“The development of the power supply system cannot be separated from the technical support aspects. Being the only electric meter manufacturer on Congolese territory, Hengye Electric Equipment will promote local employment, improve the electricity sales and management system in the DRC”. It is in these terms that Jérôme Zhou expressed himself, Monday, June 17, 2019, on the occasion of the inauguration ceremony of the prepayment meter manufacturing plant installed by Hengye Electric in Kinshasa.

According to the Managing Director of this Chinese company, the installation of this plant will above all increase profits from the sale of electricity and will also allow SNEL to reduce the cost of purchasing meters.

However, the firm is committed in the spirit of a "win-win" cooperation with Congolese society in the path of sustainable development in order to build a better future together.

"Improving the operational quality of existing electricity networks, increasing the efficiency of electricity networks as well as optimizing energy management are our main services with great added values", underlined Jerome Zhou.

It should be noted that currently the main activities of Hengye Electric are concentrated on the assembly and production of electric meters, intelligent products for metering electric energy; sanitation and rehabilitation of the low voltage electricity distribution network.

This cooperation project has materialized thanks to the contact between SNEL and the Chinese company, which dates back to 2014.

For his part, the International General Manager of Zhejiang Hengye Electronics said that his company also emphasizes training local employees. "In the future, we will benefit from the knowledge and know-how of our parent group and we will introduce more energy products on the Congolese market in order to cover all the needs of the Congolese population", he said. increased.

It should be noted that it was one of the representatives of the DG of SNEL who proceeded to the symbolic cutting of the ribbon, thus giving the official opening of the factory in the Congolese capital.

Created in 2017 in Kinshasa, Hengye Electric Equipements Compagny SARLU is a subsidiary of Zheijang Hengy Electronics Co. Ltd. A high-tech company specializing in the manufacture of instruments for measuring low or medium voltage electrical energy.