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APWR Stock News: A-Power Energy Generation Systems, Ltd. to Inaugurate Its Wind Turbine Production Facility in Shenyang, China, on Sunday, January 11, 2009
INAUGURATION OPEN TO INVESTORS; MANAGEMENT Q&A FOLLOWS RIBBON-CUTTING
LARGEST WIND TURBINE PRODUCTION FACILITY IN CHINA
SHENYANG, China, Jan. 2 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- A-Power Energy
Generation Systems, Ltd. (Nasdaq: APWR stock news) ('A-Power'), today announced it will
celebrate the launch of its first wind turbine production facility, the
largest in China, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Shenyang, China, on Sunday,
January 11, 2009. All investors are invited to attend the ceremony, which
begins at 8 a.m. Meals and transportation from and to the local Sheraton hotel
will be provided.
The inauguration will unveil A-Power's full-scale wind turbine production
business, as well as German Furlander Wind Generation (Shenyang) Company
('German Fuhrlander'), from which A-Power licenses its wind power-generation
technology for the current facility.
Mr. Jinxiang Lu, A-Power's Chairman and CEO, said, 'We look forward to
having our investors join us at this extremely exciting, and historic, event,
which marks the full launch of our wind turbine business in China. Our wind
turbine facility, strategically located in the city of Shenyang, is the
largest in China, with total annual production capacity of over 1,125MW of
wind turbines, and we intend to sell to both domestic and foreign markets. In
addition to investors, joining us at our opening ceremony will also be
government officials, the management from German Fuhrlander, as well as our
existing and potential customers of our wind turbine business.'
Attendees to the ceremony will also be given a tour by the management of
A-Power at the nearby distributed power generation project, which was recently
completed.
The tentative schedule for the ceremony on Sunday, January 11, 2009:
8am Breakfast in the Sheraton hotel Management introduction
9am Leave for wind turbine production facility; Tour wind turbine production facility
10:58am Ribbon-cutting ceremony
12pm Lunch
2pm Leave for recently completed distributed power generation project
2:30pm Tour of distributed power generation facility
5:00pm Dinner; Management Q&A
Transportation will be provided to and from the Sheraton in Shenyang.
Airport transportation can be arranged upon request.
If you are interested in attending, please RSVP with Ian Shanno from Union
Investor Relations at (310) 928-3780. For assistance with travel plans to
Shenyang, China, please contact Gamini from Travnet at (312) 836-9200.
About A-Power APWR Stock News
A-Power Energy Generation Systems, Ltd., through its PRC operating
subsidiary, Liaoning GaoKe Energy Group Co., Ltd., is the largest provider of
distributed power generation systems in China and entered into China's wind
energy market in 2008. The Company is also focused on developing and
commercializing additional renewable energy technologies and has strategic
relationships with both Tsinghua University and the China Sciences Academy in
Guangzhou.
Contact:
A-Power Energy Generation Systems, Ltd. John S. Lin, Interim CFO Tel: +1-626-636-6366 (US) +86-139-111-32618 (China)
