Pioneer Power Solutions Announces New and Renewed Utility Customer Contracts Worth Approximately $5 Million Annually
Utility Customers in the United States, Canada and Thailand Contract for Pioneer’s Liquid-Filled Transformers to Provide Superior Redundancy and Resilience for Power Networks
Fort Lee, NJ, November 2, 2015 / PRNewswire / – Pioneer Power Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: PPSI) (“Pioneer” or the “Company”), a company engaged in the manufacture, sale and service of electrical transmission, distribution and on-site power generation equipment, announced today that the Company has received contract awards from five customers for Pioneer’s advanced, liquid-filled network transformers. The aggregate value of the multi-year contracts is expected to be up to $5 million annually, with an average term of approximately three years.
The five customers are:
- Austin Energy, a municipally owned utility company primarily serving the City of Austin, Texas;
- Southern Company, a public energy company serving more than 4.5 million customers in the Southeast through its subsidiaries, Alabama Power, Georgia Power, Gulf Power, and Mississippi Power;
- ENMAX, a Calgary, Alberta-based utility serving approximately 835,000 residential and commercial sites in Alberta;
- EPCOR Utilities, Inc., a provider of both rate-regulated and contract electricity services to about 600,000 residential and small commercial customers primarily in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and
- The City of Bangkok, the capital of Thailand with a population of more than eight million.
The proven, ruggedized and technologically advanced network transformers will be manufactured by the Company’s Pioneer Transformers division, a North American leader in the manufacturing of liquid-filled distribution, small power and specialty transformers, including subway and vault-type network transformers designed to withstand harsh environments. These transformers are typically used by utilities and municipal power authorities in secondary grid applications to ensure reliability of service, enabling electrical grids to continue to withstand major storms or other events. Pioneer has been in the liquid-filled transformer business for over 50 years.
“Our reliable, transformers provide peace of mind to utilities and municipalities around the world, and these five recent contract awards demonstrate Pioneer’s ability to win business around the world,” commented Nathan Mazurek, Pioneer’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “Our customers continue to seek solutions to increase network reliability, ensuring the electrical grid functions properly no matter the conditions, and Pioneer stands ready to meet this growing need.”
“These awards are incremental to prior contracts from other utilities booked earlier in 2015,” continued Mr. Mazurek. “This business further bolsters our visibility into 2016, and are included in our preliminary guidance of $130 to $140 million in revenues for 2016.”
About Pioneer Power Solutions, Inc.
Pioneer Power Solutions, Inc. manufactures, sells and services a broad range of specialty electrical transmission, distribution and on-site power generation equipment for applications in the utility, industrial, commercial and backup power markets. The Company’s principal products and services include custom-engineered electrical transformers, switchgear and engine-generator sets and controls, complemented by a national field-service organization to maintain and repair power generation assets. Pioneer is headquartered in Fort Lee, New Jersey and operates from 14 additional locations in the U.S., Canada and Mexico for manufacturing, centralized distribution, engineering, sales, service and administration. To learn more about Pioneer, please visit our website at www.pioneerpowersolutions.com.
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