Shanduka - Aggreko Announced as Final National Supporter of the
2010 FIFA World Cup
South Africa (April 2010)
– The final national supporter of the 2010 FIFA World
CupTM has been revealed as Shanduka-Aggreko. Shanduka, a
leading African investment holding company, through its subsidiary
Shanduka Energy, and Aggreko, the global leader in the provision of
temporary power rental services, are a joint-venture which is the
official supplier of rental power for broadcasting of the FIFA
World CupTM tournament. The tournament will be held from
11th June to 11th July 2010 across 10 stadiums in South
Africa.
The Shanduka-Aggreko joint venture contract
was announced on 1st March and will see
Shanduka-Aggreko provide temporary
power and temperature control for broadcast and
technical services for the tournament. The contract involves
providing broadcasting power in all 10 World Cup Stadium Venues,
the International Broadcast Centre (IBC) and FIFA headquarters, as
well as temperature control at the IBC. This will support the
broadcasting of the 64 matches of the competition to over three
billion people world-wide.
Aggreko has been active in Africa for over a
decade and in 2006 formed a partnership with Shanduka Energy in
order to enhance its operations in Southern Africa. Aggreko now
generates over 800 megawatts across over 20 African countries and
employs 450 people on the continent, of which over 80% are African
nationals. In 2009, Aggreko opened its first permanent depot in
South Africa, located in Midrand.
Julian Ford, Director Marketing and Sales
Development, Aggreko International, commented: “We are extremely
proud to be a national supporter for this prestigious event.
Sponsoring the tournament supports the growth of our business in
South Africa and shows our long-term vision for growth in the
country.”
“Shanduka’s partnership with Aggreko for this
particular project was based on our understanding of their
capability to handle the magnitude and complexity of the event,”
said Phuti Malabie, Managing Director, Shanduka Energy. “We are
confident that our partnership with Aggreko, the leading provider
of temporary power to the world's most prestigious sporting events,
will ensure faultless performance at the World Cup.”
Editor's Notes
Aggreko plc is the world leader in the supply of temporary power
and temperature control solutions. Aggreko employs over 4,000
people operating from over 133 locations. In 2008 we served
customers in over 100 countries, and had revenues of approximately
£950m (USD $1.6bn or Euros €1.1bn). Aggreko plc is listed on the
London Stock Exchange (AGK.L), is a member of the FTSE-100 index,
and is headquartered in Scotland. For more information, please
visit the company website at www.aggreko.com.
Aggreko provides power and temperature control solutions to
customers who need them either very quickly, or for a short or
indeterminate length of time. Examples would be the supply of power
to an industrial site which needs to service its permanent power
supply, supplying a whole city in times of power shortage, or
providing a major sporting event with power and cooling systems. We
serve our customers either through 120 service centres, which we
call the Local Business, or globally through our International
Power Projects business.
In the Local business, which accounts for about 60% of our
revenues, we hire our equipment to customers, who then operate it
for themselves, although we retain responsibility for servicing and
maintaining it. In the
International Power Projects business, which accounts for about
40% of revenues, we operate as a power producer. We install and
operate power plants and we charge our customers both for providing
the generating capacity, and for the electricity we produce. We
design and manufacture equipment specifically for these
requirements in our factory in Dumbarton, Scotland.
Recent customers include the
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, the Vancouver 2010 Olympic
Winter Games and the power utilities in over 50 countries
including the UK, France, Angola, Kenya,
Indonesia, Bangladesh, Venezuela, Chile, Brazil and the USA.
For more information, please visit the company
website at www.aggreko.com or www.aggreko.ca.
Media Contacts:
Amy Stine
Aggreko, LLC
Amy.Stine@Aggreko.com
281.985.8286
Simon Lyons
Aggreko Plc
Simon.LyonsATaggreko.co.uk
+44.141.2255900