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02/11/2009 - GDF SUEZ partners with the French Pavilion for the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai
Shanghai, November 2, 2009 - Gérard Mestrallet, Chairman and CEO of GDF SUEZ, and José Frèches, President of French Company for the Shanghai World Expo (Compagnie Française pour l'Exposition Universelle de Shanghaï), signed a partnership agreement for the French Pavilion at the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai. Through this partnership, GDF SUEZ supports the creation of the French Pavilion and provides skill-based sponsorship through its subsidiary ETC, a recognized specialist in building illuminations and public lighting.
ETC will undertake an audiovisual and multi-media development project covering 6,000 m2 for the French Pavilion designed by the architect Jacques Ferrier and operate the system for six months. Giant screens and plasma flat screens will be placed in the Pavilion where video projectors will show scenes of the City, the theme of the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai, featuring sequences such as the City and Climate, the City and Nature, the City and the Future, the City and Movement, and the City and Water. In this way, ETC will also showcase France, with its mastery of technologies combining illuminations and public lighting.
To this exceptional feature will be added in the “Odorama Space” a system by which scents will be wafted along visitor pathways.
On the occasion of the signing ceremony, Gérard Mestrallet stated: “I am delighted with this partnership between GDF SUEZ and the French Pavilion for the World Expo at Shanghai, an exceptional occasion to showcase the economic vitality of China and place Shanghai at the forefront of the international scene. Through this skill-based sponsorship, it also represents an occasion for our teams to demonstrate their professionalism and expertise. The main theme of Shanghai 2010, ‘a better city, a better life,’ is at the heart of GDF SUEZ energy and environment challenges and businesses.”
The GDF SUEZ Group has been active in China for more than 30 years and enjoys solid positions in the field of environment, energy, and services in continental China, Hong Kong and Macao. As a leading player in the Chinese industrial and residential water market, GDF SUEZ is active in 16 cities in continental China. GDF SUEZ is also today one of the leaders in China in the field of public-private water concession management and develops in the treatment of sludge and waste.
The Group is also active in energy generation thanks to its investments in power plants at Macao and Zhenjiang, northwest of Shanghai. In September 2009, GDF SUEZ signed an energy services agreement with the City of Chongqing to design, build, and operate district heating and cooling networks in this metropolitan area, one of the world’s largest with a population of over 30 million. GDF SUEZ also has a 20% participation in the engineering company BUGET, active in natural gas in China and created with Beijing Gas Group.
| About GDF SUEZ | |
| One of the leading energy providers in the world, GDF SUEZ is active across the entire energy value chain, in electricity and natural gas, upstream to downstream. It develops its businesses (energy, energy services and environment) around a responsible-growth model to take up the great challenges: responding to energy needs, ensuring the security of supply, fighting against climate change and maximizing the use of resources. GDF SUEZ relies on diversified supply sources as well as flexible and high-performance power generation in order to provide innovative energy solutions to individuals, cities and businesses. The Group employs 200,000 people worldwide and achieved revenues of €83.1 billion in 2008. GDF SUEZ is listed on the Brussels, Luxembourg and Paris stock exchanges and is represented in the main international indices: CAC 40, BEL 20, DJ Stoxx 50, DJ Euro Stoxx 50, Euronext 100, FTSE Eurotop 100, MSCI Europe and ASPI Eurozone.
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