ANDRITZ HYDRO opens representative office in Yangon

ANDRITZ HYDRO, part of the international technology group ANDRITZ, has opened a representative office in Yangon.

“We have followed the dynamic opening and transition process in Myanmar over the past few years and are happy to announce they now have a representative office in this dynamic market,” said Josef Ullmer, president of ANDRITZ HYDRO Southeast Asia, during the office’s opening ceremony on February 1.


“This will enable us to better analyse the market, its needs and opportunities,” he added.

ANDRITZ HYDRO has been working in Myanmar since 1983. It has been invited by local partners and the Ministry of Electric Power to work more intensively in the country in the future.

“This is a huge opportunity. We are working closely with our local partners on [new] projects, which help us combine our international expertise and local knowledge,” said ANDRITZ HYDRO’s regional director for Indochina, Martin Koubek in a company press release.

ANDRITZ HYDRO’s goal is to work closely with government agencies to identify effective short-term modernisation projects that will meet the increasing energy needs of Myanmar, the company press statement said.

ANDRITZ HYDRO supplies electromechanical equipment for hydropower stations. It holds a top position in the growing hydropower plant service, refurbishment and upgrade market.

The company has entered a cooperation with the Ministry for Electric Power to analyse some existing power plants and examine production potential and production safety issues, Harald Friedl, representative for ANDRITZ HYDRO Myanmar, told The Myanmar Times on February 21.

The publicly listed ANDRITZ group is headquartered in Graz, Austria and has a staff of about 17,700 employees worldwide.

source: The Myanmar Times
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