EDMI made its first African exhibition experience count by becoming a Silver sponsor for this year’s African Utility Week, one of the largest events of its type in the world. The May 13-14 exhibition engaged key industry stakeholders from all fields and brought EDMI branding to over 5,000 visitors from more than 56 countries.
Chandra Prakash, VP Sales (Africa and Middle East) and his team welcomed special guests from Tanesco (Tanzania), with whom EDMI are engaged in a significant prepayment project. The project is EDMI’s first STS compliance prepayment project which includes our standalone prepayment meter, the Mk29D (more than 275,000 installed) and the Mk7C and Mk10D smart prepayment meters. Tanesco were joined by ECG (Ghana), KPLC (Kenya), and many more clients and partners from various countries across Africa.
The team were able to use the opportunities provided by the conference and the Tanzanian project to increase interest in other EDMI products and mark down another success in EDMI’s bid to further increase its presence as the preferred Smart Energy Solution Provider in Africa.
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PT EDMI Indonesia have opened a new factory in Cikarang, adding a half a million units to EDMI’s yearly production capacity and strengthened ties with PLN Indonesia. The factory is capable of making 3Phase and 1Phase smart meters.
The new installation was opened on 5 March to a distinguished audience, including the Director of Planning and Development Affiliates PLN Subsidiaries of PLN Indonesia, Mr Murtaqi Syamsuddin and Mr Sortan Pulungan, representing the Directorate General of Leading and High Technology Based Industry as Head of Manpower and General Affairs. A delegation from the Embassy of Japan in Indonesia, headed by Mr Junji Shimada, Deputy of Mission, was also in attendance.
Mr Murtaqi Syamsuddin praised the control and monitoring power that EDMI smart meters will provide, particularly when it comes to pre-paid functionality, and projected further moves into smarter metering in the future. “PLN has more than 40 million customers in prepaid meters,” said Mr Murtaqi, “Smart meters will give more benefits to the company as we have more efficiency, more control and monitoring, and we are easily serving the customer better.”
Mr Murtaqi also stressed the priority of local manufacturing. “One condition is that we want local industry to be the first choice, not just imported, and to market the smart meter in Indonesia. [For this reason] EDMI manufacturing locally is most welcome,” he said.
Mr Lee Kwang Mong, Group Managing Director of EDMI Limited, said the new plant will continue the good work of factories representing the Osaki Group in the region.
“Indonesia is a very competitive market, and it is a big market; we have long term plans for working with Indonesia,” he said.
Mr Junji Shimada, Deputy of Mission of the Japanese Embassy to Indonesia, pointed to a bright future.
“I believe that the man power resources and technology of EDMI and Osaki can answer the challenge of a better future by providing an extraordinary product, and services beyond expectations. I hope that all of parties involved now and into the future will build stronger relationships to achieve a beneficial, mutual relationship,” he said.
London, UK – 4 March 2014 – Today, EDMI, a global smart meter solution provider, has announced that it has signed a contract with Arqiva to provide the communications hub as part of the smart meter rollout communications service, across Scotland and northern England.
The smart meter rollout aims to install 53 million meters in 30 million homes and small businesses across Great Britain by 2020.
EDMI, will design, manufacture and supply the communications hub for the northern region. The hub will enable communication with electricity meters, gas meters, and the In-Home Display (IHD) allowing consumers to effectively monitor and manage energy usage.
Lee Kwang Mong, Group Managing Director, EDMI, commented: “We are dedicated to the design, development and manufacturing of innovative and technologically advanced metering and communication systems for the global utility industry. This selection further underlines our expertise in the market and the robust, reliable product offerings which we provide.”
David Stroud, General Manager, EDMI Europe, added: “We are incredibly proud to be involved in the new smart metering communications network. As a company based in the North East of England it is particularly exciting to be able to play such an important role in the local rollout.”
John Cresswell, CEO, Arqiva, said of the partnership: “We are delighted to be working with EDMI on one of the largest technological and consumer change programmes Britain has seen. We originally identified EDMI as a preferred partner because of its long history as a provider of tried and tested smart metering solutions, which supports our own exceptional track record in delivering and running critical national infrastructure.”
About Arqiva: www.arqiva.com
Arqiva, the communications infrastructure and media services company, operates at the heart of the broadcast, satellite and mobile communications markets.
The company is at the forefront of network solutions and services in the digital world. Arqiva provides much of the infrastructure behind television, radio, satellite and wireless communications in the UK. Customers include major broadcasters such as the BBC, ITV, BSkyB and the independent radio groups, major telco providers including the UK’s four mobile network operators, and the emergency services.