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On 17 February, a special heavy equipment transport departed from ĐĐ after loading equipment for the cement industry - a mantle cement mill for clinker with an overall weight of about 87 tons. It was shipped in three parts to a well-known customer. The equipment was transported to Rijeka, where it was loaded onto a ship to its final location for unloading and installation.

Work has been completed at the Omišalj Terminal on the installation of tanks A-1520 and A-1522. Hydrostatic testing of both tanks has also been completed. AKZ work (sandblasting and application of a base coat) is now underway. At the same time, work on the handling pipelines is also being carried out.

After a technical inspection, only minor finishing touches remain in the construction and modernization of the border crossing for international traffic and goods in Tovarnik. During the construction work, traffic at the crossing was more difficult, but the modern border crossing will significantly increase the amount of traffic in travelers and goods, speed up the border-crossing process, and allow for better control. The lead agency and coordinator of all activities was the Sector for the Construction of Border Crossings of Ministry of Finance. The value of the work that was performed was 47.5 million kunas. Upon completion of the work and after obtaining the usage permit, the border crossing will return to full operation.

The construction of two crude oil tanks for the Omišalj Terminal project is proceeding according to schedule. The project includes two tanks, A-1520 and A-1522, each with a capacity of 80,000 m³ and an accompanying installation for receipt and shipping (based on a contract between Jadranski Naftovod and a consortium of the ĐĐ Group). Work is moving rapidly both on the tanks and the handling pipelines. Hydrostatic testing of the tanks will begin in December.

Delivery is underway of a mantle cement mill for the Chesamue project of ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions of Atlanta (US). The total weight of the mill is 45 tons. Shipping by ĐĐIS is FOB to the port of Hamburg.

After the successful construction of three tanks on the island of Krk and two tanks in Sisak, another contract has now been signed between Jadranski Naftavod and a consortium of the ĐĐ Group (comprised of Đuro Đaković Industrijska rješenja, Đuro Đaković Specijalna vozila and the company Gradnja Osijek). The contract calls for the construction of two crude oil tanks, A-1520 i A-1522, each with a volume of 80,000m³, with the accompanying safety and supervisory equipment and facilities for receipt and shipping at the Omišalj Terminal. The total value of the work is 163,822,258 kunas. Work on the tanks and the handling pipelines is progressing rapidly.

A fruit of our many years of cooperation, our renowned German partner, Christian Pfeiffer Maschinenfabrik GmbH in Beckum, has placed another order. It has accepted our offer for the manufacture and delivery of two mantle cement mills with a weight of 134 tons for the Ivano-Frankivsk cement factory in Ukraine. The value of the order is 790.000 euros with a delivery deadline of mid-2017.

Contract work for the delivery of equipment and the installation of a closed Blowdown system at the KP-4 coking facility at the oil refinery in Sisak has been completed. To modernize the refinery, work was carried out to manufacture and install a variety of equipment (heat exchangers, pressure vessels, columns, compressors, air coolers, pumping stations and the connecting of pipelines). The goal of the modernization of the refinery was to carry out the construction and installation of technical equipment (heat exchangers, pressure vessels, columns, compressors, air coolers, pumping stations, and the connection of pipelines). The work was worth 31.5 million kunas and is now complete. The refinery is now in the testing phase and is awaiting technical inspection and expects to receive a usage permit.

In the construction of a co-generation power plant for the production of electrical and thermal energy from biomass BE-TO Osijek 3 MWe/10 MWt accelerated work with a total value of 16.25 million euros is taking place and the shape of the future forest biomass power plant can be seen. The investor is the Croatia Electric Power Company (HEP), while a construction consortium is made up of Đuro Đaković Holding and its partner HOST B.V. from the Netherlands. At present, work is being completed on the interior walls in the main building (control rooms, transformer rooms and auxiliary areas). The main building is completely covered with façade panels with built-in openings for windows. In the daytime warehouse the erection of a steel construction and the hanging of façade panels has begun. Final phase engineering works include the installation of the turbine, generator, units for the treatment of feed water, and a condenser for stack gases. A smokestack is now being erected and work to connect the smoke ducts from the condenser to the smokestack is now underway. In the coming weeks, anticipated work includes insulating the furnace and the turbine and installing the remaining equipment (feedwater pumps, compressors and a tank for demineralized water).

Work is underway on the construction of a co-generation power plant for the production of electricity and thermal energy from biomass at BE-TO Sisak 3 MWe/10 MWt, with a total value of 18.95 million euros. The investor is the Croatian Electric Company (HEP), while a consortium for the construction project is made up of Đuro Đaković Holding and its partner HOST B.V. from the Netherlands. At present, work is proceeding on the main operating building, i.e. installing the facade panels, also on the daytime warehouse and construction work on the covered warehouse. Technical work includes the installation of equipment around the boiler (air and smoke channels, the gallery and the steps around the boiler economizer). A tank (999 m³) for demineralized water has been installed next to the building and should be ready today for a hydrostatic test, which will last three days. All key equipment has been delivered except the turbine and generator, which should be at the construction site by 10 August 2016.

Final activities of the first phase of consolidating and welding a steel-construction bridge from land to the island of Čiovo. At the moment, final work and the transfer of the spans from segment 7 to segment 11 – from pylon S12 to pylon S13 is being carried out.

Construction is nearing completion of the permanent border crossing for international travelers and goods traveling by road in Tovarnik, which because of the expansion and construction work has been temporarily closed. The estimated value of the work, which comprises supervisory services, is 47.5 million kunas. The investor is the Republic of Croatia Ministry of Finance. Under the service contract the obligations of ĐĐ IR include: professional, technical and financial supervision during the work, providing services as the coordinator for workplace safety, constant geodetic supervision during the work, control of the testing of material, work in an accredited laboratory in accordance with HRN EN/ISO 17025:2007, and providing advisory and consulting services for the contracted work. Upon completion of the final and transfer works, it is expected that this border crossing will be fully operational.

Đuro Đaković Industrijska rješenja, Inc., part of the Đuro Đaković group, as the provider, and Industrija Nafte, Inc. (INA) signed contract no. 4500480514 on the manufacture and delivery of two columns with the appropriate technical documentation, spare parts for start-up, spare parts for two years of operations, and technical services: the design and drafting of technical documentation for equipment for LPG amine treatment at the Rijeka Oil Refinery. The total value of the contract is 4,562,215 kunas.

This week, ĐĐ Industrijska rješenja delivered two mantle cement mills to Christian Pfeiffer Maschinenfabrik GmbH. The mills, each weighing 58,536 kg and measuring 3.4 x 6.75 meters, were transported to Porto Alegre, Italy and then to their final destination in Egypt.

After the issuance of construction permits for BE-TO Osijek and BE-TO Sisak, work has begun on the construction of co-generation equipment (for the production of electrical and thermal energy). Start-up and testing is expected at the beginning of 2017, after which issuance of the usage permit and the transfer of the equipment is expected.

Đuro Đaković Holding, Inc. as the head of a consortium with the company HoSt B.V. won this business in an international competition. The contract value for BE-TO Osijek is 16.25 million euros and the contract value for BE-TO Sisak is 18.95 million euros. Both facilities will be the first co-generation facilities using forest biomass in the production portfolio of HEP and also the first power plants of this type un the HEP Group, which will have the status of an authorized producer of energy from renewable sources and co-generation, as a result of which it will be issued an energy approval.

A heat accumulator for TE-TO Zagreb is finished, and will now be followed by a final cmpletion test, registration for technical inspection, preparation for transfer, and trials.

The overall work on the construction of the heat accumulator (750MWh, 150MW) and the reconstruction of the heat system in was performed by the joint contractors, members of the Đuro Đaković Group and MontMontaža-Oprema. The construction and installation of this equipment include: a heat accumulator, pumping stations, steel heating pipes, air lines and steam lines.

Đuro Đaković Industrijska rješenja today initiated delivery of a mantle cement mill for the buyer, Cemtec-At of Enns.

The mill, with dimensions of 3.8 x 11 meters and weighing 80.93 tons, is being transported in three pieces to the port of Vukovar, from where it continue by ship to Antwerp and then via a sea voyage to its final destination, Mauritania.

The successful cooperation with the company Cemtec began in 2008 and has resulted in the delivery of 27 mills.

Đuro Đaković Industrijska rješenja has signed a contract for the manufacture of a mantle cement mill for ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions in the United States. The mill weigh 44.2 tons and will be delivered to North America as part of the CHESAMUE project. The planned delivery date is the end of the first quarter of 2016.

The last mills that were delivered to the United States from the Đuro Đaković group were in 2006 and 2007 for a long-time buyer, Polysius AG.