GE Jenbacher To Supply Gen-Set To Pakistan Textiles Manufacturer
06 April 2004
GE Jenbacher has been awarded a contract to supply power generation equipment to a textiles factory near Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city.
The Austria-based GE Jenbacher, which is part of GE Energy, announced that it will supply Yousuf Textile Mills Ltd. with a 1-megawatt, JGS 320 GS-N.L (version C105) generator set. The low-emission unit, which features the DIA.NE® XT management system, will use natural gas as its primary fuel source.
The generator set is designed to create more power for Yousuf Textile’s factory, which is being expanded. The company manufactures and exports various products including cotton yarn. The plant is located in the 13-acre Korangi Industrial Area, 20 miles southeast of Karachi.
Karachi is the capital of the province of Sindh in southeastern Pakistan. The city is Pakistan’s largest, with more than 10 million people, and serves as the country’s manufacturing center.
The new generator set will be manufactured at GE Jenbacher’s facilities in Jenbach, Austria and shipped to Karachi in July 2004. The equipment is expected to be installed and to begin commercial operation in September 2004.
GE Jenbacher will also provide technical services and spare parts for the project.
The new contract marks GE Jenbacher’s second order from Yousuf Textile, which purchased a similar generator set in 2001.
The order also underscores GE Jenbacher’s strong overall presence in Pakistan. Since 1999, the company has supplied nearly 100 engines for projects in Pakistan, its biggest customer in the region of Africa, the Middle East and India. These engines have completed 37,000 operating hours with unsurpassed performance and reliability.
Orient Energy Systems is GE Jenbacher’s distributor in Pakistan.
About GE Jenbacher
Based in Jenbach, Austria, GE Jenbacher is a global manufacturer of gas-fueled reciprocating engines, packaged generator sets, and cogeneration systems for power generation.
