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Shcri.com: Siemenss First Wind Turbine Plant In China Is Under Construction In Shanghai

www.shcri.com On May 22th 2009 Siemens Wind Power Blades Shanghai Co. Ltd. the first wind turbine manufacturer of Siemens in China was put into construction in Lingang New City in Shanghai which now owns top three wind power equipment manufacturers Siemens Shanghai Electric and Huayi Electric and becomes one of Chinas largest wind power equipment bases. Lingang New City which has become the largest and most powerful nuclear power equipment base in China today also serves as a newenergy base of electricity generation transmission and distribution industry.

Siemens initially invests 100 million Euro in its wind power projects 64 million Euro of which is invested in Siemens Wind Power Blades Shanghai Co. Ltd. With registered capital of 25 million Euro this company is engaged in producing and installing blades machine items and other spare parts of wind power equipment. In addition Siemens is now establishing Siemens Wind Power Cabin Shanghai Co. Ltd. in Lingang New City with investment of 12 million Euro and registered capital of 5 million Euro. This project will be in operation at the same time and in the same place as the blade project. An additional investment of 35 million Euro will be injected into the wind power cabin producing projects.

Siemens plans to produce blades of 2.3 and 3.6 MW for sea wind turbines. Compared with blades of 1.5 MW in China those blades require stronger capacities as wind resistance and thunder resistance in order to protect themselves from being damaged. Currently there are not many sea blade manufacturers and thus less competition will create more profits. On the contrary the land blades require less complex technologies and thus suffer more competition with the gross profit rate at 20 percent to 30 percent.

Later the production base will start to produce cabins. Cabins which are installed at the top of tower will support impellers and cover such major parts of wind turbines as gear case gearing and electronic controller.

The annual production capacity of the base is expected to reach 500 MW. The first batch of blades and cabins is also predicted to finish in 2010. Siemens has reserved enough places for further development of blades and cabins in Lingang New City.

It is Chinas huge wind power market that attracts Siemens to invest plants in China. By the end of 2008 China owned over 11600 wind turbines with the installed capacity increasing by 106 percent to about 12.153 million KW making up 10 percent of the worlds total capacity and ranking the fourth after USA Germany and Spain. In February 2009 Chinese government declared that to develop renewable energy sources including wind power are regarded as one of strategies against financial crisis.

Nowadays there are more than 50 blade manufacturers in China. Although such foreign enterprises as LM and Euros enjoy more advanced technologies domestic suppliers such as Zhonghang Huiteng Liyuan Hydraulic Sinomatech Zhongfu Lianzhong etc also capture big market shares.

The best partner of Siemens in Shanghai is Shanghai Electric. The joint venture Shanghai Electric Power Generation Equipment Co. Ltd. has been in stable development since establishment.

As one of major wind turbine manufacturers in China Shanghai Electric can directly buy blades from Siemens if both sides intend to maintain the partnership. But Siemens does not reveal the cooperation progress with each partners.

The global wind power base of Siemens is in Denmark with the production capacity of 8000 MW which is the target of Chinas wind power base several years later. With the expansion of wind turbine productivity Siemens strives to be among the worlds top three wind turbine manufacturers in 2011.

Siemens stated that to establish bases in China is inevitable for the development of Siemens. Chinas prescription of localization rate in 2005 is the major factor which contributes to the concentration of so many foreign wind turbine manufacturers in China such as Siemens GAMESA NORDEX Vestas and so on.

On July 4th 2005 it is clearly regulated in Notice on Requirements of Wind Power Management by National Development and Reform Commission that the localization rate of wind power equipment should reach over 70 percent and those substandard wind power plants will not be established. The imported wind power equipment should also be taxed in line with the regulation.

China is most likely to become the worlds largest wind power market. Thus we will further develop this environmentprotected technology in order to lead in this field said Dr. Richard Hausmann CEO of Siemens North East Asia and president and CEO of Siemens Ltd. Siemens has become the bellwether of environmentprotected technology in infrastructure field. And we have made a big progress towards our target in 2010 40 percent of orders values are from our environmentrelated businesses through this investment.

Source: China Research and Intelligence

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Shcri.com: Big Sales Season Of Cements Is Coming: Domestic Demands Will Drive The Growth Of The Industry

www.shcri.com In April 2009 the cement yields in China reached 147 million tons up by 12.9 YOY. From January to April the accumulative yields of the cements in China reached 428.907 million tons increased by 13.0. In April the cement clinkers yields were increased by 10.74 to 83.8496 million tons year on year. From January to April the accumulative yields of the cement clinkers were 289 million tons increased by 11.14 year on year. The fast growth of the cement yields in March and April has already proven that the cement demands show the rising momentum.

In the first quarter of 2009 the yields sales and price were dropped in the east regions but the yields and sales were increased and the price was cut down in the central regions and the yields sales and price were all increased in the west regions. The cement price was the lowest in the east regions but the highest in the west regions. In March the average exfactory price of the cements was 29 Yuan 4.2 USD lower per ton in the east regions than that in the central regions and 72Yuan 10.5 USD lower than that in the west regions. The purchasing price of the coal was the highest in the east regions and the lowest in the west regions. In March the average purchasing price of the coal in the east regions was 66 Yuan higher per ton than that in the central regions and 186 Yuan higher than that in the west regions.

In the first quarter of 2009 China totally exported 3.546 million tons of the cements and cement clinkers decreased by 54.5 compared with the same period of 2008; the export values were down by 48.2YOY to 150 million USD; the average export price was 43 USD per ton up by 13.9 YOY. The exports were mainly characterized as follows:

A. the export volumes were increased at link relative ratio in March. In March the cement exports still continued the rising tendency in February. The export volumes were 1.483 million tons down by 45.3 YOY but up by 36 at link relative ratio. The average export price was turned down compared with February which was about 41.1 USD per ton up by 5.4 YOY but down by 8.5 at link relative ratio.

B. most were exported by means of general trade. In the first quarter China exported 3.332 million tons of cements by means of general trade decreased by 55.5 accounting for 93.7 of the total export volumes of the same period. At the same time China exported 168 thousand tons of cements by means of oversea contracting projects increased by 71.

C. Africa United Arab Emirates and Taiwan were the major export destinations and the exports to Europe and America were cut down sharply. In the first quarter Chinas respective exports to Africa United Arab Emirates and Taiwan were 1.161 million tons 658 thousand tons and 431 thousand tons down by 21.8 28.8 and 9.9 respectively. The total export volumes to above mentioned three countries accounted for 63.5 of the total cement export volumes of the same period. At the same time China exported 183 thousand tons and 164 thousand tons of cements to America and Europe respectively sharply decreased by 76.1 and 90.9.

D. silicate cements and cement clinkers were two major export varieties. In the first period of 2009 the export volumes of the silicate cements in China were 1.785 million tons down by 41.8; the average export price was 35 USD per ton increased by 5.8. At the same time the export volumes of the cement clinkers were declined by 61.1 to 1.697 million tons; the average export price of the cement clinkers was 48.9 USD per ton increased by 12.8. The export volumes of the silicate cements and cement clinkers accounted for 98.2 of the total export volumes of the cements of the same period in China.

E. the export volumes in Shanghai accounted for 40 and the export volumes were sharply doubled in Zhejiang. In the first quarter the cement export volumes of Shanghais manufacturers were 1.603 million tons down by 58.1 accounting for 45.2 of the total cement export volumes in China; at the same time Shandong exported 720 thousand tons of cements dropped by 64; Jiangsus exports reached 332 thousand tons down by 54.5. Besides Zhejaings exports were 335 thousand tons at the sharp growth of 2.4 folds.

Source: China Research and Intelligence

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SaleLeaseback For Capital

RESTON VAA Sonic franchisee with plans to open 40 to 50 stores in the greater Washington area over the next several years will be using saleleasebacks as a mechanism to extend its cash flow as it develops these new locations. The franchiseeDenverbased John Plattenhas tapped Calkain Cos. a company that specializes in net lease strategies to assist in this part of its multistep approach to the market.

Even during a recession a saleleaseback is a viable strategy Calkain Realty Advisors AVP Rick Fernandez tells GlobeSt.com. We operate across the entire Eastern Seaboard and I can tell you that there are still a lot of investors looking for real estate he adds.

Platten plans to develop 20 locations over the next 12 to 18 months. For that many locations the outflow of cash would diminish the overall return without an appropriate exit strategy in place that would return some of the funds. In other words by selling and subsequently leasing back some of the locations there will be cash available for future sites. The initial lower more stable return of a net leased saleleaseback investment allows a franchisee to take maximum advantage of the capital they have just invested in the real estate” Jonathan Hipp Calkain .comCos. president and CEO explains in a prepared statement.

Manassas VA Gainesville VA or Frederick MD will most likely be the location of the first Sonic franchise in the area. Calkain estimates that DC area Sonic locations will be available for purchase by passive real estate investors by mid 2010.

Platten who did not return a call to GlobeSt.com in time for publication has also tapped Green Light Retail to assist in the site selection. Calkain Companies Inc. is a national commercial real estate firm focusing on net lease investments that provides brokerage and consulting services for both private and institutional clientele.

About the writer:nbsp;nbsp;Jonathan W. Hipp is President and CEO of Calkain Companies and founded the firm in 2005 with over 20 years experience in the Real Estate industry. While his knowledge spans a broad spectrum of real estate Jonathan is well respected for his expertise on Net Lease Investments.Jonathan has completed over 2 billion in Net Lease Investments throughout his career and is regularly interviewed for articles appearing in a variety of publications including Commercial Real Estate Forum Forbes Fortune Magazine National Real Estate Investor Commercial Property News Globe St. Shopping Center Business Southeast Property News Washington Business Journal CIRE Magazine Retail Traffic. He is also frequently invited to serve as a panelist or speaker at Net Lease and Real Estate conferences and seminars throughout the country.

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