Aggreko Continues Growth in the Gulf
Rental Power Leader Opens New Service
Center in Louisiana
Shreveport,
Louisiana (October 13, 2010) – Aggreko, the
global leader in rental
power, cooling, heating and oil-free compressed air solutions, continues
to expand in the Gulf Coast area with a new service center in
Shreveport, Louisiana. The new 4,000 sq ft facility, located at 741
Professional Drive, houses all aspects of Aggreko’s business
including sales, service and a fleet of power generators, chillers,
air conditioners, heaters and oil-free air compressors.
“We are very pleased to open our sixth
location in the Gulf region,” said Keith Sanner, Gulf Area General
Manager, Aggreko North America. “We see this new service center as
an opportunity to enhance the offerings to our customers in the
area.”
The company’s new facility will allow it to
provide improved service to the area’s natural gas and other
leading industries, including manufacturing, service and special
events.
“Our resources help support large and complex
power projects in the area,” added Sanner. “Aggreko’s Gulf
leadership team determined we needed a presence in Shreveport, with
experience and expertise across all industries and focused on
approaching opportunities with the Aggreko can-do attitude.”
Aggreko will supply all of the company’s major
rental product lines from the new facility, including:
- Sound-attenuated power generators, from 30 kW
to 2000 kW - perfect for any application where sound mitigation and
space considerations are important
- A new range of natural gas-powered generators
complying with all state and federal emissions legislation
- A range of temperature-control units,
including chillers, cooling towers, air conditioners and electric
heaters
- Oil-free air compressors
In addition to Shreveport, Aggreko operates
Gulf-area service centers in Mobile, Alabama, Lake Charles, Baton
Rouge, New Iberia and New Orleans, Louisiana, and is backed by a
network of more than 50 locations throughout North America.
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/northamerica
or www.aggreko.ca.
For more information, contact:
Shanta Mauney or Claire Caton, Ward
Creative Communications
Tel: 713-869-0707
E-mail: smauney@wardcc.com or
ccaton@wardcc.com
Amy Stine, Communications Specialist, Aggreko LLC
Tel: 281-985-8266
E-mail: amy.stine@aggreko.com
Simon Lyons, Global Director of Marketing & Communication,
Aggreko Plc
Tel: + 44 141 2255900
E-mail:
simon.lyonsATaggreko.co.uk