Johan Hallen Appointed Vice President, Westinghouse Nuclear Services - Nordic Operations

By Westinghouse Electric Company, PRNE
Tuesday, January 12, 2010

PITTSBURGH, January 13 - Johan Hallen has been appointed vice president of Nordic Operations for
Westinghouse Electric Company's Nuclear Services business. In this role, Mr.
Hallen is responsible for managing the company's nuclear service projects and
operations in the Nordic Region. He will continue to serve in the dual role
of managing director for Westinghouse Electric Sweden, AB. Mr. Hallen is
based in Vasteras, Sweden.

Most recently, Mr. Hallen was Nordic regional vice president within the
company's Customer Relations and Sales organization. In that role he
maintained and developed Nordic region executive customer relationships,
identified growth opportunities and provided oversight for Westinghouse
customers in Finland and Sweden.

Mr. Hallen has held management positions of increasing responsibility
within Westinghouse and ABB, whose nuclear businesses were integrated into
Westinghouse in 2000. Prior Westinghouse roles have included director of
Nuclear Services, Sweden, and director of Nuclear Automation European
Operations.

Mr. Hallen holds a master's degree in mechanical engineering from the
Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. Additionally, he is a
certified Westinghouse Customer 1st leader (CFL). Customer 1st is the
Westinghouse continuous improvement initiative that employs such tools as Six
Sigma, Human Performance, Lean Enterprise and Behavioral Differentiation.

Westinghouse Electric Company, a group company of Toshiba Corporation
(TKY:6502), is the world's pioneering nuclear energy company and is a leading
supplier of nuclear plant products and technologies to utilities throughout
the world. Westinghouse supplied the world's first commercial PWR in 1957 in
Shippingport, Pa. Today, Westinghouse technology is the basis for
approximately one-half of the world's operating nuclear plants, including 60
percent of those in the United States.

Meghan Young of Westinghouse Electric Company, +1-412-374-6702

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