THE WORLD OF AJ POWER

ISSUE 16 SUmmEr / AUTUmN 2015

DiEsEL gEnERATing sETs WORLDWiDE

INSIDETHIS ISSUE: Fleet of truck mounted 11kV mobile generating sets now in production.

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Welcome to the Summer/ Autumn edition of InSight, the

company magazine from AJ Power Limited.

We hope you enjoy reading.

If you would like to contribute to insight please send all correspondence to:

Editor Christina stewart

| cstewart@ajpower.net � +44 (0) 28 3836 4031 + 1 Charlestown Drive,

Craigavon, BT63 5GA, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Christina

The opinions expressed in InSight are not necessarily those of the editor or AJ Power Ltd.

WETEx ExhIBITIoNDUBAI 2015

Yusif Bin Ahmed Kanoo have a long standing relationship with the

utilities in the region and AJ Power was pleased to partner with them for this exhibition. on display was an AJ165 generating set powered by a Perkins engine and an automatic transfer switch demonstration unit which allowed potential customers to simulate mains failures.

The WETEx exhibition is run annually in conjunction with DEWA and features existing suppliers and potential suppliers of the electricity and water authorities of other regions.

over 1500 exhibitors took part from over 42 countries during the 3 days (21st to the 23rd of April 2015) at the centrally located Dubai

International Convention and Exhibition Centre which has almost 50,000 sq. metres of air conditioned space.

our resident UAE General manager Ian mcClay was joined by Joe Bradley, Director of Sales at the exhibition. Together with the Kanoo Sales team, Ian and Joe were on-hand to demonstrate AJ Power quality products to the many technically seasoned visitors.

Attendees included many middle East Electricity companies such as SEC (Saudi Electricity Company).

It was a successful few days with our presence there being confirmation of our ability to design, build and test high power gensets up to 3.3mVA, 11kV 50hz and 4 mVA, 13.8kV 60 hz.

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AJ PoWEr LTD IN CoNJUNCTIoN WITh YUSIF BIN AhmED KANoo hAVE TAKEN PArT AT ThE ANNUAL WATEr, ENErGY, TEChNoLoGY AND ENVIroNmENT ExhIBITIoN IN DUBAI.

1. Joe Bradley and Ian mcClay, AJ Power.2. An AJ165 canopied genset was on display at WETEx.3. our fully functional ATS panel available for demonstration.4. Gm Ian mcLay pictured with Syed Ansar Peer from Kanoo, UAE.5. Joe Bradley, Director of Sales enjoyed some time in the city.

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In 2014 AJ Power were approached by a middle East power utility to provide a mobile 11kV solution

for the maintenance of high voltage substations. While they had a low voltage fleet, it was deemed necessary to have an 11kV solution.

A detailed specification was created and the AJ Power enigneering teams designed a solution meeting both performance and statutory road regulations.

Each generator (there are 4 in total) develops 1875kVA/1500kW at 11kV and is powered by a mitsubishi S16r-PTA2 engine driving a Stamford Frame 8, 11kV alternator.

The container is rigidly mounted on a mAN 6 wheel drive truck with a 50 metre hV cable on a reel at the front to allow connection between the generator and the substation.

The generators are currently in production at the AJ Power factory with customer witness testing imminent.our distributor in Ghana, G&J Technical Services Limited,

Generating sets will be put in containers and mounted on truck.

(Full project case-study to follow in later edition of InSight.)

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Fleet of truck mounted mobile generating sets.

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have recently announced the appointment of mr. michael Djan-Sampson as its Chief Executive Officer (CEo) effective from June 1, 2015.

mr. Djan-Sampson replaces mr. Godfrey Asiedu, who has relinquished his CEo role, but retained his Executive Chairman role.

mike joins G&J from metso mining & Construction Technology, a supplier of mineral processing equipment, where he served in Customer Services, Business Development and General management roles since 2008. Prior to joining metso, mike served as Aftermarket manager at a multi-franchise dealership selling and supporting

cranes, earth moving and port handling equipment and diesel generating sets from 2006 to 2008. mike also previously held a number of positions with the Anglogold Ashanti Group during a 13-year career, where he focused primarily on developing maintenance systems and managing large and diverse engineering and maintenance teams.

mike holds a masters degree in mine-mechanical Engineering from Queen’s University, ontario, Canada and a Bachelors degree in mechanical Engineering with First Class honors from the University of Science &

Technology, Kumasi.

AJ Power Limited,proud supply partners ofG&J Technical Services Limited would like to congratulate michael on his new appointment as CEo.

G&J TEChNICAL SErVICES LTD GhANA APPoINT NEW CEo

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FoLLoW UP VISIT To rUSSIAAPrIL 2015

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rUSSIAN SPEAKING GAUKhAr ThomPSoN, AJ PoWEr TrANSLATor/ INTErPrETEr/ SALES ASSISTANT VISITS rUSSIA.

Gaukhar joined AJ Power in march 2013 initially as a part-time placement from Queen’s University during her degree in Interpreting.

In 2013 following completion she joined as sales assistant with russian interpreting and translating also part of her job role.

She first visited Russia in June 2014 with AJ Power for the 5th International Show of Construction Equipment and Technologies “CTT moscow 2014” held in moscow.

russia, like many other countries has been experiencing an economic downturn due to various reasons. By deciding to visit russia for the second time Gaukhar was not expecting any miracles to happen. It was just a friendly visit to those companies whom she met in 2014. however Gaukhar was pleasantly surprised on her most recent visit. All companies unanimously admitted that the russian market has started to awaken again.

Following a successful first meeting in Algiers early last year, AJ Power is now

pleased to announce its new distribution partnership with CIT (Compagnie d’Instrumentation Technologique) in Algeria. Part of the Promo Invest group, CIT are already a well-known company in Algeria, and they lost no time in starting to promote the AJ Power brand within their market.

In may this year AJ Power Sales Executives rowan mcIlveen and Conor Gray paid a visit to Algiers to meet the new sales team at CIT and lend a hand at the International Trade Fair. They arrived on Tuesday evening and were

taken to the famous El Djazair hotel overlooking the bay of Algiers. This grand building was first opened in 1889 and has been host to many famous faces over the years including rudyard Kipling, Che Guevara and even Winston Churchill who met there with Dwight Eisenhower during World War II to discuss the North Africa

campaign.

After a successful first day at the trade fair rowan and Conor were taken to visit the building site which will soon become a new office building and showroom for AJ Power generators as well as other products marketed by CIT.

Thursday morning was an early start, beginning with a 5 hour journey to the town of mascara to oversee the installation of two new AJ Power generating sets; an AJ138 AGCo powered set located at a construction site, and a Scania AJ500 at a cement works, located not too far from the site of a CIT/AJ Power showroom which is due

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to open once construction is completed in 2016. on Saturday rowan and Conor were shown the sights in Algiers by Souad Ait Si mammar, of CIT’s sales and marketing department. After a drive round the city and the hills overlooking the bay, they took a guided tour of the Casbah, an historical, walled section of the city with lots of interesting buildings and little cobbled alleyways. This was followed by a tour of a beachfront palace and a trip to the Jardins d’essai, the botanical gardens which was the filming location for the old Tarzan movies in the 1930’s.

The thoroughly enjoyable day was finished off with a trip to the maqam Echahid, the martyrs monument dedicated to all those who lost their lives serving their country in various conflicts over the years.

AJ500 at cement works.

Pictured Below: Conor Gray and rowan mcIlveen pictured with some of the team from CIT at the International Trade Fair.Below left: Sightseeing in Algiers.

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AJ PoWEr FACTorYNEW ProDUCTIoN TrACKS

The new state of the art test cells are serviced by two fully automated production

lines that will ensure the AJ Power production facilities are at the forefront of generating set production efficiency for many years to come.

This long term investment will increase the production capacity of 33-275kVA models by over 25% per year over the current capacity.

Incorporated in the new test cells will be a dedicated ‘research and Design Station’ where engineers can carry out research in an “off line” scenario. The “r&D” line will be serviced by a selectable production line dock, thisdock will form part of the new production lines and will allow for seamless filtering of gensets between the r&D station and the main production lines.

Simultaneous testing can also be carried out at all 3 stations ensuring the test cells aren’t congested with projects/ special option generating sets, that have additional testing requirements.

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We have recently supplied 2 x AJ220 AGCo Power canopied generating sets to the new Limerick City FC soccer stadium at markets Field, Limerick, Ireland.

The AJ Power generating sets are supplied with InSight6000 synchronising control panel and will be used to power the flood lights within the stadium.

The stadium has recently undergone extensive renovations hosting its first match in the refurbished ground on 5 June 2015. The refurbished main stand holds 1350 spectators. AJ Power are proud to be ‘keeping the lights on’.

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AJ PoWEr GENSETShELPING GUIDE AIrCrAFT

We have recently completed a project in

conjunction one of our distributors in England for the National Air Traffic Security (NATS).

The site is located on the Isle of Tiree which is the most westerly island of the Inner hebrides in Scotland. It is relatively small - about twelve miles long and three miles wide - and very flat, with a population of no more than 650 people.

The radar station in Tiree is 1 of 9 over-lapping radar sites in the UK that is used to monitor all air traffic around the United Kingdom and Ireland. This information is relayed onto the relevant airport / airspace so they can ensure that flights arrive and depart as planned.

AJ Power supplied an AJ275, AGCo Power 74 CTAG powered genset (pictured below)

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AJ PoWEr GENSETShELPING GUIDE AIrCrAFT Continued

complete with internal fuel tank, lube oil top up system, fuel polishing system, twin circuit breaker enclosure all hosed within a 70dBA at 1m enclosure. The enclosure was a higher specification than normal and comprised of 4 hour fire rated materials with multiple fire dampers on both the inlet and outlet attenuators.

The end user was more than satisfied with the end product and astounded at just how quiet the genset was when on 100% load.

AJ PoWEr TAKE To rUNWAY IN 5K ChArITY rACE AT BELFAST CITY AIrPorT

In the first event of its kind in Northern Ireland, a team from AJ Power took part in the GT runway run at the George Best Belfast City Airport at 11pm on 24th June 2015.

The 5k charity run, organised by business advisory firm Grant Thornton, saw businesses from all over Northern Ireland take to the runway to complete the 5k run.

The AJ Power team of four completed the 5k charity run in a combined time of 96 mins.

Video from event can be viewed at below link:

http://www.ajpower.net/news/article/great-night-at-gtrunway-run-2015

Pictured: (L-R) Simon Ballentine Financial Accountant, John Buller, Projects Co-ordinator, Christina Stewart Sales and Marketing Executive and Jason Gibson, Trainee Accountant.

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Pictured Above: Radar tower and some of the beautiful views from the Isle of Tiree, Scotland, UK.

CAUGhT oN CAmErASUmmEr/AUTUmN 20151. Australian Sam Cochrane has joined the company for a year. 2. Joe Bradley, Director of Sales pictured with a former colleague Pat malcomson at the Irish open Golf event in Newcastle, Co Down in may this year.

3. our Scandinavian ICT Centre project from the Spring Edition of InSight is nearing completion.4. John Buller took part in my 4th annual ‘mud madness’ 7k charity event in April through fields, bogs, mud, smoke and

over 25 obstacles. He finished 18th out of 500 and 4th fastest in the mens Senior category and therefore qualifies for the obstacle Course racing Association UK (oCrAUK) national championship finals in Essex, England in November.

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