Satmatic Oy, the 100% Finnish subsidiary of Harju Elekter, purchased the rights to manufacture and sell vehicle pre-heating panels for car parks, which belonged to Siemens Oy. With the transaction, Satmatic acquired the technology for the manufacture of vehicle heating panels for car parks, including production equipment and the required know-how. Thus far, Satmatic had been manufacturing the heating panels as a subcontractor for Siemens. The parties shall not disclose the price of the transaction. Vehicle heating panels for car parks are used mainly in Finland for the pre- heating of cars when starting the engine, where the estimated annual market volume is about 40 thousand products. There is a potential market for said products in other Nordic countries and in Russia as well. Such pre-heating significantly spares the engine of the car at 0 degrees already and decreases fuel consumption. According to Simo Puustelli, Managing Director of Satmatic Oy, it is a product of the future, where in addition to starting the car and other means of transport in cold weather, the product group is expected to expand to charging stations for electric cars and infrastructure objects for the development of electric supply stations in external conditions. Harju Elekter is a leading manufacturer of electrical plants and materials in the Baltic States. Harju Elekter Group includes the manufacturers of electrical plants in Estonia, Finland and Lithuania: AS Harju Elekter Elektrotehnika (100%), Satmatic Oy (100%) and Rifas UAB (51%), as well as the manufacturer of telecommunications products AS Eltek (100%) and the related company AS Draka Keila Cables (34%). Harju Elekter also has financial investments in the Latvian seller of electrical plants SIA Energokomplekss (14%) and the Finnish stock company PKC Group Oyj (8%). Andres Allikmäe Chairman of the Board Phone: +372 674 7400 For more information: Simo Puustelli, Managing Director of Satmatic Oy, ph +358 (2)537 9800.
Subsidiary Satmatic purchased vehicle pre-heating panel business for car parks from Siemens
| Source: Harju Elekter