Aggreko's Long Game Suits PGA
Globabl Leader in In Rental Power And Temperature Control
Secures National Contract Until 2014
HOUSTON (March 30, 2010) – Aggreko plc, the
global leader in
rental power and
temperature control, has signed a contract to provide services
to all upcoming PGA and Senior PGA Championships until 2014. This
contract also calls for Aggreko Event Services (AES), the major
events division of Aggreko North America, to provide temporary
power and temperature control for the 2012 Ryder Cup in Chicago. In
addition to the Ryder Cup, AES will help ensure the success of the
2011 Senior PGA at Valhalla (Louisville, KY), the 2011 PGA at
Atlanta Athletic Club, the 2012 PGA at the Ocean Course on Kiawah
Island in South Carolina, the 2013 PGA at Oak Hill Country Club in
Rochester, NY, and the 2014 PGA at Valhalla.
Aggreko's years of experience with the PGA have ensured dozens
of successful golfing championships. A typical event requires an
array of portable, event-specific equipment, including:
- Enough electricity to power 480 medium-sized homes
- Enough cable to stretch from New York City to Baltimore
- Enough air-conditioning to keep 500 medium-sized homes
cool
- 5000 man hours from a dozen experienced Aggreko technicians
sourced throughout the company’s national network of more than 50
local service centers
“Our relationship with the PGA over the past
several years has been a wonderful experience,” said Jeremy
Sockwell, Business Development Specialist, Aggreko Event Services.
“They always appreciate our professionalism and expertise and
facilitate our work with the other 20 vendors that make up the
tournament team.”
Aggreko Event Services is highly experienced
in providing undisrupted, worry-free electrical power and
temperature control rental solutions with design, equipment and
technical support personnel to specific areas such as television
broadcasts, movie productions, the world’s largest sporting
competitions, concert touring and major corporate events since
1989. Aggreko has a long history of powering the highest profile
events in the world, including the
2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the
2009 Presidential Inauguration and the Daytona 500.
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:
David Nesmith
Richards/Carlberg
David_Nesmith@RichardsCarlberg.com
713.964.3606
Amy Stine
Aggreko, LLC
Amy.Stine@Aggreko.com
281.985.8286
Simon Lyons
Aggreko Plc
Simon.LyonsATaggreko.co.uk
+44.141.2255900