Regarding your complaining about the process of inquiry requirement, we would like to clarify you about details as below.
WIKA always concerns Yokogawa as our partner. We never thought that you are our competitor.
As WIKA has many product lines, ETM is always the first priority that we supports Yokogawa even though we would have other EPC or end user contact us directly to quote price for them. We definitely decline all those customer.
Other products line such as Mechanic Pressure Gauge and Temperature Gauge, we will quote price to Yokogawa directly as well if there is no other customer making a request. However, if we have other EPC that needs inquiry and Yokogawa is also in the loop of bidder, WIKA will contact our EPC directly because these lines have low margin and it is highly competitive. If we quoted Yokogawa the price and you could not win the project, we both would loss together.
In the case of Gas Pipeline for GHC New 5 SPP Project, we have conversation earlier with you by phone to explain all about this. Maxens is the winner of PG, TG package so we would like to contact them directly.
We hope you understand our situation as well.