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July 2010STA Wind – Solutions for the Wind Power Industry

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Needs of services and manpowerNeeds of services and manpower

� The wind power industry is

consistently growing all over

the world

� It is difficult to find specialized

service providers

� STA – specialized in non-

conventional solutions

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Who are we?Who are we?

� STA is located in São Paulo, Brazil

� STA consolidates experiences of the 1990s, and was

founded in 2006

� STA Wind starts operations as a natural movement aiming

at the strategic positioning in the growing wind power

market

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Highly qualified teamHighly qualified team

� Headcount: 20

� Engineers

� Architects

� Higher education

� Professional climbers, snow and ice high altitude mountaineers

� Antarctic experience

� Command of various languages

� Continuous training

� Self-rescue

� First aid

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Our formulaOur formula

ResultsResults

Rope access

vertical

techniques

Feasible

technical

solutions, from

simple to

unconventional

Last

generation

vertical

equipment

Compliance with

our technical and

human limits

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ResultsResults

� Complex problem solving

� Timely delivery

� Quality

� Competitive cost

� Minimally intrusive, light interventions

� Full compliance with regulatory standards and

obligations

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Cost reductionCost reduction

� Rope access to the structures

� Lightness

� Fastness

� Safety

� NR6 (PPE), NR 18 (safety), NBR 15595 (rope access)

� Rope access has typically lowercost, and is usually more versatile

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Differentiated solutionsDifferentiated solutions

� Technical interventions

at height under full

compliance with local

regulations and tailored

to customer’s needs –

anywhere, anytime

� Interventions in places

of difficult access

� Difficulty is an

opportunity

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ServicesServices alongalong thethe timelinetimeline

Wind Wind farmfarmOperation &

MaintenanceConstructionDevelopment Design

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AnemometrySafety at height,

Training

Training,

Maintenance

ServicesServices alongalong thethe timelinetimeline

Wind Wind farmfarmOperation &

MaintenanceConstructionDevelopment Design

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ServicesServices alongalong thethe timelinetimeline

� To support the maximum use and yield of the generation

assets we are able to provide different services:

� Our teams can be easily relocated to any site, in Brazil

or elsewhere, to provide inspection or specialty

services

� Periodical services

� On demand support – 365 days, 24 hours

� Inspections

� Tests

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ServicesServices alongalong thethe timelinetimeline

� Blades

� Blade repair

� Evaluation/inspection of general conditions and

surface coating

� Changes in blade aerodynamic profile due to scaling

and surface deterioration lead to decreasing

generating efficiency, which can cause

� Revenue losses

� Contract review and penalties payment

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DevelopmentDevelopment stagestage

Meteorological towers

� Installation of measuring equipment

� Supervision of design and

construction (owner’s engineer &

constructor)

� Turn-key

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MeteorologicalMeteorological towerstowers

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ConstructionConstruction stagestage

Safety & Training

� Supervision of safety for work at

height

� Training of new employees for work

at height

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OperationOperation & & MaintenanceMaintenance stagestage

Maintenance & Training

� Maintenance at height

� Blades

� Towers

� Instrumentation

� Sampling

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OperationOperation & & MaintenanceMaintenance stagestage

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Our experienceOur experience

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Our experienceOur experience

� Design and

implementation of lifelines

and definitive and

temporary anchors in

industrial buildings,

hangars and office

buildings

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Our experienceOur experience

� Internal and external

lifelines for maintenance

and operations in industrial

environment, truck loading

stations, traveling cranes

and caged ladders

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Our experienceOur experience

� Assembly and

disassembly in industrial

environment

� Inspections in difficult to

access locations

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Our experienceOur experience

� Maintenance and

assembly at height in

internal spaces

� Maintenance and

vertical technical

cleaning or in highly

exposed

environments

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Our experienceOur experience

� High altitude

mountaineering expeditions

� Cold

� Wind

� Snow

� Isolation

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Our experienceOur experience

� Himalaya

� Peru

� Bolivia

� Argentina

� Chile

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Our experienceOur experience

� Brazilian Antarctic Program

� Support to research

projetcs

� Responsibility for safety

of researchers

� Logistics

� Organization of base

camps

� Communications

� First aid

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Our experienceOur experience

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Our experienceOur experience

� Antarctic expeditions

� Complex logistics

� How to get there

� Nothing can be left behind

� Backup equipment

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Our experienceOur experience

� International trade

fairs & shows

� Close relationship with

safety equipment

providers

� Petzl, France

� Serelepe, Brazil

� Securman, Spain

� Latchways, UK

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Some companies we have worked forSome companies we have worked for

� Tecsis (Brazil)

� WindCom (US)

� Banco Santander (Brazil)

� ThyssenKrupp (Campo Limpo, Brazil)

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Some companies we have worked forSome companies we have worked for

� General Motors (São José dos

Campos, Mogi das Cruzes,

Brazil)

� Avon (industrial facility in São

Paulo, Brazil)

� Kidde Brasil (subsidiary of UTC

Fire & Security Co., industrial

facility in Vinhedo, Brazil)

� São Paulo Metro (Brazil)

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Some companies we have worked forSome companies we have worked for

� Itautec (an Itaú S.A. company ,

Jundiaí, Brazil)

� ITW Chemical (Embu, Brazil)

� Sandvik (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)

� Saint Gobain (Jandira, Brazil)

� Grupo Hydro Alumínio Acro

(Norsk Hydro Group, Itu, Brazil)

� Power Alstom (Taubaté, Brazil)

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Some companies we have worked forSome companies we have worked for

� Cipolatti (São Paulo, Brazil)

� Delphi Automotive Systems (Espírito

Santo do Pinhal, Brazil)

� Mall Alto Las Condes (Santiago, Chile)

� Mall Paseo La Florida (Santiago, Chile)

� Shopping Unicenter (Buenos Aires,

Argentina)

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Certificates of conformityCertificates of conformity

� Banco Santander

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Certificates of conformityCertificates of conformity

� Saint Gobain

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Certificates of conformityCertificates of conformity

� Itautec

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Certificates of conformityCertificates of conformity

� Kidde Brasil

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Certificates of conformityCertificates of conformity

� ITW Chemical Products

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Experience in diverse areasExperience in diverse areas

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Experience in diverse jobsExperience in diverse jobs

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Experience in diverse environmentsExperience in diverse environments

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ContactsContacts

Sergio Robles

11 9659-7779

sergio.robles@technologist.com - sergio@staweb.com.br

Marcelo Krings

11 7995-2705

marcelo@staweb.com.br

Renato Affonso

11 9106-1513

renato@staweb.com.br

www.staweb.com.br

55 11 3834-6321

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