Wärtsilä to operate and maintain Nigerian pow...

Wärtsilä Corporation, Trade and Technical Press release, 19 November
2009

Wärtsilä, a leading supplier of flexible power plants for the
decentralized power generation market, has been awarded an operations
and maintenance (O&M) contract for 10 years by Lafarge Cement WAPCO
Plc, a major cement manufacturer, to run its cement plant power
station in Nigeria. By outsourcing the operations and maintenance to
Wärtsilä, the customer can focus on its core business.

The O&M contract, signed in September, calls for Wärtsilä to
undertake all aspects of operating and maintaining the on-site power
plant, including labour, spare parts, scheduled and unscheduled
maintenance, administration, human resource services and training,
technical support, logistics management and security.

The power plant, located close to the city of Ewekoro, 65 kilometres
north of Lagos, is currently under construction and is scheduled to
be in full commercial operation in January 2011. The 100 MW plant
will supply electricity to a new cement works being built. Lafarge
Cement WAPCO will double its capacity from two million tonnes to over
four million tonnes of cement produced by 2011. The expansion project
will further assist the company to meet the local demand of cement in
Nigeria.

In announcing this latest order, Denis Pierchon, Regional Sales
Manager for Africa, Wärtsilä Services, commented: "Wärtsilä has
worked closely with the Lafarge group for several years, and has
supplied the company with other power plants in Nigeria and
Bangladesh. Lafarge trusts our ability and expertise in not only
supplying, but also in operating power plants and optimizing their
efficiency. The customer benefits by having fixed budgeted costs for
the running of the power plant throughout the contractual period."

"The fuel flexibility of the Wärtsilä engines is an important element
in providing heavy industrial processes with a low cost and reliable
power supply," Mr Pierchon continues.

The power plant is a turnkey project by Wärtsilä, and will be powered
by six Wärtsilä 18V50DF engines that can operate on either heavy fuel
oil, light fuel oil, or gas. When operational, the Ewekoro power
plant will, together with other plants already delivered by Wärtsilä,
bring the total combined generating capacity supplied by Wärtsilä to
Nigeria to approximately 400 MWe. Wärtsilä has O&M contracts for some
150 MW of this generating capacity.

For further information, please contact:

Denis Pierchon
Regional Sales Manager, Africa,
Wärtsilä Services
Direct tel:          + 33 (0)4 91 03 99 32
Mobile:             + 33 (0)6 32 64 03 43
e-mail:  [e-mail]

Maria Nystrand
Publicity Manager,
Wärtsilä Power Plants
Direct tel:          [phone]
e-mail:  [e-mail]

Wärtsilä in brief
Wärtsilä is a global leader in complete lifecycle power solutions for
the marine and energy markets. By emphasising technological
innovation and total efficiency, Wärtsilä maximises the environmental
and economic performance of the vessels and power plants of its
customers.
In 2008, Wärtsilä's net sales totalled EUR 4.6 billion with 19,000
employees. The company has operations in 160 locations in 70
countries around the world. Wärtsilä is listed on the NASDAQ OMX
Helsinki, Finland.

www.wartsila.com



Lafarge Cement WAPCO in brief

Lafarge Cement  WAPCO  Nigeria  Plc is  a  leading  manufacturer  and
marketer of cement in Nigeria and a subsidiary of Lafarge, the  world
leader in building materials.

With its  state-of-the-art plant  in Ewekoro,  Lafarge WAPCO  is  the
manufacturer  of  Elephant  Cement,  a  formidable  brand  that   has
consistently won  the  NIS Certificate  for  product quality  by  the
Nigerian Standard Organisation for over two decades.

The  Company  recently  got  the  MANCAP  Certificate  for   Portland
Limestone Cement (Elephant Brand) CEMII  32.5 BL making it the  first
cement manufacturer to own the certificate in Nigeria.

www.lafargewapco.com


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