIC, MAIER CE PELUG-TECH or Pavel Pardovský. Pre-miered foreign participants include the English Eclipse Magnetics Ltd (abrasives) or German company Peiseler (cutting tools).

Key branches of this year ’s editionExhibitors in other industries also look to the future with greater optimism and want to seize the new opportunities brought about by the economic recovery. The most numerously represented branch group will again feature Materials and Components for Mechanical Engineer-ing, where in comparison with the last two years the participation of companies and the extent of leased surface increases. For the very fi rst time, the Italian steel company MARCEGAGLIA will take part in MSV and present its range of welded steel tubes and pipes in an extensive exhibi-tion. A similar range will also be exhibited by another premiere participant, Benteler Distribution Czech Republic. Newcomers also include LubTec company, off ering centralized lubrication technology or Oiles Deutschland, a German company supplying friction bearings.

Organizers registered a signifi cant ex-pansion of exhibitions also in the fi eld of Materials and Components for Mechanical Engineering - the most striking example is VÍTKOVICE, who rented a stand area of 300 m2. MORAVIA STEEL will again occupy the entire pavilion H with their exhibition. Other businesses also intend to present themselves in a generous way this year, among them SCHWER FITTINGS whose CEO Tomáš Rýpar told us: “We did not

miss MSV even in times of crisis, which of course was challenging, but I think the attendance paid off . We did not disappear from the market for customers and this year in turn we exhibit in greater glory than in the past two years.” SCHWER FIT-TINGS will among other things introduce a new range of fi ttings for a very challeng-ing technology in Brno, namely distribu-tion of clean gas with high tightness and resistance against aggressive media.

Exhibitors of materials and components, who last attended the Brno trade fair in 2008 and are returning this year, in-clude the company SCHAEFFLER CZ, VK LOŽISKA, KOVOBEL, VISIMPEX or the Aus-trian company GRAESSNER.

Substantial fi elds of MSV on a long-term basis also include Plastics, Rubber and Chemistry. Last year’s K fair in Düssel-dorf already showed that the crisis in this sector has passed and due to dynamic growth of the automotive and electrical industry as major customers, the demand for plastics technology continues to rise. Major exhibitors like KUBOUŠEK, PLASTO-CHEM or WITTMANN BATTENFELD extend their exhibition space year by year, we see the return of such fi rms as MAPRO and MOLD-MASTERS. Foreign exhibitors in a premiere include the Slovak company MIKON, ADDIPLAST from France or the Israeli company POLYMER GVULOT. The domestic industry newcomers include Plastics Cluster and Company G-FIX with industrial adhesives and aerosols.

Another branch, which already occupies a larger area than last year, covers Drives, Hydraulics and Pneumatics. After three years, FESTO company exhibits once again, off ering pneumatic components; the CHARVÁT Group is an example of a company expanding their exhibition area and new participants include Aus-trian GKN Service Austria in the fi eld of hydraulic components and systems.

A display of advanced technologiesThis year primarily focuses on the effi -ciency of industrial production. New solu-tions for effi cient use of inputs, reduced energy consumption and materials and thus increased competitiveness come to the fore. An off er of these advanced tech-nologies is far beyond just power gen-eration industry, but rather permeates all sectors. Yet specifi cally the whole Power Engineering and Heavy-Current Electrical Engineering branch is where organizers expect interesting participation. For the fi rst time, the Russian company Atom-

expo will be a regular exhibitor in the fi eld of Nuclear energy and after a few years, Phoenix-Zeppelin Electric Division are back at MSV, off ering power generators.

The Czech Association of Energy Sector Employers as expert guarantor will be present, representing member fi rms and vocational schools at their stand. They will also participate in the accompanying pro-gramme on “Strategies For Competitive, Sustainable and Safe Energy”.

The premiere participation of Camfil Farr, a world leader in production and development of air fi lters and air clean-ing solutions deserves attention in the fi eld of environmental technology. An interesting fact which also confi rms the positive development of the economy, is the highest ever participation of fi nancial institutions - banks, insurance companies and leasing companies in the branch of Research, Services and Institutions.

It remains to be said that this year’s fo-cus on optimizing costs and streamlined manufacturing will be complemented by the 6th International Fair for Transport and Logistics organized in parallel. Transport and Logistics off ers innovative solutions for procurement, warehousing, handling, packaging and distribution of goods.


MSV 2011 again throughout

the Brno Exhibition Centre

Foreign exhibitors return The industrial market in Central Europe is growing and companies from Western Europe, but also from other parts of the world want to take advantage of new business opportunities. “We are delighted by increased interest by direct foreign exhibitors, mainly from Germany, Slo-vakia and Italy,” said Jiří Rousek in this context. Visitors will get to know the off er of a wide range of major companies, who have never exhibited in Brno before, but who feel that this year was the right time to penetrate new markets. One of the foreign exhibitors who will attend MSV for the fi rst time, is a global company BS&B Safety Systems based in the Netherlands that develops and manufactures special components and equipment for pressure measuring and control.

Traditionally, most applications arrive from Germany, especially in the fi elds of machine tools and materials and compo-nents for mechanical engineering. Two dozen German exhibitors applied for par-ticipation in the fair for the fi rst time, and German participation generally exceeds last year with both the number of fi rms and occupied surface space. Individual German Lands again want to extensively present themselves and prepare their of-fi cial participation, representing dozens of companies from various industrial fi elds. The largest exhibitions will feature Baden - Wuerttemberg and Bavaria, followed by Hessen, Thuringia and after a pause, Saxony and Rhineland - Palatinate return to Brno too.

Another interesting return is the offi cial Swiss participation, organized by the Switzerland - Czech Republic Chamber of Commerce. Other Swiss companies exhibit separately, namely in the fi eld of machine tools, among them for exam-ple Swisstool Export - Gruppe or TEXIMP. A large stand of Alfl eth Engineering will feature eighteen companies from Swit-zerland, Germany, Italy, France and India.

Offi cial stands, which clearly show how much weight each country attaches to MSV in Brno, will be opened by several more countries. Traditional Slovak par-ticipation is guaranteed by the Ministry of Economy SR, Austrian participation takes place under the auspices of the Austrian Embassy Commercial Department and the French participation is supported by the French-Czech Chamber of Com-merce. This year’s attractions include the planned offi cial participation of Belarus, and even two large stands of export pro-motion institutions from Turkey, which document the current boom of this new economic power. There will of course be also non-European exhibitors, among whom mainly companies from India and China rose in numbers.

Poland is the partner country of MSV 2011For the fourth time, the Brno Trade Fair continues in the tradition of partner countries, which gradually welcomed Germany, Slovakia, Austria and this year it is Poland - currently the third most important trading partner of the Czech Republic. The Polish partnership takes place under the patronage of the Polish

Minister of Economy Waldemar Pawlak and his offi ce supported the signifi cant participation of Polish exhibitors at this year’s MSV. This fair is included among nineteen events, where the state pays 50 percent of the costs to Polish fi rms (up to CZK 150,000).

Poland will have its offi cial exhibition stand at this MSV located in the central Hall V and it will include an exhibition of industrial design. The Poland - MSV 2011 Partner Country project will also comprise bilateral events lead by the second year the of Czech - Polish Economic Forum, which was fi rst held at the Polish embassy in Prague in 2010.

Industry seeks young professionals...... and the International Engineering Fair organizers meet its needs. After a two-year break the JobFair project will be here again, responding to the new demands of employers for skilled workers. “After a period of stagnation, a lack of young professionals in engineering and other industries is again beginning to show, which a sign of continuing recovery. The JobFair should help solve this problem,” Jiří Rousek explained. Purpose of the Job-Fair project which was held last at MSV 2008 is to facilitate contacts between employers in diff erent industries, and job seekers, including students.

An attractive contest for young mechani-cal engineers in CNC machine tools pro-gramming continues at the fair at the same time, while in the past years it re-ceived a very favourable response. It is organised by the Association of Engineer-ing Technology and the young contest-ants produce a programme specifi ed by a drawing directly on site within a time limit. The best results of their work are directly applied to the exhibited machines and the winners take away a workpiece made according to their programme.

The Technology Transfer and Innovation project enters its third year – a trade fair contact centre with a presentation of uni-versities and scientifi c research capacities off ered to the industry. Technical universi-ties and research centres will be provided space in Hall A1, and again there will also be a foreign exhibitors, among them the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

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Polska Technika Górnicza S. A.

Polska Technika Górnicza S.A. (Polish Min-ing Technics Jsc), which was established by key mining machines and devices pro-ducers, is an organizer of the biggest in Europe International Fair of Mining, Power Industry and Metallurgy “KATOWICE”.

The fair show has a 30-year-old tradi-tion and is organized biennially in the fair and concert hall – “Spodek”, located in Katowice, the capital city of Polish min-ing industry.

Over 400 Exhibitors from 19 countries participated in the last edition of our fair show. The exposition was visited by over 25,000 professionals from 22 countries.

The off er, presented on the fair trade, includes comprehensive services for min-ing industry, from designing to longwall complexes supplying.

The fair trade is accompanied by nu-merous international conferences and symposiums, which representatives of European Commission, Polish govern-ment, International Energy Agency, World Mining Congress and European science participate in.

The next edition of the International Fair of Mining, Power Industry and Metallurgy “KATOWICE 2011” will be organized from 6st to 9th September 2011.

Our experience and competency, profes-sional knowledge of needs and expecta-tions of mining branch and enterprises, which produce machines and devices for mining industry, entitle us to off er you the participation in the fair show “KATOWICE 2011”.

We invite you to visit Katowice – the in-vestors friendly city. Your participation in our fair trade, called by the branch press “European mining summit”, will be a great investment.


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CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION

3rd Annual

From Smart Meters to Smart Grid

Connect, interact and network with •200+ Russian and international electric power experts

Get a 360 degree understanding •of all aspects to consider network modernization programmes from MRSK, ES Holding, ENEL, Energy Forecasting Agency and many more leading companies

Source the right partners to take your •business to the next level from 15+ leading solution providers at the exclusive supplier pavilion

Smart Utilities Russia 2011 conference and exhibition will

provide a timely platform for key players in the Russian smart

utility industry to exchange ideas and insights on how to take their

business to the next level.

16-17 November 2011Marriott Renaissance Moscow Hotel

MOSCOW, RUSSIA

From the organisers of:

METERINGBILLING/CRM

EUROPE2011

“The smart revolution will lead to unprecedented amounts of data. Investing in capabilities to manage and exploit that data is a strategically sound decision and Smart Utilities Russia is the unique opportunity to demonstrate its importance”.

David Socha, Utilities Practice Leader, Teradata

PROGRAMME DAY 1 – 16 NOVEMBER 2011

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Join the reception on the exhibition floor at the close of the first day and enjoy the high-energy atmosphere, tasty food and free flowing drinks. Use this chance to meet our expert speakers and senior-level delegates.

Electricity landscape in Russia09.50 – 10.00 Official conference opening

10.00 – 10.30 Electric power outlook in Russia to 2020 and beyond – keynote • The current state of the Russian markets: high energy losses, low efficiency, existing capacities in full use • Key drivers of future developments: efficiency, security of supply and lower cost • From state-controlled monopoly to liberalized electricity markets Invited speaker: Mikhail Kurbatov, Deputy General Director, MRSK Holding, Russia

10.30 – 11.00 Regulatory framework for the new electricity market structure • Overview of the Energy Saving and Energy Efficiency law • Updates on proposed market-driven electricity prices • A future direction of deregulated electricity markets: balancing needs of the energy supplier and consumer Confirmed speaker: Igor Kzhukhovsky, General Director, Energy Forecasting Agency, Russia

11.00 – 11.30 Morning Coffee

11.30 – 12.00 Financial mechanisms for the energy networks of the future • Financing and investment structures of grid modernisation and creation of the financial markets • Transparent and credible regulation as a cornerstone for long-term investments. Confirmed speaker: David Herne, Managing Partner, Halycon Russia

12.00 – 12.30 Federal Grid Company: maintaining the stability of the Russian energy system • Overview of medium to long term programmes to address rising electricity demand • The need for improved power quality and efficiency via the optimisation of existing systems and new technologies • FGC’s commitments to smart grid – strategy and investments Invited speaker: High-level speaker, Federal Grid Company, Russia

12.30 – 14.00 Networking lunch

Effective implementation: key drivers, planning & strategy 14.00 – 14.30 Assessing and applying criteria for a successful smart grid programme

• What types of regulatory models and pricing structuring are necessary to spearhead smart grids developments in Russia? • The Russian grid reconstruction programme – challenges and opportunities • A view on implementation across Europe. Confirmed speaker: Dominique Fache, General Director Enel Russia/GIS, Russia

14.30 – 15.00 Integrated electricity & gas power sector planning and modernisation High level Gazprom speaker

15.00 – 15.30 The role of the consumer in successful smart grid rollouts • The impact of smart meters and other smart grids applications on the consumer • The Russian consumer sentiment relating to energy pricing and data protection • How to communicate benefits and engage the consumer Confirmed speaker: Phillip Lewis, CEO, VaasaETT Oy (Global Energy Think Tank), Finland

15.30 – 16.00 Afternoon coffee

16.00 – 16.30 From smart meters to smart grids meters • Overview of smart metering deployments • Example of smart meter use beyond metering / billing purposes • Top 5 mistakes to avoid when piloting / deploying smart meters Confirmed speaker: Gaia Gallotti, Senior Research Analyst, IDC Energy Insights, Italy

16.30 – 17.00 Opportunities for venture capital in energy efficiency industry • Analysis of the Russian energy efficiency market and the key areas of future growth • How to identify commercially robust projects and minimise investment risks Confirmed speakers: Alexei Belyakov, Partner and Head of Research, i2bf, Russia

17.00 – 18.00 Panel discussion

18.00 – 19.30 Networking cocktail reception

PROGRAMME DAY 2 – 17 NOVEMBER 2011

Visit www.smartutilitiesrussia.com for updates on the programme

Realising the smart grid concept: Russian and European experiences09.00 – 09.30 PermEnergo smart meter rollout project: overview & strategy

• 50,000 smart meter installation as a blueprint for Russia’s mass rollout • Project objectives: reducing operating cost, energy savings and lowering consumer bills • Rollout as a roadmap for future intelligent distributed control applications Confirmed speaker: Vladimir Inozemtzev, Head of Electric Power Transportation, MRSK Holding

09.30 – 10.00 PermEnergo smart meter rollout project: planning & Implementation • Contract for implementing smart meters in 10,000 homes • Utility benefits: reducing operating cost, providing more effective and expanded services • Consumer benefits: managing and reducing overall energy use • First step in establishing a smart grid strategy that goes beyond smart meters Confirmed speaker: Andrey Maksimov, Business Development, Deputy Director General, ENERGOAUDITCONTROL, Russia

10.00 – 10.30 Intelligent distribution networks in practice – Enel’s experience • Enel Telegestore – the unique smart metering system in operation worldwide over more than 33 million customers • Lesson learnt and shared benefits after 10 years operating through a smart metering system • Enel best practice in smart metering deployment – experience and know-how exported into other utilities • Additional valuable and innovative technologies in Enel - laying the foundation of the 1st Smart Grid deployed worldwide Confirmed speaker: Fabio Borghese, Head of International Business Development – Network Technologies, Enel Distribuzione, Italy

10.30 – 11.00 Morning coffee

11.00 – 11.30 Ireland’s rebuilding of the distribution network • Overview of the network overhaul and investments of over 3bn euros in T&D systems • Voltage conversion of 55.000 km of network for improved quality and continuity of supply • Ensuring greater effectiveness and economy in network design resulting in long-term cost reduction. Confirmed speaker: Anthony Walsh, Specification Manager, Procurement, ESB Networks, Ireland

11.30 – 12.00 Count.Pay.Save Federal programme for grid modernisation • Update on the current projects with Interregional Grid Company Holding • Ideas for adapted regulatory framework. Confirmed speaker: Nikita Sychevsky, Head of IT Services Direction, IES Holding

12.00 – 12.30 The uptake of smart metering in a new regulatory environment • The Energy Saving and Energy Efficiency law and its implications on adoption of smart meters • Assessing regulatory, commercial and end-user criteria for a successful roll-out • Stakeholder responsibilities in ensuring energy efficiency and calculating energy savings Confirmed speaker: Demeshko Anton Igorevich, Head of the Metrological and Informational Support Commercial Account, “ATS” “Administrator of Trading System of the Wholesale Electricity Market, Russia

12.30 – 14.00 Networking lunch

Smart network technologies: ICT, data and security 14.00 – 14.30 Smart communications for grid efficiency and stability

• Convergence of existing systems and managed communication services for optimal data flow • ICT as a balancing tool between generation and consumption • Overview of innovative technologies to support advanced communication infrastructure Speaker: leading communications Infrastructure provider

14.30 – 15.00 Overview of new smart grid technologies for Russian distribution systems Confirmed speaker: Alexey Lyakhov, Assistant Director General of Energy Efficiency, JS IDGC of Centre

15.00 – 15.30 Cybersecurity on the grid • Assessing cyber security and its impact on power system operation • Risks and consequences of cyber-attacks on the power network • Smart meter data security Invited Speaker: Geoffrey Riggs, Elster Integrated Solution, France

15.30 – 16.00 Q&A


22nd International Trade Fair of Low-

energy Building FOR ARCH 2011

The emphasis placed on savings of energy in the building industry will play an im-portant role in several years to come. That is why the exhibitors at the FOR ARCH Trade Fair have prepared presentations of news and matters of interest in the fi eld of LOW-ENERGY BUILDING. At the 22nd edition of the International Trade Fair FOR ARCH 2011 (21-25 September, Exhibition Centre Prague Letnany) you will have a possibility to fi nd news and trends of this progressive fi eld of the building industry. The main topic will be followed also by all the Trade Fairs held simulta-neously with FOR ARCH, namely: FOR THERM – Trade Fair of Heating, Alternative Sources of Energy and Air Conditioning, FOR WOOD – Trade Fair of Progressive Construction of Wood, FOR ELEKTRO – Trade Fair of Electrotechnics, Illuminating Engineering and Alarm Systems, SPORT TECH – Trade Fair of Sports Constructions, Their Technologies and Equipment. Each Trade Fair has its strong representation in the number of exhibitors.

I would like to live in a house and to save at the same time! That is why I am looking for my inspiration at FOR ARCHThe construction of a family house is a process which should be a matter of not only aesthetics but also a matter of economy. The time when the main criteria were only the acquisition price (even though in their eff orts of achieving fi nancial savings the investors many times reduce the standards for a passive house and present the result as an economic variant), size and location is defi nitely over. An emphasis is placed especially on low prices of energy, high-quality de-sign of details, accumulation capacities of

constructions, high-quality windows and doors, possibilities of ventilation with re-cuperation, simplicity of control and pos-sibility of checking the savings achieved. To fi nd a proper inspiration you do not have to travel abroad anymore, as high-quality constructions are implemented in the Czech Republic as well, thanks to a number of Czech promoters as well as organisations which present this style of housing within the framework of various events, conferences and trade fairs. The in-ternational days of passive houses are not in any case the only event of such a type within the entire range of events, never-theless they off er important comparisons in construction of passive houses in the countries of Europe. The Passive House Centre, which is the warrantor of the main topic of the FOR ARCH 2011 Trade Fair, has been cooperating with foreign colleagues as well as with renowned Czech fi rms for a long time.


Stanislav Karásek from the Karon com-pany, who took part at the construction of a house in Prague Uhříněves, com-ments on these activities: “We are active members of the Passive House Centre. We are interested in not only constructing passive houses but also in speaking about them. The cooperation with informed customers is much better. Now it should be an absolutely normal practice to con-nect renovations of the physical condition of a building with its energy performance upgrade. This means to reduce energy demands of a building to an acceptable level, i.e. to the level of a low-energy house or even – if it is at all possible – to the level of a passive house. The neces-sary tools, products and technologies are normally available on the market.”

The importance of the Trade Fair is con-fi rmed also by the fact that all those thinking about construction of a passive house can fi nd their inspiration there. One of these persons is also Ing. Miroslav Moravec, who has been living in a passive house already for two years and who has drawn his inspiration just at the FOR ARCH Trade Fair and from his friends already liv-ing in passive houses. He says: “I am highly satisfi ed with the use of the house, and if I decided to build a house in the future again, my selection will be in any case the same,” adds Mr. Moravec and continues: “I fi nd the most important advantage of this house in energy savings, and what

is more, for the time of using the house I have not encountered any concerns or disadvantages. In any case, I would like to recommend all those who are going to construct passive houses, to visit the FOR ARCH Trade Fair where they have a possibility to learn a lot of interesting information, to meet experts and to ob-tain precious advice.”

Visitors are encouraged to visit the FOR ARCH Trade Fair held from 21st Septem-ber not only for fi nding advice, tips and interesting ideas there, but they can visit also the rich accompanying programme. An interesting topic is the series of special lectures off ered by the Passive House Cen-tre. Visitors can take part in such lectures and presentations as: “Passive Houses – Why and How” and “How People Live in a Passive House”. A part of the accom-panying programmes consists also of two interesting conferences which are to be held at the Exhibition Centre Prague Let-nany. One of them is the 6th edition of the conference entitled Wood Construction, which is held on 22nd September from 10:00 hours. The topic will be focused, like the entire trade fair, especially on eff ective construction, reduction of en-vironmental loads of buildings, etc. The other conference event is already the 3rd edition of the Crossroads of Architecture conference. It will be held already on the 15th September at the National Technical Library in Prague. A part of the conference

is also Martin Rajniš’s lecture on the topic “Natural Architecture” and the accompa-nying exhibition “Young Architect Award 2011”. All information about the accom-panying programmes can be found on http://forarch.cz/2011/cz/dopr.asp.

A very interesting attraction for the Trade Fair visitors is also the special competition with the main partner of the FOR ARCH 2011 Trade Fair, i.e. the company BEST, a.s., producer of concrete paving systems, for prizes in a total value of CZK 500,000.-. The lots will be drawn twice a day at the exposition of the BEST company in the Hall no. 2 at the Exhibition Centre Prague Letnany.

Trade Fairs in general are, besides the Internet, the most comprehensive infor-mation source which is currently available. Unlike the Internet, their main advantage is the possibility of direct communication with representatives of the exhibiting fi rm – what you might ask, after seeing www sites, by e-mail or telephone calls in a rather complicated way can be ex-plained, face to face, by people working for the company. On one place you can make use of advantages off ered by the high concentration of people and infor-mation and by presentation of innova-tions and development trends.

For more information please visit www.forarch.cz


FOR ELECTRON – News and Trends of

Electrotechnics in Prague Next Spring!


Companies from the sectors of electro-

technics, power engineering, automa-

tion, electronics and other sectors will

introduce their news in Prague again,

at the second edition of the electrotech-

nical Trade Fair ELECTRON, which is to be

held already on 13 – 16 March 2012 at

the Exhibition Centre Prague Letnany.

policy, together with advantages resulting from participation. The companies inter-ested in taking part in this Trade Fair event have a possibility, before the fi rst closing date, which is 30 September 2011, to or-der an exhibition area already from CZK 1,600.- per m2. A matter-of-course remains an arbitrary number of complimentary Trade fair entrance tickets for exhibitors free of charge, or a possibility of consult-ing about the exposition location.

The individual Trade Fairs will be sup-ported by a media campaign not only in the Czech Republic but also abroad, including an intensive promotion in Slo-vakia. The Trade Fair is held again under the auspices of the Ministry of Industry and Trade and under the auspices of the President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Repub-lic, Mrs. Miroslava Němcová. Concerning specialised organisations supporting the Trade Fair and its exhibitors, it is possible to mention, among others, the Czech Un-ion of Electrotechnics, Czech Photovoltaic Industry Association, Czech Association of Telecommunications and many others.

At present, careful preparation of the ac-companying programme of the Trade Fair is already fully underway, in coopera-tion with experts and media partners. Of course, an integral part of the event will consist of trade faire competitions for visi-tors as well as competitions for the most innovative product (GRAND PRIX) and for the best arranged exposition (TOP EXPO) intended for exhibitors.

At present already such fi rms as ABB,s. r. o., SMA Czech Republic, TURCK s. r. o., ELEMAN s. r. o. or Pražská energetika a. s. have already registered for participation. Ing. Josef Raff ay, Head of the Department of Market Analysis and Consultancy of PRE, comments on the participation at the Trade Fair: “Last year we took part in the 1st edition of the ELECTRON Trade Fair. A trouble-free course of the Trade Fair, general satisfaction with services and positive responses of our partners were inspiring for our participation in 2012 as well. We will be glad to welcome you at our exposition.”

Organisers have prepared several changes for the second edition of the Trade Fair. The fi rst of them is the change in the term of the Trade Fair organisation, which has been transferred already to March. That is why ELECTRON will be, for many com-panies, a place where they can introduce their news and innovations from their business sector. A positive change for both the ELECTRON Trade Fair and for the entire Prague exhibition industry is modernisation of the Exhibition Centre Prague Letnany, which is to provide ex-hibitors with high-quality background facilities, conference and lecture premises as well as an improved standard of the services off ered.

Another innovation which is prepared for exhibitors is the possibility of presenting themselves at specialised Trade Fairs FOR ENERGO – The 1st International Trade Fair of Electricity Generation and Distribu-tion and FOR AUTOMATION – The 1st International Trade Fair of Automation, Regulation and Measuring Equipment. Therefore, the fi rms from these sectors can present their products to their traditional as well as new customers in the Czech Republic for the fi rst time at a specialised Trade Fair and focus their presentation on the target group. The simultaneously held Trade Fairs feature a strong media campaign in related professional media and a support of specialised organisations form individual areas of activities.

On the other hand, what remains from the fi rst edition of the Trade Fair is the price

For current information please see

www.electroncz.cz

www.forautomation.cz

www.forenergo.cz


Three spring industrial trade fairs in

Prague = three days of presentations of

closely related sectors (3 – 5 May 2011,

Exhibition Centre Prague Letnany)

FOR INDUSTRY The 10th International

Trade Fair of Engineering Technologies-

FOR SURFACEThe 6th International Trade

Fair of Surface Treatments and Finishing

Technologies FOR WASTE & CLEANING The

6th International Trade Fair of Waste

Handling, Recycling, Industrial and Mu-

nicipal Ecology and Cleaning Processes

The spring trade fairs in Prague presented various innovations with which compa-nies come to the market at the time of the relative recovery of demand. The presentations of the fi rms showed that even now Czech engineers are able to bring something new to the demanding market. The simultaneously held industrial trade fairs provided many possibilities in establishment of new business contacts for traders and manufacturers of various focus. The professional public had a pos-sibility of seeing a wide range of produc-

tion technologies which are up-to-date at present. In comparison with the previous year, the exhibition area of these trade fairs increased by 40 % and the number of participating exhibitors rose by 17 %. Number of participating countries: 11 (Czech Republic, Italy, France, Germany, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzer-land, Taiwan, United Kingdom).

PRIVATE VIEW OF THE TRADE FAIRS The trade fairs were ceremonially com-menced on 3 May 2011 at the Exhibition Centre Prague Letnany by the private view taking place in the entrance hall when the ribbon was cut by Mgr. Ondřej Lněnička – Mayor of the Prague Letňany City District, Ing. Jiří Jirka – Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade for Economy and Ing. Pavel Sehnal – Chairman of the Board of Direc-tors of ABF. The ceremonial opening was further attended by Ing. Jaroslav Čížek,

MBA, Managing Director of ABF; Daniel Bartoš, Dis., Trade Fair Administration Di-rector; Ing. Hana Marková, Director of the Industry Business Team and by the guests: prof. Ing. Karel Rais, CSc., MBA, dr.h.c., Rec-tor of the Brno University of Technology; prof. Ing. František Hrdlička, CSc., Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineer-ing of the Czech Technical University in Prague and Ing. Milan Kratochvíl, Project Manager of the University of International and Public Relations in Prague.

SOCIAL EVENING EVENT OF EXHIBITORS WITH HANDOVER OF AWARDS The meeting of the exhibitors was held from 5 p. m. on the fi rst day of the Trade Fairs, under the leadership of the Manag-ing Director of ABF, Ing. Jaroslav Čížek, MBA, who commenced the ceremonial announcement of competition results.

FOR INDUSTRY


The awards and diplomas were handed over to the winners in the large hall of the Congress Centre of the Exhibition Centre Prague Letnany by Bedřich Danda – Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade and by Mgr. Karel Machotka – Deputy Minister for Labour Market.

SPECIALISED SEMINARS AND PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATIONS The specialised accompanying pro-gramme was held in the Congress Centre of the Exhibition Centre Prague Letnany in three conference rooms. There were organised altogether 10 specialised semi-nars and 1 discussion panel. The topics presented concerned the industrial re-search and development in the Czech Republic, machinery production technol-ogy as the basis for the product quality, transfer of technologies, information sys-tems for production companies and new trends in the waste management system. A part of the trade fairs was formed by presentations of the follow-up professions in logistics, handling, storage, packing and transport on a common presentation area directly in the exhibition hall in a close vicinity of the expositions.

We invite you to trade fairs

FOR INDUSTRY

11th International Trade Fair of Engineering Technologies

FOR LOGISTIC

3rd International Trade Fair of Transport, Logistics, Storage and Handling

FOR WASTE & CLEANING

7th International Trade Fair of Waste

Handling, Recycling, Industrial and Municipal Ecology and Cleaning Processes

24. – 26. 4. 2012 / EXHIBITION

CENTRE PRAGUE LETNANY

ABF, a. s., Trade Fair Management, Mimoňská 645, 190 00 Prague 9 – Prosek, www.abf.cz.


In what has become a tradition, the LOG-IN logistics forum will be held the second week of November. This year the date is November 10 and the location is Prague’s Hotel Ambassador – Zlatá Husa (the Golden Goose). LOG-IN 2011 off ers a number of workshops and case studies as well as a prize for the best logistics project case study.

The XV. Logistics Business Mixer is now seamlessly linked to the workshop. A workshop and informal business mixer will be held under one roof. The beautiful Art-Nouveau interior of Hotel Ambassador – Zlatá Husa is the perfect environment for networking.

LOG-IN 2011, the 8th annual logistics forum, is supported by these partners:

The workshop by GS1 Co. Czech Republic and Tyros Loading Systems CZ.

This year’s special workshop partner is PointPark Properties.

Registration partner is Combitrading.

General sponsor of the XV. Logistics Busi-ness Mixer are: CTP Park and FM Logistic. PointPark Properties is a partner of the Business Mixer.

Sv t práce s kovemThe world of metalworking

INFO:VDW – Generalkommissariat EMO Hannover 2011Verein Deutscher Werkzeugmaschinenfabriken e.V.Corneliusstrasse 4, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, GERMANYTel. +49 69 756081-0, Fax +49 69 [email protected] · www.emo-hannover.de

19-24. 9.

2011

Informace, vstupenky a cestovní nabídky:

Ing. Eva Václavíková

vyhradní zastoupení

Deutsche Messe AG Hannover v R

Eva Václavíková, David Václavík

Myslbekova 7

CZ-169 00 Praha 6

Tel.: +42 0 2 20 51 00 57

Fax: +42 0 2 20 51 00 57

E-Mail: [email protected]

LOG-IN

EMO

Contact info:

Jaroslav Smíšek

Logistics Group Manager

ATOZ EVENT, s. r. o.

Holečkova 29

150 95 Prague 5, Czech Republic

Tel.: +420 246 007 234

Fax: +420 246 007 201

GSM: +420 733 559 474

E-mail: [email protected] www.atozevent.cz


Trade Fair for Industrial

Heating & Cooling

Technology

• WTT Expo on the right course,

attracting WTT Expo on the

right course, attracting more

than 80 percent of the

targeted 140 exhibitors

• Presentation of the ITG study at the special

“Hall Heating Systems” exhibition

• High-profile SWISS Pavilion of energie-cluster.ch

• New exhibitors introduce themselves at the special

“Hose Technology” exhibition


Karlsruhe/Essen, 9 June 2011 WTT Expo – the Trade Fair for Industrial Heat and Cooling Technology will be pre-senting innovative products, processes and systems, which make an important contribution towards energy effi ciency and recovery, at the Karlsruhe Trade Fair Center between 27 and 29 September 2011.

“We are anticipating a total of 140 in-ternational exhibitors. With more than 80 % of exhibition space allocated, we are well ahead of our time schedule and can look forward to the coming WTT Expo with a very optimistic attitude,” says Britta Wirtz, Managing Director of Karlsruher Messe- und Kongress-GmbH (KMK). WTT Expo is the only trade fair dedicated to industrial heating and cooling to be held in the German-speaking world in 2011.

“All in all, we can record a sustainable improvement of the mood in this very

special area of the apparatus construc-tion sector,” reports Harald Krüssmann, the initiator of WTT Expo. “After 2010 being a very diffi cult year for everyone involved, we were able to win back many leading companies and attract a number of new exhibitors. However, WTT Expo continues to be the platform for small and medium-sized specialists in the key areas of heat exchanger and heat transfer technologies.”

This is demonstrated, for example, by the fi nal results of the “OrbiLas” project after technical modifi cations, which are being presented on the joint stand of MAUS Italia and the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology (IPT). The fully automatic laser tube-to-tube sheet welding for tube bundle heat exchang-ers is a highly interesting subject as far as production technology is concerned. Daussiny from the Netherlands and Poly-soude from France are just two of the companies which will be giving presen-tations on welding technology in heat transfer systems.

Presentation of the ITG study and the ‘Future of hall heating - decentralised heating is green heating’ fact book at the special “Hall Heating Systems” exhibitionA special “Hall Heating Systems” exhibition is being held for the fi rst time at the 2011 WTT Expo. The Association of German Gas and Water Treatment Companies (fi -gawa) will be presenting the results of the ITG study on decentralised hall heating systems at an information event that is being organised by fi gawa in cooperation with the Association of German Heating


System Component Manufacturers (VHB) as part of this exhibition.

Sponsored by the Federal German Min-istry of Transport, Building and Urban Development, fi gawa is conducting a re-search project entitled “Study of produc-tion halls with their characteristic building structures and heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems for target-oriented development of overall energy-saving and emissionreduction potential in the course of updating the DIN V 18599 standards / EnEV 2012 (German Energy Saving Or-dinance)” within the framework of the “Building for the Future” initiative. The ITG (Institute for Building Systems Engineer-ing) has been engaged to draw up the paper on plant engineering while Kassel University has been asked to prepare the paper on building physics. The purpose of the study is to establish a foundation for an accurate energy assessment of produc-tion halls with a particular focus on hall heating systems. At the same time, the study will also determine the building and plant-related energy saving potential of halls throughout Germany. The results

and fi ndings will be incorporated into a revision of the DIN V 18599 standard, as well as the amendment to the German Energy Saving Ordinance (EnEV), which has been announced for 2012.

Other key players, including etapart, Kübler and Nordluft, who were among the leading manufacturers involved in the fi gawa research project, have agreed to take part, as has Sunline.

“We have obviously seized on a particu-larly exciting subject,” Harald Krüssmann explains. “This can be attributed to the fact that the recovery of heat from the ambient air in production buildings is giving rise to considerable, as yet un-used potential, at a time when the world of the actual component and system manufacturers is merging with that of the energy-optimised ventilation system manufacturers.”

New exhibitors introduce themselves

at the special “Hose Technology” exhibition The special exhibition is not only being used as a presentation platform by estab-lished exhibitors such as Witzenmann-Speck, but also by newcomers, including BOA Balg- und Kompensatoren-Technol-ogie GmbH, Dipl. Ing. K. Dietzel and IBK Wiesehahn. Corresponding to WTT Expo’s key issue − heating and cooling systems − the focus here is on the metal hose sector and the appropriate compensator technology.

High-profile SWISS Pavilion of energie-cluster.chUp to now, eight Swiss companies have been using the chance to present them-selves as part of energie-cluster.ch on the SWISS Pavilion: apaco, Bieri Engineering, Franz Giesi, Helbling Engineering, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, KASAG, Picatech Huber and Polybloc. They will be demonstrating innovative processes, systems and components that off er a means of improving energy ef-fi ciency and the recovery of heat and energy.

“Our clearly defi ned trade fair profi le is being used by energie-cluster.ch with the organisation of the SWISS Pavilion,” explains Britta Wirtz. “It also shows that the southern region of Germany, and the Karlsruhe technology region with the adjacent northern French market in particular, is becoming increasingly interesting to Switzerland’s apparatus manufacturers and suppliers.

This presentation by the Swiss appara-tus and plant manufacturing industry includes a half-day series of lectures.

Further information is available at www.wtt-expo.com

Contact for WTT Expo:PP PUBLICO PublicationsHarald KrüssmannPhone: +49 201 79 12 12Fax: +49 201 79 88 278Email: [email protected]

Trade Fair for Industrial

Heating & Cooling Technology

w w w . w t t - e x p o . c o mSupported by; Organizers:

Book your online ticket now:

NEW: Special exhibition

Industrial Hall Heating Systems

and Special exhibition

Flexible Hoses

in Process Applications

The only European Trade Fair for Industrial Heating & Cooling Technology

parallel:Program of supporting eventsLecture and workshopsEnergy-Forum Karlsruhe

27th - 29th September 2011Karlsruhe Trade Fair Center


50Hertz Offshore: A Power System

for Wind Energy in the Baltic Sea

The share of renewable energies in

Germany ’s overall power production has

risen considerably in recent years. Baltic

offshore wind farms will in future con-

tribute an important part of this energy.

But how will the wind energy generated

at sea be brought to the onshore power

system? This is where 50Hertz Offshore

GmbH comes in.

50Hertz Off shore is a subsidiary of trans-mission system operator 50Hertz Trans-mission GmbH, which has its registered offi ce in Berlin, employs ca. 650 people and generated a turnover of €5,596m in 2010. The company’s objective is to erect and operate power lines and related as-sets serving the connection of off shore wind power generation units to an elec-tricity transmission or distribution system. To ensure effi ciency, 50Hertz Off shore will focus on connecting up the wind farms located on German territory in the Baltic Sea. This means 50Hertz Off shore will take wind power from the sea right to the socket.

50Hertz as a transmission system operator is in charge of operation, maintenance, planning and requirement-based exten-sions of the 380/220 kV transmission system, and of compliant management of the electricity system as a whole in the territories of the German Federal states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia.

By hooking the Baltic wind energy gen-erators up to the system, 50Hertz and 50Hertz Off shore are making an impor-tant contribution to climate protection: Only by connecting the wind farms up to the system will this energy produced with zero carbon emissions be brought to the power system and hence to consumers.

Harnessing Wind Power in the Baltic SeaCurrently, 14 wind farm projects have applied for grid connection with 50Hertz

Off shore; so far, four permits have been granted. The fi rst ever off shore wind farm project in the Baltic Sea was ‘EnBW Baltic 1’, which began construction in July 2009 and will commence operations immi-nently. The wind farm is situated 16km north of the peninsula of Fischland-Darß-Zingst. Its 21 wind turbines generate ap-proximately 50 MW and will be able to supply electricity for 50,000 households. As the electricity has to come a long dis-tance from the high seas to the onshore transmission system (ca. 75 km), robust, high-performance submarine cables and landlines are used to ensure its safe trans-portation.

According to current planning, by 2015/16 there will be fi ve off shore wind farms operating in the area, generating ap-proximately 1,500 MW, and requiring an investment of ca. €1.5bn. By connect-ing the Baltic off shore wind farms to the power system, 50Hertz Off shore is doing pioneering work, as it is the fi rst time that wind farms erected far off the Baltic coast have to be linked up to the onshore electricity system over long distances.


‘EnBW Baltic 2’ – The Next Big StepThe Baltic 2 wind farm is located in the Bal-tic Sea off the Isle of Rügen and will com-prise 80 wind turbines of 3.6 MW capacity each, adding up to an overall capacity of 288 MW – signifi cantly higher than its sister farm Baltic 1. Norddeutsche Seeka-belwerke GmbH (NSW), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the General Cable group of companies, has been awarded the con-tract for the manufacture and installation of the network connection cables. Baltic

2 will generate 1,200 gigawatt hours of electricity for some 340,000 households each year, saving some 900,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions.

Wolfgang Bogenrieder, Managing Direc-tor of 50Hertz Off shore: “Hooking up the generating assets to the onshore electric-ity system is our contribution to climate protection, and thereby to developing off shore wind power. We are pleased to have found a very good partner for cable manufacture and installation for what is our second off shore project. Electricity from the Baltic region is becoming ever more important. This encourages us in

our aspiration to expand the onshore transmission system, too, aiming to en-sure that Baltic electricity can indeed be transported to where it is needed – to the consumption hotspots in Germany’s south and southwest.”

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a larger, international network. An alli-ance with Danish wind farm Krieger Flak 3 is currently being planned, resulting in an expansion of interconnecting lines between Germany and Denmark; a later co-operation with Sweden to participate in this Baltic network is also possible. The project is being partially funded by the EU and enjoys a prestigious status within the union. In fact, the EU has agreed to con-tribute up to €150m for the establishment of an off shore power grid at Kriegers Flak, signing an agreement with Danish Trans-mission Systems Operator Energinet.dk and 50Hertz Off shore. This Grant Agree-ment was concluded under the European Energy Program for Recovery (EEPR) on the condition that the project obtains the necessary authority approvals and permissions in Denmark and Germany.

Kriegers Flak is a shallow area of water located between Denmark, Germany and Sweden, which is particularly suitable for the erection of large off shore wind farms. The international project involves the construction of a combined grid solution, allowing the connection of off shore wind farms to an off shore power grid connect-ing Denmark and Germany, with the pos-sibility of adding Sweden at a later date. “The project has received much attention on the international scene as it may serve

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Safe Workforce, Sound Business

New World Resources Plc (NWR) is Cen-

tral Europe’s leading hard coal and coke

producer, serving a blue chip client base

in the region’s steel and energy sectors.

Chief Operating Officer Ján Fabián talks

to Gabrielle Brown about how putting

the welfare of its staff first dramati-

cally improved efficiency, morale and

customer relations at NWR.

NWR has an impressive profi le: its subsidi-ary OKD, a.s., (OKD) is the largest hard coal mining company in the Czech Republic, and the company’s coke subsidiary, OKK Koksovny, a.s., (OKK) is Europe’s largest producer of foundry coke. A third sub-sidiary, NWR KARBONIA S.A., oversees two new development mining projects in Poland. For all its credentials, NWR remains part of an industry that can per-haps engender some ‘dark’ connotations – imagine working for hours each day submerged deep underground amidst a foreboding – looking deep-black sub-stance. However, speaking to Mr. Fabián it became evident that coal mining has become a signifi cantly more rewarding occupation for NWR’s 18,000 employees.

Safe InvestmentsIn 2007 NWR embarked on a project it entitled POP 2010 – meaning ‘Productiv-ity Optimization Programme’, with 2010 representing the anticipated completion date. The scheme involved implement-ing state-of-the-art mining and gateroad development technology. “We didn’t cut costs by seeking out smaller, unknown and potentially unreliable suppliers. We bought the best equipment from the leading manufacturers that was proven to be safe, eff ective and effi cient,” says Mr. Fabián.

The mining industry can be dangerous, so NWR ensured its investment extended to every aspect of the mining, and miner’s, kit, including overalls, hard hats, boots, lamps, detection devices and clothing utilizing the latest high-tech fabrics. The results improved effi ciency (com-paring 2009 to 2010 overall, effi ciency increased by 15 % as a result of these investments) and also created a far safer workplace and a more dependable work-force. For example, in 2010 there was

a 22 % drop in the number of accidents and the 2010 Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR) – a mining industry meas-urement of safety that represents the number of reportable injuries after three days absence divided by total number of hours worked expressed in millions of hours, decreased from 12 to 9.13. “This is a major achievement – perhaps the most


signifi cant of our achievements to date when you consider how important safety is in our industry, and that our people are our most valuable asset,” says Mr. Fabián.

Encouraging Innovation atEvery LevelSenior executives working in any large organization will invariably face the chal-lenge of how to make their employees feel that their contribution, no matter at what level or of what size, does make a diff er-ence to the success of the business. The question of how best to motivate staff is one NWR has made serious commitment to addressing. With the obvious ‘motiva-tor’ covered (NWR pays it staff around 50 % above the regional average wage), the company established a review process designed to fi nd ways to really inspire and encourage its workforce. “We took 1,200 of our employees, namely 10 % of our coal miners, including those at the entry-level of employment, and spent two days discussing and sharing ideas around the subjects of corporate culture, clients, strategy, and so on. We involved profes-sionals from various disciplines to run the sessions, including psychologists for example, as well as our senior managers. This gave us the opportunity to under-stand, and connect with, the people who really make our business and fi nd ways to ensure they are driven to help NWR succeed, and feel part of that success,” says Mr. Fabián.

The outcome of this review saw NWR develop a reward system based on the Kaizen (Japanese for ‘improvement’) philosophy. Continuous Improvement focuses on seeking out improvements at every level of an organization’s operations, even in seemingly mundane or insignifi -cant processes and systems. The objective is to ensure everyone constantly contrib-utes ideas for improving effi ciency and sees an immediate benefi t for their eff ort.

“Now, anyone at any level can contribute their ideas for how we can improve ef-fi ciency, and be rewarded fi nancially for doing so,” says Mr. Fabián. In 2010 NWR employees submitted 802 suggestions for improvements which also led to EUR 10m savings. “Of course, not all suggestions lead to a cost saving, some may increase costs but improve safety. The best result for NWR is that we now have a workforce who really do feel that they can contribute to the safety and success of the company.”

The Future for Coke and CoalThere are comparatively stable aspects to NWR’s business. For example, some of the company’s customers have been with the company, in its various guises, since the Second World War, it operates within a region that has a 220year history of coal mining, and its neighbouring steel-producing clients will have exclusively designed their blast furnaces around the qualities of the coal extracted from NWR’s mines. However, the energy market is notably less secure and predictable. The Fukushima plant crisis in Japan put the

safety of nuclear energy into question, which will aff ect the perceived value of other energy commodities – though it is not yet known what the outcome of this will be. Then there is the increased pressure, and desire, to integrate more energy from renewable sources – but renewables remain expensive and com-paratively diffi cult to monitor both in terms of how much energy they gener-ate and their market value. “As a fourth-generation miner, I have been monitoring the thermal coal reserves since 1985, and I know that it is the most abundant fossil fuel, with reserves spread the world over. So, I don’t think there is any question regarding the demand for thermal and coking coal; the challenge therefore is to fi nd ways to reduce its emission levels.”

NWR Plc was incorporated in the United Kingdom in May 2011, is listed on the London, Prague and Warsaw stock ex-changes and is headquartered in the Netherlands. In 2010 NWR’s revenues were €1.59 billion, up 42 % on the previ-ous year, and had EBITDA of €464 million, up 160 % on the previous year. Mr. Fabián remains acutely aware that facts, fi gures and strategy mean nothing without the people behind them. “For me, the most exciting aspect of working for NWR is in seeing how investing in people can really change the dynamic of a business. Our employees and clients know that we’re driven to not only generate profi t for our shareholders but also increase the gains for all stakeholders, whether that’s fi nancially or through feeling fulfi lled by the knowledge that they are each funda-mental to the success of NWR.”

Gabrielle Brown


You became Chief Executive Offi cer

in 1993; how has the fi rm changed

since then?

The fi rm has expanded and matured; its situation in 1993 cannot be compared with that of the present, either from a point of view of volume or quality of production. We are a subsidiary of the Hansen Sicherheitstechnik A. G. holding company, based in Munich. This pub-lic limited company ranks among some of the largest European manufacturers and suppliers of electrical equipment for mines, i.e. for potentially explosive environments.

Nowadays we have over 200 employees; we started with 60 people. The growth of the fi rm can be illustrated best in fi g-ures. When, in 1995, we had a turnover of 100 million crowns, I thought that meant an unbeatable success. Our most success-ful year, however, was 2009, despite the economic recession peaking all around the world. We had already many signed contracts and due to that we achieved a turnover of more than 600 million crowns. This year looks very good and it

seems that we will repeat our success, or even surpass it.

We started as supplier for OKD and sub-supplier to our partner companies within the corporation in Germany and Poland; now we export to the whole world. We have a very strong position in Russia, mainly in Siberia; we are well-established in the Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus and also Mexico. Not long ago we made our fi rst deliveries to Turkey and just yesterday representatives of a Spanish company visited us and were also interested in our supplying them with our products. We export some products, such as vacuum contactors, all over the world.

Are you monitoring opportuni-

ties in Afghanistan, for example?

Companies from every continent are

attempting to source the mineral

wealth there and there are certainly

excellent business opportunities for

equipment suppliers…

Firstly I must point out that this year it will be diffi cult enough for us to meet the demand now for the contracts that we already have. We are not keen, therefore,

to open ourselves to risk – I do not mean in technological terms, but we all have a good idea from media reports of the sit-uation concerning safety in that country. But if the conditions improve there, then there is no reason for not going in there too. As far as countries where we would like to succeed with our production, the primary targets are Vietnam, Columbia and Argentina and, of course, China.

Was the merger together with the

Ostroj Opava Electrical Division

a success and what was the reason

for it? You had already signed a co-

operation agreement on fl ame-proof

enclosures for H+R and supplying

service for equipment imported to

OKD…

Ostroj Opava was interested in establish-ing this company and had a 40 percent share in the company. Later we acquired its share in the company, but the coopera-tion of course continued and it remains the same today. When they supply props and other mining equipment to a cus-tomer, in most situations it is our company which performs the electrical part.

Ing. Josef Šimeček – CEO of Hansen Electric, spol. s r. o.

There will be work enough even for our grandchildren


What advantages for you result from

the fact that you are now part of the

Sicherheitstechnik A. G. holding?

Today we are such a mature company that we have our own know-how. When we founded the company back in 1993, when we needed to manufacture technologi-cally advanced and competitive products, our links with the corporation were very advantageous because we had access to documentation and technology which would have been in accessible otherwise. Today the situation is diff erent and we are capable of developing and off ering the very best products. The fi rm is fully independent.

It is estimated that, using currently

available technology, OKD at present

has reserves only for approximately

20 years within in its existing district.

Does this image of possible end of

mining provoke fear in you or are

you an optimist and believe that you

will mine in other places and more

advanced technology will be used in

the existing district which will enable

expansion of mining into places

which are diffi cult to reach today?

Firstly I think that mining in the Ostrava-Karviná district will not come to an end in 20 years’ time and I am 100 percent convinced that the reserves of coal under the Beskydy Mountains will be exploited. Underground mining in the Czech Re-public produces approximately 12 mil-lion tonnes of coal per year, in Poland this is over 80 million, in the Ukraine too more than 80 million and in Russia around 200 million tonnes. Development in mining is very promising in Turkey too, where new pits are being dug, so I have no fears for the future of work even for our grandchildren.

You would certainly welcome the

opening of a mine in Frenštát, where

there are only trial bores at the mo-

ment…

Without a doubt. Using the latest technology, the coal under the Beskydy Moun-tains can be mined in such a way that both the local inhabitants and tourists would barely notice.

Do you think that the solution to the

matters at present, such as the min-

ing limits in Northern Bohemia or the

possible mining in the pit at Frenštát,

may have been made easier by the

problems accompanying the renais-

sance of nuclear power in Europe

as a result of the recent events in

Fukushima in Japan?

I have been following media reports on the events in Germany where the govern-ment has promised to close its 17 reac-tors within 10 years, so they will have no choice but to buy coal or to launch their own mining on a massive scale. You prob-ably have to ask somebody else about what the situation will be in our country.

Your biggest customers are miners

and the mining industry has not

been hit so badly by the crisis as

other segments of industry. How did

your company fare in the times of

recession?

After our record year in 2009, the volume of production dropped by about 20 per-cent, but we did not go into the red. I was worried that the situation would last into this year, but now we have quite the op-posite problem because it seems that all fi rms have started up at full speed and we lack materials and components for production. We have to wait longer than we are used to for deliveries and we fi nd ourselves in diffi culties because of this.

In some cases, due to a lack of several components, we cannot meet manufac-turing deadlines for goods worth millions of crowns. Right now we are experiencing a crisis of over-production which nobody expected a year or two ago.

You talk of problems with meeting

high demand: are you considering

increasing the numbers of employ-

ees and expanding your production

space

We have no other choice now than to take on new employees because with the current numbers we are not capable of satisfying the extreme rise in demand even if we compel them to do overtime. Even so, we are late with our deliveries and are unable to complete the agreed contracts in Turkey, Russia and Mexico on time. We just do not have the material.

Are you having diffi culties in fi nd-

ing enough qualifi ed specialists or

has the recession helped you in this

aspect, when the job market has

been fi lled with so many capable

job-hunters?

We do not fi nd ourselves in such prob-lems, because we off er very good terms. When the word goes out in our region that we are looking for a particular type of qualifi ed worker, several contenders apply for each job and we can pick and choose from the candidates.

OKD has now fi nished POP 2010; to

what extent did you participate in

this project?

We supplied the electrical equipment for all combine coalfaces with longwall technology. Cooperation with the Bucyrus company went very well and also we made a very good impression on them.

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Central Europe´s leading hard

coal and coke producer

New World Resources N.V. (“NWR” or the “Company”) produces quality coking and thermal coal for the steel and energy sectors in Central Europe through its subsidiary OKD, a.s. (“OKD”), the largest hard coal mining company in the Czech Republic. NWR’s coke subsidiary, OKK Koksovny, a.s. (“OKK”) is Europe’s biggest producer of foundry coke.

NWR currently mines in the Czech Republic and has two development projects in Poland, which form part of its regional growth strategy.

The Company has 396 million tonnes of reserves and is strategically located within Central Europe. NWR supplies to a blue chip customer base in the region and its major customers include ArcelorMittal, U.S. Steel, voestalpine, Moravia Steel, ČEZ, Verbund and Dalkia.

Headquartered in the Netherlands, NWR employs 18,553 people led by a world-class management team and a Board of Directors with global and regional experience.

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Four active coal mines run by OKD and one coking plant producing blast-furnace and foundry coke run by OKK.

In 2010 NWR produced 11.4 million tonnes of coal – 5.3 million tonnes of coking coal and 5.5 million tonnes of thermal coal were sold externally.

In 2010 NWR produced 1 million tonnes of coke and sold 1.1 million tonnes.

Our Polish subsidiary, NWR KARBONIA S.A. (“NWR Karbonia”) oversees our two development projects in southern Poland, Dębieńsko and Morcinek.

Strategically located mines and quality coal have made NWR a leading and trusted supplier.

One of the Czech Republic’s largest industrial groups by assets and revenues and one of the largest private sector employers in the country.

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New World Resources N.V. (“NWR” lub “Spółka”) produkuje wysokiej jakości węgiel koksujący i energetyczny na potrzeby sektora hutniczego i energetycznego w Europie Środkowej, działając poprzez swoją spółkę zależną OKD, a.s. (“OKD”), największego producenta węgla kamiennego w Republice Czeskiej. Spółka zależna firmy NWR, OKK Koksovny, a.s. (“OKK”), jest największym producentem koksu odlewniczego w Europie.

Obecnie NWR wydobywa węgiel w Republice Czeskiej oraz realizuje dwa projekty rozwojowe w Polsce, które stanowią część szerszej strategii rozwoju w regionie.

Spółka dysponuje 396 milionami ton rezerw i jest strategicznie zlokalizowana w Europie Środkowej. NWR zaopatruje największych odbiorców z regionu a jej główni klienci to ArcelorMittal, U.S. Steel, voestalpine, Moravia Steel, ČEZ, Verbund oraz Dalkia.

Spółka NWR, z siedzibą główną w Holandii, zatrudnia w sumie 18.553 pracowników zarządzanych przez światowej klasy kadrę menadżerską i Zarząd, dysponującymi doświadczeniem w skali regionalnej i światowej. Spółka jest notowana na giełdach papierów wartościowych w Londynie, Pradze i Warszawie od maja 2008 r. Emisja akcji NWR była największym IPO na giełdzie w Londynie i jedynym IPO na giełdzie w Pradze w 2008 roku.

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W 2010 roku NWR wyprodukował 11,4 milionów ton węgla – 5,3 miliona ton węgla koksującego i 5,5 miliona ton węgla energetycznego zostało sprzedane zewnętrznie.

W 2010 roku NWR wyprodukował 1 milion ton koksu i sprzedał 1,1 miliona ton.

Nasza polska spółka zależna, NWR KARBONIA S.A. (“NWR Karbonia”) kontroluje nasze dwa projekty rozwojowe na południu Polski, Dębieńsko i Morcinek.

Dzięki strategicznie położonym kopalniom i wysokiej jakości węgla, NWR jest wiodącym i godnym zaufania dostawcą.

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The mine will be a major investment in the regionInterview with George Klinowski,

deputy CEO and COO of NWR Karbonia

What are the main benefits from the

opening of the Debiensko mine?

The opening of the mine means a huge cash injection for the local community, and jobs for approximately 2,500 people. In the community of Czerwionka- -Leszczyny unemployment among those aged between 18 to 27 runs at about 25 percent, while the real unemployment rate is definitely more than 30 percent. So I’m not surprised that we receive about

50–60 job applications daily. As of today we have over 3,000 of them and, in addition we receive a lot of inquiries.

How much will the mine cost?

Approximately EUR 350–400 million. I estimate that about half of this amount will be spent on demolition, renovation and construction work. We intend to employ many local companies for the construction of the mine. Certainly the demolition, construction, electrical, mining and waterworks companies in our community and surrounding areas will benefit from this project.

Will NWR Karbonia support inhabitants who may be affected by

mining operations?

Yes, of course, and in fact we are already doing this. Also we have a lot of inquiries regarding this matter. It is very important that we help residents who may be affected by mining. Under Polish law, a miner which intends to carry on such activities is obliged to prevent and mitigate the effects of this mining. That's why we have launched a system to help residents of threatened areas. Everyone who wants to build in these areas and knows that they may be affected by mining activities has the right to apply to us for financial support to strengthen the foundations of their house to prevent the effects of any anticipated subsidence. People bring us maps of their land and we compare them with the plans that we have. Then we form an opinion on whether the house will be exposed to damage of the first, second or third category, or whether it will remain un affected by mining. Through the discussions and agreements between the experts hired by residents and our specialists we achieve consensus. One can get up to 35,000 zlotys. We receive between 100 and 120 such requests per year, but we only pay when the house has been built and the roof goes on.

Jakie będą główne korzyści z uruchomienia kopalni Dębieńsko?

Otwarcie kopalni oznacza ogromny zastrzyk finansowy dla gminy i pracę dla około 2,5 tys. ludzi. W gminie Czerwionka-Leszczyny bezrobocie w grupie wiekowej od 18 do 27 lat sięga 25 proc., a rzeczywiste bezrobocie wynosi zdecydowanie ponad 30 proc. Nie dziwię się więc, że dostajemy około pięćdziesięciu- sześćdziesięciu podań o pracę dziennie. Na dziś mamy ich już ponad trzy tysiące i dodatkowo mnóstwo rozmaitych zapytań.

Ile będzie kosztowało uruchomienie kopalni?

Około 350–400 mln euro. Szacuję, że połowę tej kwoty będą stanowić prace wyburzeniowe, modernizacyjne i budowlane. Zamierzamy zatrudnić przy budowie kopalni wiele lokalnych firm. Skorzystają na pewno firmy wyburzeniowe, budowlane, elektryczne, górnicze i wodno-kanalizacyjne z naszej gminy i okolic.

Czy NWR Karbonia będzie wspierać mieszkańców, których może

dotknąć działalność górnicza?

Ależ oczywiście. My to już robimy i także w tej sprawie mamy mnóstwo zapytań. Niezwykle ważne jest też to, że nie zostawiamy na lodzie mieszkańców terenów, które mogą być dotknięte działalnością górniczą. Zgodnie z polskim prawem górniczym przedsiębiorca, który zamierza prowadzić taką działalność, jest zobowiązany do zapobiegania i łagodzenia skutków tejże działalności. Dlatego właśnie uruchomiliśmy system pomocy dla mieszkańców zagrożonych terenów. Polega ona na tym, że wszyscy, którzy chcą budować się na tych terenach i wiedzą, że mogą zostać dotknięci działalnością kopalni mają prawo do ubiegania się u nas o rekompensaty na wzmocnienie fundamentów w związku ze spodziewanymi deformacjami gruntów. Przynoszą mapki swoich działek, a my porównujemy to z planami, które mamy. Wydajemy im potem opinię, że dany dom będzie wystawiony na szkody pierwszej, drugiej lub trzeciej kategorii lub że będzie pozostawał poza obszarem wpływów górniczych. Na drodze porozumienia pomiędzy rzeczoznawcami, wynajętymi przez tych ludzi i naszego dochodzimy do konsensusu. Można otrzymać od 15 do 35 tys. złotych. Rocznie dostajemy sto- sto dwadzieścia wniosków, ale płacimy tylko wówczas, gdy dom wybudowany jest w stanie surowym pod dach.

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CEZ Group

FutureMotion Initiative

In the Czech Republic, CEZ Group compa-

nies generate and distribute electricity

and heat, engage in electricity trading,

mine coal, and supply natural gas. CEZ

Group is also developing operations

outside the Czech Republic, focusing in

particular on the markets of Central and

South-eastern Europe, where we can ap-

ply our unique expertise in managing an

electricity conglomerate during a period

of transition to a liberalized power

market and leverage our know-how.

CEZ Group focuses primarily on markets

where it already has some form of

operations, as well as on the renewables

sector.

Outside the Czech Republic, CEZ Group currently has actively operating compa-nies in Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, the Netherlands, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, Hungary, Turkey, Serbia, and Slovakia. In Albania, CEZ Group operates the country’s sole distribution company. In Bulgaria, CEZ Group distributes and sells electricity in the western part of the country and generates power in its own coal-fi red power plant near Varna, the Black Sea port city. In Romania, CEZ Group engages in distribution and sale, operates the Fântânele wind farm and, nearby, is building the Cogealac wind farm. In Poland, two black coal-fi red power plants near the country’s border with the Czech Republic are part of CEZ Group. In Germany, the Group co-owns – with a partner – a brown coal-mining com-pany that includes coal and wind power


plants. In Turkey, CEZ Group and its local partner operate a distribution company, generate electricity, and are preparing to build new power plants. In Slovakia, CEZ Group sells electricity and natural gas to end customers and is teaming with a lo-cal partner to build a new nuclear power plant at the Jaslovské Bohunice site.

Companies in the remaining countries carry on electricity wholesale operations, function as holding companies, or engage in fi nancing activities. Throughout Central and South-eastern Europe, CEZ Group engages in wholesale trading in electricity and natural gas.

To ensure the CEZ Group’s business con-tinues to be successful in the future, it is necessary to renew the generation portfolio. CEZ Group is investing, and will continue to invest, signifi cant sums in upgrading aging Czech brown coal power plants and building new, high-effi ciency plants in the Czech Republic. In 2010, CEZ Group expanded its generation mix by adding solar power plants. The fi rst containers were successfully installed in the newly-built spent fuel storage facility in Temelín. Power plant upgrades and new power plants are also planned in Hungary, Germany, Turkey, and Slovakia.

FutureMotion InitiativeIn June 2009, we launched an initiative entitled “FutureMotion – the Energy of Tomorrow” with the objective of securing a long-term stable and positive outlook for ČEZ, a. s. and the Czech power industry, help people lead comfortable and safe lives, minimize environmental burden and, at the same time, help the Czech Republic to build a knowledge economy. The initiative consists of sev-eral programs:

Environmental Investments

2010 saw the launch of a project to de-velop electro mobility in cooperation with PEUGEOT ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA s.r.o. The goal of the partnership is to work together on promoting electric cars, gain practical experience in their day-to-day operation, and support the further development of electro mobility. PEUGEOT ČESKÁ RE-PUBLIKA s.r.o. is providing 10 iOn vehicles under lease in 2011 and another 55 vehi-cles in 2012. CEZ Group agrees to build a network of over 150 charging stations.

A business plan was drafted for the Solid Biofuels project, which will focus on pos-

sibilities for utilizing biomass in CEZ Group power plants, both in terms of plant tech-nology and biomass procurement.

Small-scale Cogeneration

The area of small-scale cogeneration has become a standard process at ČEZ, a. s. It involves searching for and assessing busi-ness opportunities as well as preparing for construction. Tenders are underway to select suppliers of cogeneration units.

Smart Grids

As part of the “Smart Region” project, an agreement was signed with the City of Vrchlabí in north-eastern Bohemia where the project is located. We completed re-search and development studies neces-sary for project execution (automated smart grid elements and the dynamic model), and work is ongoing to study island operation in the area in question. The fi rst smart elements already were installed; modifi cations to distribution transformer stations to support smart meters installation are ongoing.

During year 2011, the project calls for 33,000 households and small businesses to be outfi tted with “smart” electric me-ters. In the next fi ve years, electric car infrastructure to be built and local power sources to be effi ciently integrated into the grid.

home displeysmart meter

hydro power plants (renewable energy sources)

photovoltaic power plants(renewable energy sources)

storing

island operation

recharger station for electromobiles

combined electricity and heat generation

control system

comunication infrastructure

wind power plants (renewable energy sources)

conventional large-scale energygenerating sources


CEZ Group


ČEZ Měření, s.r.o. (CEZ Metering services Ltd)

ČEZ Mereni, s.r.o., was established in or-der to detach and centralize electricity metering services originally provided by regional distribution companies. Now it provides services in the following areas:

• installation and operation of electric meters and switching elements,

• collection, processing and administra-tion of data,

• electric meter administration services,

• repairs and inspections of electric me-ters,

• handling and prevention of unauthor-ised take-off s.

ČEZ Měření is main contributor to smart metering project of ČEZ Group.

The first smart metering pilot project (AMM I)First pilot project was started in 2006 in order to verify suitability of new tech-nologies in the field. Target of this pro-ject was to evaluate capability of current state of the smart metering technology – metering functions, data acquisition, transfer and processing. Under pressure of EU, we were gathering know-how for prospective implementation of a com-prehensive automated metering system.

Technical or legislative conditions are specific to each country, thus real test in Czech environment was necessary.

The project was implemented on 1,900 metering points, in 3 different geographical locations, by 3 different suppliers (of both meters and MDM). Due to a purely technological focus of

the project we dropped off full integra-tion of these 3 systems with CEZ Group legacy systems.

Various limits for reliable system op-eration were identified during meter deployment. Some customer habits, like switching off the main home breaker (installed in front of meter) when leav-ing house for a vacation, definitely re-duces functionality of whole system. On the other hand, meter installation times matched our expectations and we confirmed that smart meter instal-lation time is about the same as for con-ventional meter. Reaction times were analysed during operational phase and assessed as satisfactory – readings and commands were executed in less than a couple of minutes, with success rate over 98 %.

This pilot project definitely confirmed basic capabilities of smart grid system and helped us to set requirements for metering functions of new system, and for narrowband PLC, 868 MHz RF and GPRS communication technologies.

Scope of the pilot project clearly lim-ited validity of gained knowledge, thus verification of logistics, deployment and operation procedures for bulk installa-tion was not possible.

Based on this experience, it was rec-ommended to run Wide pilot project (WPP AMM) with scope around 1 % of total number of DSO’s metering points. Such project should prove smart metering technology from large scale deployment perspectiveHypotheses were set in areas of:

• operational grid management with focus on performance, reliability and security of supply;

• remote change of TOU;

• optimisation of low-voltage distribu-tion grid in terms of losses;

• data utilization for repair and fault management;

• customer behaviour, especially per-ception of new tariff and services;

• system support for dynamic tariffs (distribution, sales);

• load estimation;

• ICT support;

• investment and operational costs

Wide pilot project – automated meter management (WPP AMM or AMM II)As mentioned in above paragraph, wider-scale project was required to provide ad-ditional information for qualifi ed assess-ment of business, technical and fi nancial parameters of prospective full-scale im-plementation of smart metering system.

The aim of WPP AMM project is to verify logistic procedures, metering system security, technological and economical assumptions and the impact of smart metering system extensive deployment on end customers. The project will pro-vide information not only for internal use within the CEZ Group, but also for evaluation of smart meters deployment in national level - outputs from our project are demanded by Ministry of trade, who is responsible for preparation of National study – assessment of all costs and ben-efi ts of smart metering for Czech republic and recommendation of best deployment scenario.

Last but not least, the project will vali-date the basic functionality for a Smart Grid future.

Three closed technical areas in the grid were selected for AMM II project; each area is fed by 110kV/35kV (22kV) trans-former station and supplies tens of thou-sands metering points:

• JEŘMANICE area covers highlands with numerous small villages. Climatic de-manding conditions are given by higher altitude and its North-west location

• PARDUBICE area has a lowland character with a large city (about 100 thousand inhabitants) and several small suburban municipalities around.

• VRCHLABÍ is a small size city (approx 13 thousand inhabitants) just under Krkonoše Mountain (Giant Mountain) in northern Bohemia. Vrchlabí is also known as a “Smart region” as it was se-lected for our smart grid pilot project.

Approx. 800 distribution transformer sta-tions (DTS) and almost 70 000 metering points cover those three areas. 14 sub-areas were selected in order to optimize the project budget – approx. 500 DTSs will be fully equipped with smart meter-


ing technology (incl. summary meter, data concentrator, router, UPS) and smart meters will be installed on nearly 34,000 measuring points behind that DTSs. Re-maining 300 DTSs are to be equipped only with I&C meter and communication technology to enable data transfer to data centre. That coverage guarantees basic network management functions (balance calculation, load monitoring …).

Diff erent communication technologies are tested (GPRS, 3G, RF, PLC, BPL, WAN) to evaluate their parameters (speed, latency, reliability …) under diff erent conditions (e.g. city vs. rural areas).

Consortium of HP, Landis+Gyr, Schrack Technik, TranstechCZ (ADD), Czech com-pany ZPA (and approx 20 other connected vendors / service providers) won a public tender for AMM II project.

Consortium provides blueprint design, detailed design, development, testing, project management, delivers all tech-

nical elements required for metering, data transfer, processing and evaluation. Software licences (for MDM, HES, event handler, communication management and monitoring systems) are also under contract, integration to our legacy sys-tems is in the scope of the project as well (DMS, SAP, WFM, etc.).

Once blueprint had been fi nished, “trial installation” was provided. Basic MDM installation, 4 DTSs (1 per meter vendor) and a dozen of meters per vendor be-hind each DTS (ADD, EMH, L+G and ZPA) enables to verify initial system set up and parameters and therefore mitigate risks associated with large-scale deployment.

Meters are being deployed since May and should be fi nished till December 2011.

Evaluation and tests are performed for each separate area of deployment:

2Q/11 – 4Q/11 – deployment itself – lo-gistics, cost, legal and technical issues

3Q/11 – 4Q/12 – system operation and maintenance – operational costs, ICT costs, reliability, operating parameters

3Q/11 – 2Q/12 – commercial impacts – customer perception, experience

Final project evaluation will be done based on predefi ned parameters, ongo-ing evaluation of operational parameters and considering the current state of the market.

Based on current project status, we are able to provide key insights into:

quality of delivery, logistical issues

installation times

- legal issues when accessing point of consumption and installing meter

- parameters of communication technolo-gies, main issues

- gaps of smart metering technology (preventing full development of smart grid functions)

115 years of Landis+Gyr

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• Smart metering

• Solution for smart grid

• Complex systems for data acquisition and processing for customers

• Economical remote reading solutions for industrial plants

• WEB portal

• Integrated multiutility solutions containing smart meters of all energy types– electricity, heat, gas and water

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Multi-utility meter readingCommunication platform is a key suc-cessful factor for smart metering as it enables data transfer from meter to data centre.

Apart from GPRS and RF, power line communication (PLC) is widely used in smart applications. PLC gives unique advantage to electricity distributor – direct connection with every point of consumption. Sharing of that commu-nication channel would be beneficial for other utilities, who supply house flat with other energies – gas, water, heat. Avoiding parallel communication infrastructure, simple standardised pro-tocols, shared network management tools and other technical aspects could offer cheaper service for customers.

ČEZ is building Smart region in Vrchlabí where all elements of new smart tech-nologies will be tested:

• smart grid - reliable, automated, self-healing and effectively controlled distribution network

• integration of combined heat and power generation units and renewa-bles into the network

• smart metering, including web based portal for data visualisation

• integration of e-car

Smart metering project are usually focused on electricity meter reading. Uniquely in Vrchlabí, we have selected one tenement for multiutility meter reading micro-pilot. Each from 40 flats will be equipped with:

• Landis+Gyr smart electricity meter E350 – data are sent via PLC to concen-trator. GPRS or WAN connection will be used based on actual parameters to send data to data centre

• Landis+Gyr smart gas meter G350 Li-bra – data are sent via wireless M-BUS to the electricity meter

• Bonega water meters, ready for M-BUS communication – pulses from both meters (hot & cold) are red by proprietary communication unit. This unit then provides wireless M-BUS connection with electricity meter

• Siemens heat consumption indicator, remotely red by proprietary 868MHz communication – each radiator is equipped with an indicator. Indicator measures relative heat consumption and send data via proprietary 868MHz connection. Siemens concentrator col-

lects all data and send them to Byt-therm data centre

Apart from meter installed in each flat, house is also equipped with:

• central heat meter - in case of tene-ment houses, contract for heat sup-ply is not closed between heat pro-ducer and each flat, but between heat producer and house owner (facility management company in this case). House owner then allocates cost of heat to each individual flat. Based on Czech legislation, 60 % of costs are allocated by flat area and 40% are allocated based on data from heat consumption indicators

• central water meter - in case of tene-ment houses, contract for water supply is not closed between the utility com-pany and each flat, but between the utility and the house owner. Allocation to flats is done by in-flat meters.

• central hot water meter – consump-tion of cold water, which is in central exchanger turned into hot water, and consumption of heat used to warm up the water, are measured separately. Such system of cost allocation also cover heat energy which is used to keep the water warm and ready for use (hot water circulates in house pipeline system and is continuously re-heated)

Key elements of technical solution are delivered by Landis+Gyr, local Czech companies also co-operates on our project.

Local company Byttherm plays an im-portant role in this micro-pilot. It offers services for facility management com-panies – water meter readings, heat indicator readings and cost allocation. In our project, main role of Byttherm is in area of data visualisation. Data red from all smart meters are transferred to byt-therm data centre. All customers from multiutility house than can check their consumption – electricity consumption is updated every hour, other utilities each day. Discussion with customers and surveys are also part of our project. We need to exploit their expectations, willingness to follow market trends etc.

Participating on ČEZ futur/e/motion project, small village Vrchlabí, located under beautiful Krkonoše Mountain, has joined VIP club of other smart re-gions like Boulder, Malaga, Amsterdam or Mannheim.

heat meter (on each radiator)

heat meter (on each radiator)

[heat supply][water supply][gas supply][electricity supply]

central hot water meter

central heat meter

central water meter

electricitymeter

electricitymeter

gas meter

gas meter

cold water meter /hot water meter

cold water meter /hot water meter

central heatexchanger


Real potential in demand side load managementAs 2009/72 EC Directive says, „Member States shall ensure the implementation of intelligent metering systems that shall as-sist the active participation of consumers in the electricity supply market“.

An assessment could be provided, as a part of it benefi ts for customer can be evaluated. What benefi t you, as an end electricity consumer, expect from smart metering?

Another part of mentioned Directive says, that „The DSO shall be responsible for ensuring ... a secure, reliable and effi cient electricity distribution system …“. Only smart meter is not a universal solution of that task. Smart meter, as a part of a smart grid defi nitely will increase reli-ability of the grid. Smart meter will be-come „eyes“and „hands“of smart grid – it will provide actual (and on-line in dream solution) data about energy consumption and quality of distribution, it will be able to manage load on other side.

More visible for household end-consumer are personal benefi ts – our surveys have proven that price (cost of supply) is a key. So „customers active participation“ can be understood as implementation of such functionalities, which allow them to check their consumption over time and based on current market conditions choose proper product / tariff or change their behaviour in order to save energy bill.

Some countries, like Czech Republic, Slo-vakia or Austria, have been using „ripple control system“ for more than 50 years. Such system enables electricity consump-tion to be more evenly distributed in the grid (and thus lowers costs). This eff ect is achieved by switching and turning off electrical devices like heating, air-con-ditions or water heating, but e.g. street light as well. The system is primarily de-signed for switching of tariff s of electricity

metering (high and low tariff ). In Czech Republic, more than 50% of electricity consumption in households and SME segment is controlled by ripple control.

Implementation of smart metering will defi nitely increase functionality of de-mand side load management. We ex-pect that future development of smart technologies will bring better tools for load management, e.g. to switch even individual appliances. Together with web based customer portal, where individual consumption will be visualised, we will provide complex off er to our customer. On a top of that „smart bundle“ will be special two-tariff which should test con-

sumers willingness to move part of their consumption form peak hours to another day or night time.

Technical potential of this consumption shift is subject of investigation. As men-tioned above, heating-type of consump-tion is already under control, using ripple control system. Picture on right / left side show structure of remaining consumption expected in average fl at (central heating,

gas stove). We probably can divide those types of consumption into two groups:

- fi xed – lights are switched on when necessary, food is prepared when re-quired, TV is switched on to watch football match, freezer runs almost continuously

- fl exible – you can manage some „back-offi ce“ procedures of your home and for example iron your shirts or run dishwasher machine in off -peak hours

Try to measure consumption of your fridge and other „fl exible“ appliances. Your estimates of demand side load man-agement, apart from heating, will not

bring any amazing number. Pessimists say that average family, using smart me-tering system, will save 2 – 5 % of their electricity bill.

Conclusion? Demand side management is not area where Czech Republic can benefi t from implementation of smart metering technology. More attention should be paid in area of smart grids. But, do we already know what smart grid is?

Washing machine

Cooking

Food coolin g or freezing

TV, audio, PC

Ironing

LightsDishwashing


ABB s.r.o.

A Long-standing Presence

A Brief Czech HistoryABB was in at the birth of the Czech Republic, registering fi ve companies by 1993. The fi rst ten years saw a focus on manufacturing effi ciency, customer re-lations and expansion through acqui-sition – several Czech companies were brought into the family during this period. At the turn of the century, a merger and consolidation process created the limited liability company, ABB s.r.o. and the next ten years set the scene for the current structure of fi ve divisions across all regions of the country.

The Parts Of The PictureThe divisional structure mirrors that of the wider ABB Group which means that every area of worldwide ABB activity is represented in the Czech Republic. In brief, they are as follows:

• Power Products – This is all about the hardware to transmit and distribute

electricity and the factories in Brno and Praha mainly focus on high- and medium-voltage switchgears and ap-paratus. Brno includes a technology centre and laboratory for R&D and testing, exploring new applications in this fi eld.

• Power Systems – Here we fi nd the provision of complete (and complex) control systems for transmission and substations. It also includes a service unit providing modernisation, consult-ing, diagnostics, repairs and hotline support to customers. This division’s units can be found in Trutnov, Praha, Brno, Plzeň and Teplice.

• Discrete Automation – The focus here is on helping increase industrial productivity and energy effi ciency via facilities in Ostrava, Praha and Brno. As well as motors, generators and programmable logic controllers, this division also off ers industrial robots and technology for wind farms and solar power.

• Low Voltage Products – In contrast to the Power Products Division, the units in Brno and Jablonec nad Nisou provide

The global leader in power and automa-

tion has strong links to the Czech Re-

public going back to the 70s. Today, ABB

s.r.o. is a leading player in the Group’s

Central European operations.

Last year, Trade & Investment featured the ABB Group. The Group’s structure is divided into eight geographical regions; part of the Central Europe region is the ‘Czech Cluster’ which also includes Hun-gary, Slovakia and the Ukraine. This year, we talk to Hannu Kasi, the President and Country Manager of ABB s.r.o. and the focus is on ABB’s successful Czech sub-sidiary: 3,000 people in eight locations, between them providing the full range of ABB services to the Czech Republic.


low voltage switchgears, components and wiring accessories for use by electricity consumers and even for applications such as intelligent building control.

• Process Automation – This division provides energy savings and improved productivity to customers in a wide variety of industries, such as paper, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, and metals and minerals. Units are found in Praha, Ostrava, Brno and Most.

SuccessesIt’s fair to say that ABB s.r.o. is a market leader in some of its prod-ucts and services. Two examples: almost every Czech household and building contains a switch, socket or other device from the wiring accessories unit at Jablonec nad Nisou; and the medium voltage unit at Brno is the biggest worldwide factory for MV instrument transformers with 90 % of its production going for export. As befi tting it’s position in the fi eld, the company has been involved in some signifi cant projects, both at home and abroad.

ABB robots have automated unpacking and packing of glasses for food manufacturer Hamé’s logistics centre in Staré Město. Having provided both the hardware and the software, ABB have ensured that no glass is touched by human hands.

The Dukovany nuclear power station in the Vysočina region has opted to completely retrofi t its medium-voltage switchgear with ABB, thus increasing reliability and reducing future maintenance requirements. Similar equipment has been fi tted for the Prague O2 Arena, the Zličín shopping centre and the TPSA automobile factory in Kolín.

ABB s.r.o. is one of the suppliers to the Khalifa Tower project in Dubai, providing switchgear equipment to manage air-con-ditioning, lighting and communications in the world famous 828-metre high building.

A more local (and more unusual project) is the creation of a lake in Most. An old open-cast coal mine has left a 70m deep pit. In order to stabilise the sides and surrounding hills, ABB is helping to pump water from the Ohře river, 24km away which will result in a recreational lake, 311 hectares in area.

The secret to these successes, says Hannu Kasi, is “...defi nitely the professional level of our employees and hiring the right people. Going back to the history of our company in the Czech market, we invested in good acquisitions that fi t our group profi le and gave us a good, strong position. Therefore that attracted good

employees.” The strategic acquisitions continue, in 2010, the Polovodice semiconductor business joined ABB, boosting their smart grid and energy effi ciency capabilities – two key growth areas for the future.

Into The FutureJust like any other business, ABB in the Czech Republic felt the economic impact of 2008-09 but 2010 has seen a great improve-ment in fortunes with a record 10 billion CZK worth of orders. Not quite at pre-Crisis levels overall but business is climbing steadily and Hannu Kasi is content that the worst is over and future plans are suitably ambitious.

Capital investment will double in motors and generators and robotics repair (including the construction of a new 8 000 square metre facility in Ostrava in 2012). The medium voltage global competence centre in Brno will also be further developed to consolidate its world-class status. And, of course, ABB s.r.o. will remain on the lookout for acquisition opportunities, primarily in the areas of smart grids and energy effi ciency technology – the two main growth priorities.

Ultimately though, Hannu Kasi sees ABB’s people as the main current and future asset. “We are hoping that the best brains are coming into our industry, looking at energy effi ciency – young people want to fi x the world and that gives me a lot of hope.”

Dave Foxall


Elia Group

Setting an Example for Europe’s TSOs

The Elia Group operates across Belgium

and Germany, acting as Belgium’s trans-

mission system operator (TSO) and as

of May last year has a 60 % stake in the

German TSO 50Hertz Transmission. Chief

Financial Officer Mr. Jan Gesquiere talks

to Gabrielle Brown about Elia’s excep-

tional position as perhaps one of the

most ‘entrepreneurial’ TSOs in Europe.

In May last year Elia took a pioneering step for a TSO, by acquiring a signifi cant portion of another – Germany’s 50Hertz Transmission. “Elia is a very dynamic, even entrepreneurial, TSO. The fact that we have taken over another TSO means we can be seen to be an example of how a TSO can successfully attract investment,” says Mr. Gesquiere.

This is a signifi cant boast given recent studies into the investment needed in Europe’s TSOs if they are to meet the 2020 objectives set by the European Commis-sion, namely to achieve 20 % renewable energies, a 20 % reduction in emissions and a 20 % improvement in energy ef-fi ciency. The activities of Europe’s TSOs today will prove fundamental to how Europe manages and maintains its energy systems for decades to come. “Forecasts show that an investment of €100 billion over the next ten years is needed to en-able each TSO to establish and manage the infrastructure necessary to meet the 2020 objectives. It’s a huge amount of money, so the challenge for Europe is to determine how to attract and regulate investments into TSOs,” says Mr. Gesquiere.

Discussions regarding how to attract and regulate investments into Europe’s TSOs are ongoing. “You can attract equity or debt. On the equity side, regulators need to see what will be an appropriate re-turn for the investors. For example, Elia is a 52 % listed company, whereas in other countries the government has 100 % ownership. So, how can investments be made in such situations? How can you realize your investments in line with at-tracting investment? This is going to be a big topic for debate and movement over the next 2 – 5 years, and it could mean looking to the European Investment Bank for support,” says Mr. Gesquiere. One aspect to the debate is the infl uence of rating agencies, who have swung from being optimistic about the potential of


TSOs to now being notably negative. “Preferably, the ratings should show more of an equilibrium,” says Mr. Gesquiere.

Coordinating Europe’s Energy SystemsAt the forefront of ensuring the 2020 goals are met is ENTSO-E – the European Net-work of Transmission System Operators. The body comprises 42 member TSOs from 34 countries and operates as the ‘hub’ for activities focused on integrating the European electricity market, improv-ing and securing the transmission sys-tem and contributing to enabling a sus-tainable energy supply. Elia has always

had a strong presence within ENTSO-E, notably Daniel Dobbeni, Elia’s CEO, was appointed as the fi rst the President of ENTSO-E in December 2008.

Whereas ENTSO-E has a strategic focus, Elia is also heavily involved in CORESO, an independent company comprising engineering professionals from across Western Europe who combine expertise to develop and improve technologies to achieve a safe and constant fl ow of en-ergy across the grids. “CORESO is a purely technical company whose main aim is to anticipate the energy fl ow, see where there is congestion, and then determine how best to address that technologically on a Europe-wide scale. It would be in everyone’s interests if CORESO expanded

to include more members, independent of the TSOs. As energy becomes increas-ingly generated by renewable sources the energy fl ow becomes ever more diffi cult to balance – for example, you cannot pre-dict or control when the wind is going to blow! We need CORESO to have as broad and as great a view as possible.”

Elia and 50Hertz – Aligning OperationsAside from contributing to Europe-fo-cused activities, Elia is presently adjusting its operations to incorporate its newly acquired German arm. “We are in the midst of managing the integration of


50Hertz into the Elia fold. Though this is not a merger we still must align our focus, and make the most of shared strengths – see where there are positive synergies across the operations – and then there are the diff erences in Germany’s energy regulations that we must now work with across the Group.”

In the last six months Elia has reshaped its organization by forming a separate research and development knowledge department. “This is indicative of our com-mitment to R&D, and again to our aspira-tion to be a front-runner and example to the European Commission,” says Mr. Gesquiere.

Testing TimesRecently energy players the world over have faced a somewhat unanticipated yet seemingly urgent challenge in the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear power plant crisis in Japan. Germany shut down seven of its nuclear reactors, a move which perhaps was indicative of a renewed nervousness spreading across Europe. “Like Germany other countries will review their nuclear power, but it’s diffi cult for us to say how this will happen; and the consequences will vary country to coun-

try. Germany only had a 20 % dependency on nuclear power, but somewhere like France, where it’s closer to 80 %, cannot aff ord to act hastily. This brings us back to the task of balancing and managing the energy fl ows across Europe, so that one resource can act as a check and balance to the other. It’s not going to be easy to solve, and a lot of political encouragement will be needed.”

As Elia’s CFO Mr. Gesquiere’s day-to-day tasks are typically related to managing the fi nances in view of the 50Hertz ac-

quisition, improving fi nancial reporting models, and playing his part in promoting investment in TSOs. However, it is the ‘big-ger picture’ and Elia’s role as a front-runner TSO that really directs his work. “It’s an exhilarating time to be working for a TSO, and it will be for the next 10 years. Meet-ing the 2020 renewables objectives is impossible without the TSOs. The energy landscape across the whole of Europe is being reshaped, and it’s exciting to be part of it.”

Gabrielle Brown


HETTICH CR k.s.

Part of the Family

With over a century in business,

a handful of simple business values and

a family approach, the Hettich Group

has spread across the globe. One of its

more recent ‘relations’ is in the Czech

Republic.

The Hettich Group has companies on most continents. The distinctive primary colour logo can be seen in the United States, Australia, India, China and – since 1993 – the Czech Republic. Not bad for an organisation that is still family-run 123 years after it was founded in Schramberg, a small town in Germany’s Black Forest region. With a naturally low public profi le, it is quite possible not to have heard the name before, but if you have ever admired your soft-closing kitchen drawer or the clever fi ttings in your Ikea fl at-pack, you may already own a Hettich product with-out even knowing it. Although expansion has seen a quiet crossover into supplying the automotive and electronics industries, Hettich’s primary focus is still furniture hardware; hence the motto: Technik für Möbel. Horst Blom is the Managing Di-rector of Hettich CR k.s. and he spoke to Trade & Investment from the heart of the Vysočina district, on behalf of the company’s 600-strong workforce.

Hettich HistoryWhen asked about himself, the fi rst thing Horst Blom says is that he is married and

his two daughters have families of their own. This sense of priority fi ts well with Hettich’s own. The Group still describes itself as the Familienunternehmen Het-tich, or the ‘Hettich family enterprise’. As Horst says, “We Germans are proud of our family-owned businesses; you don’t hear and see a lot about them, but they perform well.” A key factor in that per-formance is continuity. The current head of the Group – Dr. Andreas Hettich, who took over as Managing Partner in 2005 – is the great-grandson of founder, Karl. His predecessor, Anton may have relin-quished many of the day-to-day busi-ness responsibilities, but he maintains a close interest; after all, one can leave a job without a backward glance, but in a family, responsibility is handed from one generation to the next and as the new takes up the reins, so the old off ers the wisdom of experience; Anton Hettich chairs the Group’s advisory board.

The four parts of the Hettich logo stand for quality, innovation, customer focus and reliability and these values have their roots in the company’s 19th century ori-gins. In 1888, Karl Hettich applied his en-gineering ingenuity to mechanising the production of anchor escapements for cuckoo clocks (the anchor escapement is the part of the clock that keeps the pendulum swinging and the timekeeping steady). On this, Karl founded a successful business which was to stay in Schramberg for forty years. During this time, Karl’s son

Franz took over and it was he who began the manufacture of hinges, starting a long tradition of supplying the furniture trade.

The ‘date of birth’ of the modern Het-tich Group is 1930, when Franz’s brother shrewdly moved north and established Paul Hettich GmbH in the town of Herford, in Germany’s North Rhine-Westphalia; the then centre of the German furniture industry. It was from here that the Group grew from simply manufacturing hinges and screws and through acquisitions and diversifi cations became the global concern it is today. In 2011, the Groups headquarters is still in Herford – not sim-ply a prominent local employer but also part of local history, Hettich has been employing Herford citizens for almost a century.

And So To The Czech RepublicIn 1993, shortly after the so-called “vel-vet revolution“ (fall of communism), the Czech Republic and Slovakia quietly went their separate ways. Such a situation al-ways provides opportunities and Hettich had two motivations for seeking to estab-lish a Czech branch of the family. First was the relatively low labour costs – an attrac-tion to any business – but the then senior owner, Anton, also wanted to support the Czech Republic’s process of change and thereby play a role in bringing the new country into a united western Europe.

With this in mind, the production com-pany Hettich CR k.s. was established in Ždár nad Sázavou, well known as being a centre of industry as well as a popular ski resort. Initially, it was a basic manufac-

turing facility, funnelling parts to the German companies within the Group. However, as Horst Blom tells it, “It started as a labour-intensive business, but then we understood that we had skilled people here and we expanded and invested in more modern machinery and equipment.” and after a production-doubling investment in 2006, today’s output now covers a wide range of furniture components such as hinges and sliding door mechanisms and others from materials such as die-cast zinc, synthetics, steel and aluminium. As well as continuing to supply their German relations, other customers include the Czech furniture industry, vendors of iron goods, bespoke carpenters, and also the major DIY chains.

Family PrideWhen asked what Hettich CR is proud of, Horst Blom is not short of answers. Other than the successful business itself, their ISO 9001 quality standard and that recent doubling of production, the Czech Government’s Labour Department has awarded the company the status of ‘Safety Enterprise’ as part of a health & safety scheme. Perhaps the biggest source of pride is that the company was named ‘Regional Employer of the Year’ in 2005, and gained third place in both 2008 and 2010, maintaining Hettich’s position in the top ranks of people-focused companies. Horst sees the 600 people at the Vysočina facility as people to work with rather than simply manage and believes that the feeling is mutual. “I personally see the fact that our ‘health rate’* is 97.5 % as an indicator of people’s commitment.”

*[Hettich CR uses a ‘health rate’ to monitor absence rather than the more usual ‘sick rate’.]

Looking ForwardDespite the impact of the recent economic crisis on sales, the Hettich Group as a whole is looking for more expan-sion and Horst is excited about the focus on new product development which is set to be showcased at the upcom-ing Interzum trade fair in Cologne in May: “I am absolutely convinced it’s going to be a big event for Hettich!”

As for Hettich CR, as well as their contribution to the priori-ties of the global family, a more local concern is the eff ort they are putting into employee education. Hettich’s drive for innovation and quality means that the equipment they use for production is more advanced than that used by the state-run apprenticeship training scheme. This, together with the lowering Czech birthrate and drop in numbers of school-leavers means that there is a diffi culty in recruiting appropriately-trained people. Hettich takes it upon itself to provide that training and bring the skills of new staff up to a level at which they can fully contribute to the ‘Familienunternehmen’. As Horst says, “We do consider ourselves one of the best in the world.” and a good family looks after its own.

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VERBUND

Leading the Way in Hydro Power

VERBUND is Austria’s leading energy sup-

plier, employing nearly 3,000 staff and

producing 40 % of Austria’s total electric-

ity requirements. 90 % of the energy it

creates comes from hydro power, which

represents the second highest propor-

tion in Europe. The company achieved

a turnover of €3.5bn in 2009, and runs

137 power stations. Outside of Austria,

VERBUND has heavily invested in several

key markets, holding shares in the fol-

lowing companies: Poweo (France, 46 %),

Sorgenia (Italy, 45 %), EnerjiSA (Turkey,

50 %), and Energji Ashta (Albania 50 %).

With dwindling fossil fuel resources and

increasing demand for power, VERBUND

is striving to become the leading hydro

power supplier in Europe, making signifi-

cant investments over the next five years

to achieve this goal.

Investing into the FutureInvestment is high on the agenda for VERBUND. Having recently invested in selected international markets such as France and Turkey, the company is now fo-cusing on becoming the leading provider of electricity from hydro power in Europe. To this end, it will be investing €2.4bn over the next fi ve years, a large share of which will be spent on increasing capac-ity within Austria. In 2009, the company already acquired 13 hydro power plants in Bavaria, Germany, increasing produc-tion by 7 %. Furthermore, VERBUND is advocating the use of highly effi cient and environment-friendly CCGT (Combined Cycle Gas Turbine) plants in Europe, hav-

ing launched one in France in 2009, one in Italy as well as one in Turkey in 2010 and currently constructing one more in Italy.

In terms of hydro power stations, VER-BUND is currently running 123 plants in Austria and Bavaria, with a combined output of 7,500 MW. Further plants are under construction in Austria which will add another 520 MW when completed, and a further 1,395 MW worth of power stations are in the planning stages at the moment. Add to this another 1,100 MW from plants under construction with its partners in France, Italy, Albania and Tur-key, and it becomes clear that VERBUND is set on achieving its goals.

Ines Schurin, VERBUND international spokesperson, explains: “Simply put, we want to make electricity more environ-


ment-friendly. By increasing the output of our existing power stations and construct-ing more effi cient new ones, in particu-lar those driven by hydro power, we are creating energy that is low or free from CO2 emissions; in addition, we are keen to explore new applications and technolo-gies such as electric mobility and energy management.”

To further strengthen the company and increase its fi nancial fl exibility to enable the planned investments, VERBUND has realized a capital increase of €1bn in No-vember 2010. Listed on the Vienna and Frankfurt Stock Exchange, the Austrian government holds a 51 % majority stake, which it will continue to do following the increase.

Austrian Mobile PowerAs the No.1 electricity producer in Austria, VERBUND takes its environmental respon-sibility very seriously and participates actively in initiatives for ‘electric mobil-ity’. Having teamed up with Magna and Siemens Austria, VERBUND has founded the open platform ‘Austrian Mobile Power’,

which is aiming to revolutionise the future of transportation by helping to put at least 200,000 electric cars on Austria’s roads over the next decade.

“One of the key challenges of the 21st century is the rising demand for energy”, Ms Schurin outlines. “Current prognoses predict a 45 % increase in demand by 2030, making it ever more vital to secure the supply, as at the same time reserves of fossil fuels will begin to dry up. This is why we, along with our partners, see electric mobility as THE technology to keep us moving in the future – provided that the power required to run the vehicles can be sourced using renewable energy. Out of the 4.3m cars currently registered in Aus-tria, 200,000 will run on electricity by 2020.”

Visions for a Greener FutureVERBUND is increasingly focusing its ef-forts on innovation, research and develop-ment in order to increase the proportion of renewable sources of energy in the overall energy mix in Europe – currently dominated by fossil fuels. The key areas

of focus are electric mobility and hydro power, and the company is taking a lead-ership role in fi nding innovative solutions for an energy system that satisfi es the increasing demand in a cost-eff ective way, without causing strain on the en-vironment. VERBUND is in a position to supply a signifi cant proportion of the required energy for new applications in Austria using renewable resources. For instance, by 2015 it will be able to provide an additional 1bn kWh from local renew-able sources – enough to power 500,000 electric cars.

Ines Schurin: “A not altogether distant vi-sion we are pursuing is an energy system that is made up of a mixture of central and decentralised production units (such as solar cells on individual homes), which will be controlled by a ‘smart grid’ with ‘smart meters’. We are actively working with research facilities and trade partners on making this type of power system of the future a reality.”

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Technology news

S&S Worldwide Boosts Sales by 75 Percent with IBM Smarter Commerce Software in the CloudIBM announced that S&S Worldwide grew recommendation sales 75 percent in just three months with IBM Smarter Commerce software in the cloud. S&S is a national distributor of sporting goods products for recreation, health care, and education professionals and is using IBM software to drive personalized product recommendation sales via its Web sites.

S&S Worldwide had been using a native application to serve up generic product recommendations on its Web site that

accounted for only 5 percent of all online sales. But consumers today expect clear relevance to their interests at every step of the online shopping experience. Personal-ized product recommendations help meet that demand and generate a substantial revenue lift for the company.

Using IBM’s Smarter Commerce software that delivers cloud-based analytics and marketing personalization, S&S product recommendations sales for its art supplies and sporting goods off erings surged to 9.8 percent of all Web sales in just three months, a dramatic improvement. At the same time, product views shot up 24 per-cent and viewing sessions increased 30 percent.

Through its Smarter Commerce initiative, IBM is taking the lead in helping organi-zations like S&S Worldwide respond to market shifts in real-time by automating marketing, selling and fulfi llment, and creating a consistent global brand expe-rience. By tracking consumer trends and sentiment and interacting with customers in new ways, companies can strengthen their connections to their customers and improve their business processes.

Customers across industries will share their success stories at IBM’s annual Smarter Commerce Global Summit, which takes place this year September 19-21 in San Diego.

The IBM solution at S&S Worldwide in-tegrates data and predictive analytics to generate site merchandising. It analyzes key information at each point in the online shopping process, such as tracking all visi-tor preferences. The system is then able to analyze that data to automate product off ers to other customers with similar behavior on the site. This gives returning customers the ability to view products they previously showed an interest in, and it also allows S&S Worldwide to cross-sell and up-sell related products.

“The results have been quite impressive with the IBM Smarter Commerce cloud service. The recommendations have led directly to a much more tailored and com-pelling customer experience,” said Will Bender, web merchandising manager at S&S Worldwide. “We’re now able to make decisions and track results very thoroughly based on data – not what we think should be on the site, but what the data tells us.”

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