Confidence built through experience
Aggreko was founded in 1962 in the Netherlands. Over the last 49
years the company has gone from strength to strength, to where it
is today with a presence in 34 countries
and employing more than 3,800 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 Salvesen 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 50 MW of
power
- 2006
Major contract in Kenya to supply 100 MW of power
- 2006 Aggreko
acquires GE Energy Rentals
- 2007 100 MW contract in Yemen
- 2007 Opening depot locations in
Shanghai (China), Edmonton
(Canada),
Padova (Italy)
- 2008
Acquisition of Power Plus Rentals Ltd, Canada
- 2008
Beijing Olympic Games, China
- 2009
Acquisition of Cummins, India
- 2009 Power solutions for the
Presidential Debates and Inauguration Ceremony
- 2009 Depot openings in
Pune (India), Dalian
(China),
Johannesburg (South Africa)
- 2009 115 MW contract in Sultanate of Oman
- 2010
100 MW support power to Panamanian National Grid
- 2010 90 MW of power and temperature control at the
Vancouver Winter Olympics
- 2010 200 MW Utility Support Power, Bangladesh
- 2010
70 MW FIFA World Cup, South Africa
- 2011 Super Bowl Championship Game, Dallas Texas
- 2011 Acquisition of N. Z. Generator Hire
Limited, New Zealand & Pacific Islands