In the international bidding of the "Smart City Lighting Upgrade Plan" led by the Qatar government, China Star Electric Group successfully won the bid for the construction project of 21 sets of special high-pole lights in Doha with its leading explos...
In the international bidding of the "Smart City Lighting Upgrade Plan" led by the Qatar government, China Star Electric Group successfully won the bid for the construction project of 21 sets of special high-pole lights in Doha with its leading explosion-proof lighting technology and the whole process service system. This project is not only another milestone in the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" between China and Qatar, but also marks the deep breakthrough of China's high-end equipment manufacturing in the Middle East infrastructure field.
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It is reported that the tender attracted fierce competition from 12 countries including Germany, Japan and South Korea. Relying on the patented technology of "double redundancy explosion-proof structure" independently developed by Starke Electric, it won the first place with zero fault performance in the 72-hour pressure test simulating extreme environments such as sandstorms, high temperature and humidity, and finally won the unanimous vote of the Qatar Technical Committee.
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"This is not only a lighting device, but also a 'smart sentinel' for city safety." Wang Lijun, president of the Middle East region of Star Electric, showed the core advantages of the winning Products to reporters: each set of 45-meter-high high-pole lamps is equipped with nanoscale anti-corrosion coating, which can resist the high salt spray erosion unique to the Persian Gulf region; The built-in AI vision system can monitor the surrounding abnormal heat source in real time, and seamlessly connect with the city security platform; The modular design increases the maintenance efficiency by 60% and reduces the life cycle cost by 35% compared with traditional products.
What is more noteworthy is that the project innovation adopts the dual output mode of "technology + service". The Star team will provide Qatar with three years of intelligent lighting system operation and maintenance training, and set up a spare parts center in Doha Free Trade Zone, promising to respond to fault alarms within 2 hours. This deep localization strategy has won high praise from the Qatar Investment Promotion Agency.
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According to statistics, in the past three years, the total amount of infrastructure projects won by Chinese enterprises in Qatar has exceeded 12 billion US dollars, covering photovoltaic power stations, 5G networks, smart cities and other fields. The success of Star Electric is not only due to the transformation and upgrading of "Made in China" to "Made in China", but also inseparable from the cooperation platform set up by the Sino-Card government - the Sino-Card Joint Innovation Laboratory established in 2022 has contributed to the mutual recognition of 17 technical standards.
As the first high-pole lights will be lit around the Caliphate International Stadium in December 2023, Star Electric is negotiating urban lighting system renovation projects with the UAE, Saudi Arabia and other countries. "We plan to set up a Middle East research and development center in Qatar, and in the next three years we will increase investment in the development of smart equipment adapted to the tropical desert climate," said Jin Botai, chairman of the group.
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