GE Energy Acquires KELMAN Limited 

通用电气能源收购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.

亚特兰大8月10日消息——通用电气能源收购了北爱尔兰里斯本的Kelman有限公司，Kelman是一家变压器监测和诊断技术的供应商，该收购加强了通用电气的智能电网产品业务组合。

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.

通用电气的智能电网供应主要为了帮助电厂提高生产力和可靠性，同时还为用户提供信息，更好地管理他们的电力使用以及支出。整合了实时数据和信息管理系统，电网智能解决方案帮助电厂优化其运作，并延长其设备的使用寿命。

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的专长、经验和多气体测量技术将扩大GE的智能电网组合，为电力客户提供一个更为的产品供应。Kelman的先进溶解气体分析(DGA)能力，为电力行业的预知维护提供了一个新的水平，使电厂经营者对其变压器的正常状况及较长使用寿命拥有更大的视线纳路线。

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的先进溶解气体分析技术为高功率变压器提供了关键的状态监测。该技术使Kelman提供的顶级多气体便携式和在线溶解气体分析设备。这些产品目前正在成功地应用于一些上大的电力公司，保护他们的关键资产。

“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.”

通用电气能源传输与配电业务部副总裁Bob Gilligan表示：“通过其的行业知识和验证了的技术，Kelman非常适合我们的整体智能电网业务。加入Kelman的创新变压器监测和诊断能力，将有利于我们的客户，并使我们可以服务更广的用户群。”

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

收购完成后，Kelman的员工目前成了GE输电和配电业务的一部分 。

“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公司总经理ohn Cunningham表示： “这次收购对我们所有的客户都是一个好消息。GE是一间具有众多优势的公司，包括其技术和研发。该公司对人员和产品投资的承诺，将大大增加Kelman的能力，为我们全球的客户带来优质的产品。“

About GE Energy
关于通用电气能源

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.

通用电气能源公司是全球的发电和能源传输技术供应商之一，2007年收入达220亿美元。公司总部位于乔治亚州的亚特兰大市，通用能源涉及所有能源工业领域，包括煤炭、石油、天然气和核能源，以及例如水、风、太阳能和沼气等可再生能源，和其他替代燃料。