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Elster RometricsElster Group

Career Days, UPT – economical environment

26 - 28 martie 2013

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GLOBAL REACH

2011 REVENUES: $1.8 B

170+ YEARS DELIVERING TRUSTED SOLUTIONS

200 MILLION METERS DEPLOYED IN PAST 10 YEARS

Operations in 38 countries, customers in

>100 countries

3.5 million deployed, operational Smart Grid endpoints

Elster Group: Proven, Trusted Metering Solutions

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Global Leadership positions across all Smart Grid segments and end-markets (residential, C&I and T&D)

GAS

globalmarket share

#1

NORTH AMERICAN AMI

in cumulative shipments

(JOINT)

WATER

globalmarket share

(JOINT)

ELECTRICITY

globalmarket share

#2

#3

#1

Global Leadership positions across all utility segments and markets (residential, C&I and T&D)

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Elster’s Mission

To create value for our customers and shareholders through our portfolio of innovative and trusted metering solutions. Our products help electricity, gas and water utilities globally to improve energy efficiency through accurate measurement of consumption and development of Smart Grid solutions.

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Elster: 38 Major Locations

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Elster - Always InnovatingContinuous innovation in all segments

- Across Value chain leadership, consistently adding new functionality to lead industry

- Across electricity, gas and water

Research & Dev$100mAnnualSpend

Across the value chain

Customers Partners

Innovation

Collaboration Standard Setting

Across segments and geographies

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Comprehensive Solutions Portfolio

GLOBAL REACH

2009 REVENUES: $1.7 B

175 YEARS DELIVERING TRUSTED SOLUTIONS

Selected Elster Offerings

Home Area Network (HAN)Home Area Network (HAN)

Meters and Communications DevicesMeters and Communications Devices

Local Area Network (LAN)Local Area Network (LAN)

CollectionCollection

Wide Area Network (WAN)Wide Area Network (WAN)

Head-endHead-end

MDMMDM • EISERVER and partners

• EA-MS, EvoNet Manager, [ALPHACENTER], Meridian

• IP, Wired & Wireless telephony, Fiber, Broad Band Power Line Carrier (BPL), Satellite

• IP, EA RF Mesh, EvolutionTMTM, Power Line Carrier, Ethernet, RS 232/485

• Gas: Diaphragm, Ultrasonic, Rotary, etc.• Water: Single/Multi Jet, Volumetric, Solid State• Electricity: Single and Polyphase Electronic

Meters Service disconnects / shut-off switches

• IP, EA RF Mesh, ZigBee, Blueline, EvolutionTM, MBus, Controllable Displays, Controllable Thermostats, Load Control Devices

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• EA Gatekeeper, GateWay, RTU, MUC (Multi Utility Communicator)

• Distribution automation, demand response,renewable integration

Applications

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The World’s Leading Utilities

The World’s Leading Utilities Choose Elster

Elster RometricsTimisoara

DN6 Lugoj-TimisoaraKm551+330m(langa hotel Senator)Tel. 0256 499899Fax. 0256 493737

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Competence center R&D, Manufacturing

• Since December 1st, 1994• Manufacturing – electricity

meters• Software Development

(Metering Systems)• Firmware Development

(meters and communication modules)

• Sales, Marketing, Support• Quality Management (ISO)• Awards

- Trophy of Excellence(2005 – 2012)

- Top National Companies (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)

- Top Companies – Timiș(2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)

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Personnel structure – 2012

14%

12%

30%

10%

34%

High school professional background - 12

Economical profesional background-10

Software engineer background - 25

Electrical engineer background - 28

Other university degree 8

• Number of employees: 83 (actual) +7 new = 91 (end of 2012)• 25 software engineers (actual) + 7 new software engineers• Average age: 33

12© 2012 by Elster. All rights reserved.

Elster Rometrics TimișoaraManufacturing & Calibration

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Power Gen., T&DCommercial and Industrial

A1800A1140 A1500A2

A1100 A1120A100C

Smart Gridready

Smart Gridready

A220 AS220

AS1440

Residential

Elster RometricsElectricity Meters – Accurate Performance

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Design & Development

• Firmware Development for single-phase and poly-phase meters (17)

• Software Development for metering systems (10)

• Hardware design for electricity meters (2)

• PLC communication solutions design and development (2)

• Solutions arhitecture design and development (3)

Tools and technologies

• Software Development- Embedded development (firmware): C++ - Eclipse, KEIL- Windows development: C++, C#, ASP.NET, HTML, XML, SQL -

Visual Studio

• Hardware design- Orcad, Mentor Graphics, Eagle

• Test- Python/IronPython: test case development and test automation- TestLink: test management

• Other tools- Subversion: version control- Jira: project and issue tracking and reporting- GreenHopper: Agile/Scrum development management- FishEye: code browsing- Crucible: peer code review- Confluence: team and content collaboration

Open positions

• Software Developers- Embedded programming- Windows programming

• Electronics Engineers- HW design- Production support (production lines setup/upgrade, metrology

lab operation, customer support, technical proposals)

• Test Engineers- Meters testing (functionality, regression, integration,

certification)- Metering solutions testing, installation, commissioning

• Operational Buyer

• Planner

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Contact usClaudia RehacHR Specialistclaudia.rehac@ro.elster.com