UK temporary power supplier Aggreko has won a £30 million contract to provide power for the football World Cup in South Africa this summer.
The Glasgow-based company will provide temporary power and temperature control for broadcast and technical services for the tournament.
Under the terms of the deal, Aggreko will supply broadcasting power in all 10 World Cup stadium venues, the International Broadcast Centre (IBC) and FIFA headquarters. It will also provide temperature control at the IBC.
This will support the broadcasting of the 64 matches of the competition to over three billion people worldwide, and will involve the installation of around 300 kilometres of cable and 30 megawatts of generating capacity.
The company has formed a joint venture with the African investment firm Shanduka Group to execute the World Cup contract. Both companies worked together to supply temporary power to the FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa in 2009.
Aggreko has also provided temporary power for the Vancouver Winter Olympics, the UKÔÇÖs Glastonbury music festival and the Beijing Olympics.
Rupert Soames, CEO of Aggreko, said: ÔÇ£Having recently supplied temporary power to both the Vancouver Winter Olympics and last yearÔÇÖs┬áConfederations Cup in South Africa, we are delighted to have been selected by the 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee to secure their broadcast power.
ÔÇ£This underscores our position as the leading supplier of power and temperature control to major sporting events worldwide.ÔÇØ
Aggreko has continued to post strong results during the last 18 months despite the economic downturn and recently joined the FTSE 100 index.
Founded in Holland in 1962, the company set up its UK arm in Scotland in 1973 and now has 3,500 staff worldwide.
The companyÔÇÖs international power arm serves utilities, governments, armed forces and industrial customers with power plants ranging from 10MW to 100MW on a single site. It currently has customers in 20 countries in Africa and is providing over 1,000 megawatts of temporary power on the continent.
The firm also has an arm which supplies smaller customers with equipment that ranges from small generators to large cooling plants. This unit operates from 133 service centres in 31 countries.
The company is due to report its annual profits on Thursday, when revenues are expected to reach £1 billion and operating profits to rise 27 per cent to £260 million.
The World Cup commences in Johannesburg on 11 June, with the final taking place on 11 July.