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Alter NRG and Uhde Engineering Consulting Shanghai Alliance Agreement
In July, 2009, Alter NRG and Uhde Engineering Consulting Shanghai Co. Ltd signed an alliance agreement for Uhde Shanghai to provide engineering services, marketing services and jointly pursue business opportunities in the Asia Pacific region, Mexico, Central America and South America using the Westinghouse Plasma Technology owned by Alter NRG.

Under the terms of the non-exclusive alliance agreement Uhde will license, market as well as promote the Alter NRG technology in energy recovery from waste projects and other developments. The alliance agreement includes a preferred engineering relationship for engineering and procurement support for the projects requiring the syngas conditioning and gasification expertise that Uhde Shanghai and Alter NRG, respectively, can provide its customers.
About Uhde
Uhde is one of the world's leading engineering companies in the design and construction of chemical, refining and other industrial plants with over 2000 plants to its credit. Their worldwide network has over 4,900 employees and is active in a number of different fields including fertilizers, electrolysis, gas technologies, oil, coal and residue gasification, refining technologies, organic intermediates, polymers and synthetic fibres as well as coke plant and high-pressure technologies.
Uhde Shanghai is part of the regionally operating Uhde Asia Pacific, which employs over 1,000 staff in seven offices in Australia, Thailand, Mexico and China, providing technology, engineering, procurement and project delivery services to the process and resource industries in the Asia Pacific Region.