Power provider Aggreko set to turn up the heat on Winter Olympics
PORTABLE power and air conditioning group, Aggreko has been awarded a major supply contract for the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea.
The company, whose UK base is in Cannock, will be the Official Temporary Electricity Generation Provider for the PyeongChang Games.
Aggreko will provide power across 18 competition venues and the international broadcast centre, helping ensure an uninterrupted television broadcast to millions of viewers around the world.
The value of the contract is expected to be around $40m and as part of the agreement Aggreko will be a sponsor of the Olympic Games.
Aggreko has a proven track record in supporting high profile sporting events and also recently announced it would be providing the power for the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in Australia, Australia’s largest event for over a decade.
Chris Weston, Chief Executive, Aggreko said: “I am delighted that Aggreko has been appointed the official power provider for the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018. We look forward to helping the organising committee deliver another successful Games.”
Elsewhere, Ultra Electronics has announced that its Command & Sonar Systems sonobuoy facility in Middlesex has been awarded a £9.7m contract extension for the supply and production of sonobuoys for the Royal Navy’s Merlin Mk2 Maritime Patrol Helicopter fleet.
The group was initially awarded a contract to supply sonobuoys for the helicopters in 2015. This contract extension ensures that the Royal Navy will continue to maintain a persistent Anti-Submarine Warfare surveillance capability against hostile submarines. It also enables Ultra to support future technology capability insertion and international collaboration.
Rakesh Sharma, chief executive of Ultra, said: “Ultra is delighted to have secured an extension to this important contract. Our long-standing partnership with the Merlin project team has allowed us to sustain and further develop the nation’s airborne anti-submarine warfare capability, preserving a key battle-winning advantage for UK armed forces.”
