AZZ Inc. Announces Contract Awards for Underground Ultra High Voltage 1100kV Gas Insulated Line in The People's Republic of China

FORT WORTH, Texas, June 29, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- AZZ Inc. (NYSE:AZZ), a global provider of metal coating services, welding solutions, specialty electrical equipment and highly engineered services, today announced that it was awarded contracts from SDEE Hitachi High Voltage Switchgear and Pinggao Group Company Limited to produce approximately 7,431 meters of Ultra High Voltage 1100KV Gas Insulated Line for the Cross Yangtze River Sutong Underground Tunnel Project. This project has the highest voltage level, and largest transmission capacity in the world.  

Under the terms of the contracts, AZZ will provide 7,431 meters of GIL to be installed in a tunnel running under the Yangtze River, at the greatest depth and highest water pressure for a tunnel in China.  The total value of both contract awards is estimated to be valued at greater than $40 million USD and delivery is scheduled to begin late 2018.

Ken Lavelle, President of AZZ Electrical Systems, commented, "We are extremely proud to have been chosen as a partner to deliver the ultra-high voltage bus system for this critical power application in the Yangtze River Delta Region, a large economic hub of the People's Republic of China. AZZ has a proven and successful track record in delivering innovative solutions and services for critical high voltage bus systems.  We believe this application is the first of its kind in the world and a significant step in the development of gas insulated line technology."  

About Pinggao Group Co., Ltd         

Pinggao Group Co., Ltd ("PG") is a wholly-owned subsidiary corporation of China Electric Power Equipment and Technology Co., Ltd., located in Pingdingshan City, Henan Province, China. PG, firstly named as Pingdingshan High Voltage Switchgear Factory established in 1970, is the largest base of researching, developing and manufacturing high voltage, extra-high voltage and ultra-high voltage switchgears in China, also is the important technical equipment pillar enterprise in the state electrical industry. It is the first hi-tech company of high voltage switchgear industry certificated by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Science; Technology and has been listed among Chinese top 10 electrical corporations. PG at present employs a staff of 7,695, among which more than 800 are engineers.

About SDEE Hitachi High Voltage Switchgear

SDEE Hitachi High-Voltage Switchgear Co., Ltd. is a Sino-Japanese joint venture company located in China's Shandong province with major shares held by SDEE, a subsidiary of State Grid Corporation of China. The company provides Ultra High Voltage GIS, and many other types of GIS, with capacities ranging from 110KV to 1,100KV.

About AZZ Inc.

AZZ Inc. is a global provider of metal coating services, welding solutions, specialty electrical equipment and highly engineered services to the markets of power generation, transmission, distribution and industrial in protecting metal and electrical systems used to build and enhance the world's infrastructure. AZZ Metal Coatings is a leading provider of metal finishing solutions for corrosion protection, including hot dip galvanizing to the North American steel fabrication industry. AZZ Energy is dedicated to delivering safe and reliable transmission of power from generation sources to end customers, and automated weld overlay solutions for corrosion and erosion mitigation to critical infrastructure in the energy markets worldwide.

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