FROM: U.S. EXPORT-IMPORT BANK
Ex-Im Bank Approves $45 Million to Finance the Export of U.S. Turbine Products to Israel
Supports 100 U.S. Jobs
Washington, D.C. – The board of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) voted to guarantee a $44.8 million loan extended by G.E. International Inc. to Mashav Initiating and Development Ltd. (Mashav) that will facilitate the export of power-plant equipment to Israel and support approximately 100 U.S. jobs in Houston and Cincinnati, according to Bank estimates derived from Departments of Commerce and Labor data and methodology.
“Our financing will boost American exports to Israel and support key manufacturing jobs here at home,” said Ex-Im Bank Chairman and President Fred P. Hochberg. “The American equipment involved in the transaction is the best of its kind, and it will benefit our partners in Israel and encourage them to continue to ‘Buy American.’”
The exports include one GE LM6000 PF Sprint gas-turbine generator set manufactured by GE Packaged Power Inc., two Energy Chiller packages manufactured by TAS Services LLC, and related services. Mashav plans to employ the equipment in the expansion of its power plant in Ramla, Israel. The plant is scheduled to be operational by January, 2014.
“US Ex-Im Bank’s financing support for the Mashav transaction was a key factor in securing this deal for GE. It is an essential element contributing to U.S. job growth and exports in the global marketplace,” said Mohammad Kudia, managing director, GE Sales & Project Finance, the mandated financing arranger and advisor for Mashav.
The Export Guarantee and Insurance Corporation (EGAP), the export credit agency of the Czech Republic, is cofinancing the transaction and re-insuring Ex-Im Bank for the purchase of other products. The transaction is Ex-Im Bank’s largest with EGAP.
