Aggreko Energizes Red Bull Race in New York
Jersey City, NJ (June 2010) – Aggreko, the
global leader in
rental power,
heating and cooling solutions, will be supplying generators and
air conditioning equipment for the New York edition of the Red Bull
Air Race, taking place over the weekend of June 19th.
This is the seventh time that Aggreko has been chosen to be part of
this world championship series - most recently in Windsor, Canada,
earlier this month, and in Rio de Janeiro in May. The New York
edition of the event will take place along the Hudson River and
culminate in Jersey City, NJ.
“The strength of the Aggreko network worldwide
is a huge advantage when supporting world class events like this,”
said George Long, senior event manager for Aggreko Event Services,
North America. “With our global partner Kitz Exklusiv, we’re proud
to play a role in the event that will be seen by millions, both
locally and worldwide.”
More than 3 MW of power and 240 tons of air
conditioning will be supplied for the New York event, which is
enough to power and cool 600 medium-sized homes. In addition, eight
miles of cable will be used to connect the equipment. Darrell
Brock, Aggreko's project manager for the Red Bull Air Races
commented, “This is the first Red Bull Air Race in the New York
area, so we are faced with the challenges that come with an unknown
environment. However, at Aggreko one of our strengths is the
ability to adjust to changing conditions and provide superb service
to our customers.” Brock added, “With Kitz and Red Bull site
management, we have made a great multinational team to produce this
premier event. It has been great to play an important role in such
an exciting championship series.”
Aggreko Event Services is highly experienced in providing
uninterrupted electrical power and temperature control rental
solutions – including design, equipment and technical support
personnel - to television broadcasts, movie productions, the
world’s largest sporting competitions, concert tours and major
corporate events. Aggreko has powered many of the highest profile
events in the world, including the
Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter 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:
Amy Stine
Aggreko, LLC
Amy.Stine@Aggreko.com
281.985.8286
Simon Lyons
Aggreko Plc
Simon.LyonsATaggreko.co.uk
+44.141.2255900