Hai Long 2 is planned to be a regional industrial center of excellence for offshore wind energy technology around Taichung. The
idea is to concentrate the competence for development and planning as well as the production of corresponding components
locally. This is intended to accelerate the transition to a sustainable energy supply through wind turbine technology for Taiwan
and the entire Asia-Pacific region.

Investors have succeeded in securing a 5,000-square-meter site in Zone 1 of the port adjacent to CIP’s Kai Changfang & Xidao
Offshore Wind Project specifically for this purpose, which is earmarked for assembly activities for some of the projects. Specific
projects are required to have on-site assembly activities. The hub assembly activities include some of the offshore wind compo-
nents manufactured locally in Taiwan, including hub plates from YGG. In 2019, YGG concluded an agreement for the local pro-
duction of hub and base frame castings for this purpose. For this purpose, YGG will build a new global casting production factory
for offshore wind turbines in Taichung. This is where YGG will collaborate with ABP Induction. The agreement was concluded in
December 2020: ABP will supply two 30-ton furnaces with a 16 MW power supply for the planned induction melting plant, plus a
10-ton furnace with a 6.1 MW power supply. Assembly is scheduled for September 2021, with commissioning directly at the be-
ginning of 2022. ABP Induction is contributing its global expertise here – with several divisions from ABP from Europe and the
Asian region working together to bring this complex project to fruition. This gives ABP Induction the opportunity to once again
demonstrate its expertise in the field of sustainable future technologies for power supply and to also gain a foothold in the
Taiwanese market for the first time.

An important criterion for the decision to award the contract to ABP Induction was the company’s extensive experience and
numerous successful projects in the market segment of large-scale furnaces with high output. However, YGG is also interested
in the digital solutions that ABP Induction has developed, in particular the digital Expert on Demand (dEoD). With this tool, ABP
experts are always on hand when support is needed to ensure maximum availability of a system. It allows ABP’s support team
to see the system through the customer’s eyes with augmented reality. dEoD is available extremely quickly, as long waiting times
for a service appointment or technician availability are no longer an issue.

Added to this is the digital portal myABP, with which ABP Induction is pioneering the digitization of foundry systems. With the inte-
gration of the new system components into myABP, ABP Induction can demonstrate how the large-scale plant of YGG can be ope-
rated as sustainably and resource-efficiently as possible. myABP serves as a digital information and maintenance assistant for the
metalworking industry. The platform functions independently of location and time: It is designed as an open, manufacturer-neutral
system for all processes and machines in a foundry operation. This is how predictive and preventive services can be offered. It also
contains all documents from product descriptions and drawings to maintenance manuals and service reports. If required, the M2M
connection can be supplemented by the aforementioned augmented reality support via dEoD and virtual training via the ABP Virtual
Academy. Employees on site can be trained virtually in important work steps and safety-relevant activities in the Academy. The com-
pleted training courses can be documented in myABP so that the system operator always has an overview of the expertise network
within the company. In this specific case in Taiwan, this can be an important contribution to the planned local competence develop-
ment in wind farm technology.

On the whole, this is an initiative that is extremely focused on sustainable future development, in which ABP Induction is making an
important contribution to further promoting renewable energies, thus effectively counteracting climate change and also developing
regional competence and knowledge for this important industry of the future.

About ABP Induction
ABP is a leading manufacturer of induction furnaces and systems for inductive melting and holding for the metal and metalworking
industries. ABP is an expert in melting, pouring, holding and heating iron, steel and non-ferrous metals with design, production,
assembly and services for foundries, forges and steelworks. The ABP Induction Group with over 400 employees has companies in
the USA, Mexico, Sweden, Germany, South Africa, Russia, India, Thailand and China. It is represented by service and sales partners
in most of the world’s industrialized countries.

Press contact
ABP Induction Systems GmbH
Ulrike Szymura
Kanalstr. 25
44147 Dortmund
Phone: +49 231 997 2633
E-Mail: ulrike.szymura@abpinduction.com