Maintpartner ASI Sp. z o.o. has entered into a partnership agreement to provide comprehensive operation and maintenance services for Fortum Power and Heat Poland Sp. z o.o. Agreement concerns the power plants Dejtana and Brzeźnicka, in Czestochowa. The agreement will enter into force on 1st of December 2011. Maintpartner's offering covers operation of power plants, production facility and power plant maintenance services as well as fuel intake services for CHP plant. A total of 28 employees will be transferred to Maintpartner.

"The partnership with Maintpartner is an important milestone for us. With this contract we continue on our path of concentrating our operations on CHP production and operations supporting CHP. I am extremely delighted that we can have Maintpartner with us in implementing this", says Mikael Lemström, President of Fortum Power and Heat Poland.

The agreement with Fortum is an important achievement for Maintpartner in Poland. Maintpartner is committed to the continuous improvement of the operation and maintenance processes for the plants. "The agreement will also strengthen the co-operation between the companies already existing in Finland and Sweden. Moreover, we have now entered into energy sector in Poland where there is a lot of potential", says Jouko Latvakangas, President of Maintpartner ASI.

MORE INFORMATION:

Potr Gornic, Director of Production and Distribution, Fortum Power and Heat Poland +48 60 6257 311
Jari Rahtu, Plant Manager, Fortum Czestochowa, tel. +48 50 2300 271
Jouko Latvakangas, President, Maintpartner Poland, tel. +358 50 453 2760, +48 60 560 6822
Grzegorz Siodlowski, Vice President, Poland, tel. +48 66 348 6217

Fortum's purpose is to create energy that improves life for present and future generations. In Poland Fortum is involved in district heat distribution and production and combined power and heat production. Fortum Poland employs approximately 1000 people with a turnover of approximately 900 million PLN.

Maintpartner ASI Sp. z o.o. is part of the Maintpartner Group, a leading supplier of industrial maintenance and operation services in the Baltic Sea region. Maintpartner ASI Sp. z o.o. has approximately 200 employees and annual net sales of about PLN 25 million. Maintpartner Group is owned by its management and funds administered by CapMan. www.maintpartner.com.