Royal opening for Aggreko

27 Apr 2012

Aggreko's new manufacturing facility at Lomondgate in Dumbarton celebrated it's official opening with a visit from the Princess Royal.

Scottish temporary power company Aggreko, one of Scotland's big international success stories, welcomed HRH the Princess Royal to perform the official opening of its £22 million manufacturing facility at Lomondgate in Dumbarton.

Aggreko relocated its manufacturing operations to Lomondgate, from its previous site at Dumbarton, earlier this month, securing around 400 jobs for the area. Jobs include the creation of 110 new jobs designing, developing and manufacturing power generators and temperature control equipment to be deployed by Aggreko around the world.

Aggreko, is one of the fastest-growing companies in the FTSE 100, and provides temporary power in over 100 countries. Its customers range from whole countries where demand for electricity exceeds supply, through to local businesses whose power supply has been disrupted.

Aggreko is perhaps best known for supplying power for major sporting events such as the FIFA World Cup, and the Superbowl. It is the exclusive supplier of temporary energy services for the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, which will be the largest sports events Aggreko has ever powered. The company will support approximately 40 venues in London, using over 500 generators. In total, Aggreko will supply 225 megawatts of power through more than 1,000 kilometres of cable.

The completion of the new plant is a major boost to the Dumbarton economy and reaffirms the town as home to a major multinational company. Over the last three years, Aggreko has created over 2000 jobs worldwide, of which 150 have been in Scotland and 230 in total in the UK.

Source: The Herald - Aggreko facilities royal opening

SCOTTISH temporary power company Aggreko, one of Scotland's big international success stories, welcomed HRH the Princess Royal yesterday to perform the official opening of its £22 million manufacturing facility at Lomondgate in Dumbarton.

Aggreko relocated its manufacturing operations to Lomondgate, from its previous site at Dumbarton, earlier this month.

The Glasgow-based FTSE-100 company noted the new facility had secured "around 400 jobs for the area".

Aggreko chief executive Rupert Soames said: "We are honoured that HRH the Princess Royal has visited Aggreko and we were proud to be able to show her around our new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility at Dumbarton.

"She met many of the people working there and she showed a keen interest in our business."

Aggreko said: "The town faced the possibility of the loss of 250 highly skilled jobs unless a site suitable for integrating all Aggreko's design, engineering and manufacturing needs could be found, three years ago.

"The company's existing manufacturing facility had become too small to cope with the company's rapid international growth."

It added: "The board of the Strathleven Regeneration Company with backing from West Dunbartonshire Council, Scottish Enterprise, Diageo and the Walker Group moved rapidly to suggest a 16-acre site within Lomondgate, SRC's mixed-use development of a 120-acre former J & B Whisky site."

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