On the 27th November 2015 at the headquarter of NOSPR (National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra) the Jubilee Concert was held to celebrate 60 years of Zakłady Remontowe Energetyki Katowice.

Many guests and friends of ZRE Katowice arrived at the NOSPR concert hall, among them representatives of politics, science, local government authorities, as well as business partners and employees.

The official welcome of the guests and inauguration of the concert was made by the Chairman of the Board of ZRE Katowice, Mr. Jerzy Kurzak and the Prime Minister of Poland, the President of the European Parliament, Mr. Jerzy Buzek.

The evening was graced by the great performance of the world-famous soprano singer Aleksandra Kurzak and the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Bassem Akiki.

All the guests could also see a film showing the history and development of ZRE Katowice Company. The unique architecture and acoustics of the NOSPR concert hall enhanced the artistic values of the event, standing ovation and a few encores confirmed the success of the concert.

We thank all the guests for attending our celebration and we hope it will stay in your memory for long, while our partners and ourselves wish more years of successful cooperation.

In the month of June we had the  pleasure to host in our Production Centre in Jaworzno representatives of Toyota company from Japan. This meeting was a result of the first order from TOYOTA  implemented in our factory and an opportunity to discuss the scope of cooperation for the coming years. We hope that cooperation between companies ZRE Katowice S.A. and Toyota will continue to expand, what  was declared at a meeting of representatives of both Parties.

The event has met with great interest among the representatives of business and science world. President of Board of ZRE – Mr Jerzy Kurzak opened the Event and described the idea of ​​meeting as a platform for exchange the experience and initiated speeches and debates.

The conference referred to the history of 60 years of the company’s power and industrial construction. Participants have taken discussions on current topics in the field of modifying repairs and modernization solutions in the power industry, as well as unusual conditions of implementation. Invited guests discussed many issues such as: new cleaning technologies, sealing and gland sets or protective coatings used in the power industry, as well as risk management of construction and assembly and methods of dealing with stress at work.

We are extremely gratified that the second time we were able to meet with such distinguished guests. We would like to thank for the active participation in the conference and for the positive comments about the high level of technical and organizational issues during the conference.

ZRE has begun works on the  NOx reduction system in Rybnik EDF. Installation works are carried out at the request of the Austrian company Yara. The order includes the installation of two boilers OP650 .
New regulations and directives regarding  minimum reduction of emissions of nitrogen oxides from power plants require special installations building reducing emissions of harmful nitrogen oxides into the atmosphere. Therefore similar investments are carried out in many objects. For Yara (previously Strabag) ZRE already implemented several similar projects :in Łaziska (4 installation on boilers OP650) and in Bialystok on two boilers OP230 (range included the assembly of technological pipelines).

ZRE in cooperation with the Israeli company Koor Metals commissioned by Alstom executed the mechanical assembly of two steam turbine, two gas turbines with installation of instrumentation systems for each of the two blocks.

It was already another order with Alstom for this type of service. Previous concerned the installation of 425MW blocks in Pembroke Power Station (5 blocks) in Wales and Grain Power Station (3 blocks) in England.

ZRE obtained an order from Mitsubishi Hitachi Power System in 2014. The scope of work includes the installation of 1,075 MW of mechanical turbine set, pre-erection with development and installation of the steam condenser I&C system. According to the schedule the work is to be completed by the end of 2016. The turbine for Kozienice power plant is the second of this size turbine mounted by the ZRE. Previous order for Alstom related to the installation of turbine set of 858 MW in Bełchatów Power Plant.

On 17/03/2015 ZRE obtained an order from Polimex Project Opole Sp. with o.o on “Installation primary of the generator stator ” for new blocks in  Opole Plant. The order concerns the unloading, horizontal and vertical transport and building on the foundation of two 910 MW generator stator. ,  Technology based on hydraulic cylinders mounted on a special steel structure will be used for transport and installation of stators weighing about 460 tons each.

ZRE carried  out such projects  several times, among others, in 2014 Nikola Tesla Power Plant in Serbia, where for the needs of the 324 MW generator stator , ZRE has finished disassembling and assembling the stator weighing 310 tons.

The first work orders on the new units at the Opole  ZRE gained from Polimex Project Opole Ltd. at the end of 2014. The order also applies to professional transport tasks and is intended to safeguard the possibility of heavy transport  of  transformers for units 1-4 at the time of construction of units 5 and 6. The scope of the order includes project development, execution of specialized equipment for rotatation and horizontal transport of transformers blocks 360Mw.

ZRE Katowice by promoting local talents and caring for the development of local sport began cooparate with the Foundation “We have talent”. The agreement with the foundation includes support of a tenis player Wojtek Marek enabling the further development and tournaments in the country and abroad. Not to mention that Wojtek Marek is a hall polish champion up to 14 years as well as a winner in international tournaments.
We wish Wojtek many success!