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Hitachi to Offer Comprehensive Pump Station Services in Egypt

Posted on: Thursday, 25 August 2005, 00:00 CDT

Aug. 23--TOKYO -- Hitachi Ltd. said Tuesday it will provide water pumping station operation and maintenance services in Egypt for four years for about 1.8 billion yen.

Although Hitachi has been supplying pumping station facilities and operation and maintenance services domestically and overseas, this will be the first time the company provides comprehensive services for such facilities.

An Egyptian subsidiary 51 percent owned by Hitachi signed a contract with the Egyptian Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation in mid-June to provide the comprehensive services using the Mubarak pumping station on the west bank of Lake Nasser, upstream of the Nile River in southern Egypt.

A signing ceremony was held Monday in Cairo with officials of the Egyptian ministry and Japanese Embassy in attendance.

Hitachi said the pump station will contribute to the greening of the desert, promotion of agriculture and reclamation of land for new residential areas.

The Hitachi subsidiary aims to expand its business to comprehensive maintenance contracting for electric power plants, machinery and building facilities in the future, Hitachi said.

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Source: Kyodo News International, Tokyo

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