Maintpartner Finland signs major hydropower operation and maintenance outsourcing contract with Fortum

28-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Maintpartner Finland and Fortum have signed a three-year operation and maintenance agreement regarding Fortum’s hydropower plants in the Oulujoki and Imatra regions.

Under the agreement, the local operation and maintenance personnel of Fortum’s hydropower plants will transfer to Maintpartner as existing employees, effective 1 December 2013. The number of employees transferring from the Oulujoki and Imatra regions is 34 and 19, respectively. Some Fortum employees will remain locally at the power plants. These employees will focus on the management of hydropower assets, on local stakeholder relations and on hydropower investment projects.

-The agreement signed with Fortum is a significant step for Maintpartner as we expand in local operation and maintenance of hydropower plants as well as in project and installation services, especially in the Nordic countries, says Maintpartner’s Juha Lepikko, Deputy Managing Director.

Additional information:
Juha Lepikko, Deputy Managing Director, Maintpartner Oy, tel. +358 050 453 2035

Maintpartner Group 
Maintpartner is a Nordic supplier of industrial maintenance and operation services. We are experts in maintaining availability of technical processes in the industry and the public sector, helping our customers to focus on their core business. Our ambition is to be the forerunner of the industry and the leading technical service company in the Baltic Sea region.

Maintpartner Group employs some 1,650 people, and has net sales of approximately EUR 160 million a year. The Group has offices in Finland, Sweden, Poland and Estonia. Maintpartner Group is owned by the management and funds administered by CapMan. More information at www.maintpartner.com.

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