Shaw Signs Cooperation Agreement with China’s State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation
April 28 2009 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
The Shaw Group Inc. (NYSE: SGR) today announced it has signed a
strategic cooperation agreement with China�s State Nuclear Power
Technology Corporation (SNPTC). The agreement is a task-order based
contract, which allows both companies to issue tasks to support
each other in growing nuclear infrastructure businesses.
This cooperation agreement fulfills the goals of a letter of
intent between the two organizations. The signing, held in
Washington, D.C., on April 27, was one of many agreements concluded
between U.S. and Chinese firms organized by the China Chamber of
Commerce for Import Export of Machinery and Electronic Products and
the United States Chamber of Commerce.
�China has announced plans to build at least 30 new nuclear
power plants by 2020. This cooperation agreement is a significant
step toward expanding Shaw�s already strong relationship with SNPTC
to facilitate the greater use of nuclear power throughout China,�
said David Barry, president of Shaw�s Nuclear Division of the Power
Group.
Shaw currently is under contract with SNPTC and other Chinese
organizations to provide engineering, procurement, commissioning,
information management and project management services for four
AP1000� nuclear plants being built at the Haiyang nuclear power
plant project in China�s Shandong province and the Sanmen nuclear
power plant project in Zhejiang province.
The Shaw Group Inc. is a leading global provider of technology,
engineering, procurement, construction, maintenance, fabrication,
manufacturing, consulting, remediation and facilities management
services for government and private sector clients in the energy,
chemicals, environmental, infrastructure and emergency response
markets. A Fortune 500 company with fiscal year 2008 annual
revenues of $7 billion, Shaw is headquartered in Baton Rouge, La.,
and employs approximately 26,000 people at its offices and
operations in North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East
and the Asia-Pacific region. Shaw is the power sector industry
leader according to Engineering News-Record's list of Top 500
Design Firms. For further information, please visit Shaw's Web site
at www.shawgrp.com.
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