Confidence built through experience
Aggreko was founded in 1962 in the Netherlands. Over the
last 45 years the company has gone from strength to strength, to
where it is today with a presence in 29 countries and employing
more than 2,200 people.
Milestones in our History
- 1962 Founded in the Netherlands
- 1973 UK business established in
Scotland
- 1984 Aggreko became a wholly-owned
subsidiary of publicly traded Salveson Group
- 1986 Entered U.S. Power rental through
acquisition of Electric Rental Systems Inc.
- 1987 Entered the temperature control rental
business through the acquisition of Mobile Air and Pierce
Industrial in the US
- 1989 Entry into the Asia Pacific region
with acquisition of Yeow Kong Electrical Company in Singapore
- 1990 Aggreko opened first permanent
facility in Middle East
- 1997 De-merged from the Salvesen Group to
become a separately quoted plc on the London Stock Exchange
- 2002 Aggreko is the official Temporary
Power Generation and Distribution Services Supplier for the 2002
Winter Olympic Games
- 2004 Aggreko established national and
regional customer service centres for the US, UK, South and
Central Europe
- 2005 major contract in Uganda to supply
50MW of power
- 2006 Major contract in Kenya to supply
100MW of power
- 2006 Aggreko acquires GE Energy
Rentals