Shanduka-Aggreko National Supporter of the 2010 FIFA World
Cuptm
1 March 2010 - Aggreko plc is pleased to
announce that, along with its joint venture partner Shanduka Group, it has signed a
contract to provide temporary
power and temperature
control for broadcast and technical services for the
2010 FIFA World Cup in South
Africa.
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 3 billion
people world-wide. The estimated value of the contract is £30
million, and will involve the installation of some 300 kilometres
of cable and 30 megawatts of generating capacity.
Shanduka Group is a leading African investment holding company,
and has formed an unincorporated joint-venture with Aggreko to
execute the World Cup contract. Both companies worked together to
supply temporary power to the FIFA 2009
Confederations Cup in South Africa.
Aggreko has customers in 20 countries in Africa and is providing
over 1,000 megawatts of temporary power on the continent.
Rupert Soames, Chief Executive of Aggreko, said: “Having
recently supplied temporary power to both the
Vancouver Winter Olympics and last year’s Confederations Cup
in South Africa, we are delighted to have been selected by the 2010
FIFA World Cup Organising Committee to secure their broadcast
power. This underscores our position as the leading supplier of
power and temperature control to major sporting events
worldwide.”