Siemens rolls out first local transformer of 220KV

Karachi: The first locally manufactured 220 KV transformer rolled out of Siemens Industrial complex in SITE on Wednesday. This was a landmark moment for the power industry not only in Pakistan, but the entire region, a senior official of Siemens Pakistan said.

He stated that the first transformer was dispatched to Wapda network after a simple ceremony attended by Wapda and Siemens officials. Saleem Arif, advisor to Pepco, speaking on the occasion congratulated Siemens on reaching this milestone.

He said that we expect power demand to rise substantially in the coming years and now we can depend on locally produced equipment, which was being imported from abroad. The Managing Director of Siemens Pakistan, Sohail Wajahat Siddiqui termed the roll out of this the first power transformer of 220 KV in the history of Pakistan, as a historic moment and a landmark in the industrial history of the country.

He said this roll out proved that the hard working people of Pakistan can achieve any target, if they are provided with the resources, know-how and positive working environment. He said that Siemens has always set landmarks like being the first to export substantial quantities of engineering goods from the country providing a stable backbone for exports from the country.

Further, he said the local manufacture of this huge transformer will not only save foreign exchange, but also earn huge amounts of foreign exchange for the country and help develop the power sector of the country. Sohail praised Wapda for its efforts to encourage local manufacturing and said that without such encouragement, it would not have been possible for the local power engineering industry to grow.