Aug 20 2013
Hollysys Automation Technologies, Ltd. ("Hollysys" or the "Company"), a leading provider of automation and control technologies and applications in China, announced today that it signed a contract to provide its ground-based high-speed rail signaling system to the Lanzhou-Xinjiang high-speed rail line ("Lanxin High-speed Rail") Xinjiang section ("this section"). The contract is valued at approximately RMB 118.37 million or US$19.20 million.
As per the terms of the contract, Hollysys will provide the ground-based high-speed rail signaling system, including Train Control Centers (TCC), Line-side Electronic Units (LEU), Temporary Speed Restriction Servers (TSRS) and other auxiliary equipment, which are expected to be delivered and installed by May 2014.
The Lanxin High-speed Rail line starts from Lanzhou city in Gansu province, and goes through Xining city in Qinghai province, Jiayuguan in Gansu Province, and then goes into Xinjiang province and ends in Urumchi city, with 1,435km in total length and 31 stations. This section starts from the boarder of Gansu and Xinjiang provinces, and goes through Hami city, Turpan city and ends up in Urumchi city with 16 stations along the route and 710km in length. This section is expected to start operation by the end of 2014 with a designed traveling speed of 200-250 km/h.
Dr. Changli Wang, Chairman and CEO of Hollysys, commented: "We are excited at this sizable contract win to supply our ground-based high-speed rail signaling equipments to the Lanzhou-Xinjiang high-speed rail line's Xinjiang section, which again demonstrates our technological capability. We believe that the restart of high-speed rail construction will bring us significant opportunities to provide our signaling systems and create value for our shareholders."
About Hollysys Automation Technologies, Ltd. (NASDAQ: HOLI)
Hollysys Automation Technologies is a leading provider of automation and control technologies and applications in China that enables its diversified industry and utility customers to improve operating safety, reliability, and efficiency. Founded in 1993, Hollysys has approximately 3,500 employees with nationwide presence in over 60 cities in China, with subsidiaries and offices in Singapore, Malaysia, Dubai, India, and serves over 5,000 customers more than 20,000 projects in the industrial, railway, subway & nuclear industries in China, South-East Asia, and the Middle East. Its proprietary technologies are applied in its industrial automation solution suite including DCS (Distributed Control System), PLC (Programmable Logic Controller), RMIS (Real-time Management Information System), HAMS (HolliAS Asset Management System), OTS (Operator Training System), HolliAS BATCH (Batch Application Package), HolliAS APC Suite (Advanced Process Control Package), SIS (Safety Instrumentation System), high-speed railway signaling system of TCC (Train Control Center), ATP (Automatic Train Protection), Subway Supervisory and Control platform, SCADA (Surveillance Control and Data Acquisition), nuclear conventional island automation and control system and other products.
Source: http://www.hollysys.com/