GE Energy Acquires Kelman Limited 

通用電氣能源收購Kelman有限公司

ATLANTA, August 10,  2008 -- GE Energy has acquired Kelman Limited of Lisburn, Northern Ireland, a leading provider of advanced monitoring and diagnostics technologies for transformers, enhancing GE’s smart grid product portfolio.

亞特蘭大8月10日消息——通用電氣能源收購了北愛爾蘭里斯本的Kelman有限公司，Kelman是一家變壓器高級監測和診斷技術的領先供應商，該收購加強了通用電氣的智能電網產品業務組合。

GE’s smart grid offerings are designed to help utilities increase productivity and reliability, while also providing consumers with information to better manage their electricity use and expenses. Integrating real-time data and information management systems, grid intelligence solutions help utilities optimize their operations and extend the life of their equipment.

通用電氣的智能電網供應主要為了幫助電廠提高生產力和可靠性，同時還為用戶提供信息，更好地管理他們的電力使用以及支出。整合了實時數據和信息管理系統，電網智能解決方案幫助電廠優化其運作，并延長其設備的使用壽命。

Adding Kelman’s expertise, experience and multi-gas measurement technology will expand GE’s smart grid portfolio by providing utility customers with a much more comprehensive product offering. Kelman’s advanced dissolved gas analysis (DGA) capability delivers a new level of predictive maintenance for the utility industry allowing utility operators to have greater line of sight into the health and longevity of their transformer fleets.

加入Kelman的專長、經驗和多氣體測量技術將擴大GE的智能電網組合，為電力客戶提供一個更為全面的產品供應。Kelman的先進溶解氣體分析(DGA)能力，為電力行業的預知維護提供了一個新的水平，使電廠經營者對其變壓器的正常狀況及較長使用壽命擁有更大的視線納路線。

Kelman’s advanced DGA technology provides critical condition monitoring for high power electrical transformers. This technology enables Kelman to deliver state of the art multi-gas portable and on-line DGA equipment. These products are now being used successfully by some of the world′s largest utilities to protect their critical assets.

Kelman的先進溶解氣體分析技術為高功率變壓器提供了關鍵的狀態監測。該技術使Kelman提供的頂級多氣體便攜式和在線溶解氣體分析設備。這些產品目前正在成功地應用于一些世界上最大的電力公司，保護他們的關鍵資產。

“With its outstanding industry knowledge and proven technology, Kelman is an excellent fit with our overall smart grid initiative,” said Bob Gilligan, vice president of GE Energy’s transmission and distribution business. “Adding Kelman’s innovative transformer monitoring and diagnostics capabilities will benefit our customers and allow us to serve a broader base of users.”

通用電氣能源傳輸與配電業務部副總裁Bob Gilligan表示：“通過其優秀的行業知識和驗證了的技術，Kelman非常適合我們的整體智能電網業務。加入Kelman的創新變壓器監測和診斷能力，將有利于我們的客戶，并使我們可以服務更廣的用戶群。”

With the acquisition completed, Kelman’s employees are now part of GE’s transmission and distribution operations.

收購完成后，Kelman的員工目前成了GE輸電和配電業務的一部分 。

“This acquisition is good news for all of our customers," said John Cunningham, managing director, Kelman, Ltd. "GE is a company with numerous strengths, including its technology and research and development. The company’s commitment to invest in people and products will greatly increase Kelman’s capability to bring quality products to our customers around the world.”

Kelman公司總經理ohn Cunningham表示： “這次收購對我們所有的客戶都是一個好消息。GE是一間具有眾多優勢的公司，包括其技術和研發。該公司對人員和產品投資的承諾，將大大增加Kelman的能力，為我們全球的客戶帶來優質的產品。“

About GE Energy
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GE Energy (www.ge.com/energy) is one of the world’s leading suppliers of power generation and energy delivery technologies, with 2007 revenue of $22 billion. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, GE Energy works in all areas of the energy industry including coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear energy; renewable resources such as water, wind, solar and biogas; and other alternative fuels.

通用電氣能源公司是全球領先的發電和能源傳輸技術供應商之一，2007年收入達220億美元。公司總部位于喬治亞州的亞特蘭大市，通用能源涉及所有能源工業領域，包括煤炭、石油、天然氣和核能源，以及例如水、風、太陽能和沼氣等可再生能源，和其他替代燃料。