Kronospan: Reliable Power Supply with Significant Cost Savings
At the end of last year, Wärtsilä Oyj provided Denmark’s Kronospan Ltd. with a new power plant. As part of the previously-signed deal Wärtsilä supplied its customer with three Wärtsilä 34 engines, running on natural gas. Now cooperation between the two companies continues with a long-term maintenance agreement that helps maximise uptime of Kronospan’s facility.
Source: Wärtsilä.
According to Kronospan, a leading manufacturer and distributor of wood-based panels, the agreement guarantees the company reliable power generation at a competitive price and minimises the need to use electricity from the national grid. In addition to electricity, the plant also provides heat for the company's production processes, bringing cost savings as well as environmental benefits.
- We are really happy to partner with Wärtsilä for the next 11 years. Wärtsilä offered the best and most competitive solution that met our needs perfectly. Reliable power generation is essential to our operations, and this partnership helps provide us with the security of power supply we need in order to keep producing top of the line products for our customers, Chris Ryan, Group Secretary from Kronospan says.
Thanks to this agreement, Kronospan can focus on their core business while Wärtsilä manages the power supply for their plant. The agreement, which was signed last summer, also includes technical advisory and maintenance services as well as spare parts.
- We want to help Kronospan reduce its operational costs, allowing them to invest more in their core business for the future. For Wärtsilä, this is also an opportunity to develop our Asset Performance Management agreements portfolio, says John Chester, General Manager at Wärtsilä UK.
