Power Engineering - New Wood Group facility opens in Sheffield, England

Nov. 18, 2003 -- The Home Secretary David Blunkett MP visited Sheffield-based Wood Group Rotary Electrical Company Ltd on Friday 14th November 2003 to officially open the company's new 35,000 sq ft electrical generator service facility.

Part of the Gas Turbine Services division of international energy services company, John Wood Group PLC ("Wood Group"), Wood Group Rotary Electrical provides generator service, repair and rewind, and coil manufacture services to electrical generator operators in the Eastern Hemisphere power generation, oil & gas and industrial markets.

Key features of the new facility include a 60 tonne crane, which doubles the company's generator rotor lifting capacity, a 10 tonne generator balancing machine and an 8m³ oven.

David Baillie, Chief Executive of Wood Group Gas Turbine Services, said: "Investing in this new, larger premises is a significant development for Wood Group Rotary Electrical. The new facility gives the company expanded workshop space and capacity, enabling it to undertake contracts for all makes, models and sizes of electrical generators, and therefore increase the scope of service it offers to electrical generator users throughout the Eastern Hemisphere."

During the opening ceremony, Mr Blunkett also presented long-service awards to three members of Wood Group Rotary Electrical staff, who have completed 25 years of service with the company.

David continued: "Wood Group's generator service capability, together with our gas turbine, steam turbine, rotating equipment and controls expertise, makes us a world leading independent aftermarket provider of maintenance, repair and overhaul services to the power and oil & gas industries."
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Note to editors
Wood Group is an international energy services company with more than $1.7bn sales, employing more than 12,000 people worldwide and operating in 34 countries. The Group has three Businesses: Engineering & Production Facilities, Well Support, and Gas Turbine Services providing a range of engineering, production support, maintenance management and industrial gas and steam turbine-generator overhaul and repair services to the oil & gas, and power generation industries worldwide.

Wood Group Gas Turbine Services is a leading world-wide independent provider of maintenance, repair and overhaul services for gas turbines, steam turbines, generators, and other high-speed rotating equipment, including pumps and compressors. The company also repairs gas turbine accessories and components for industrial and aero customers.

Wood Group Rotary Electrical Company Ltd offers a broad range of maintenance support services, both on-site and workshop-based, for large electrical generators and motors to operators in the Eastern Hemisphere power generation, oil & gas and industrial markets. Services include engineering and coil manufacturing services, repairs and rewinds, stator and rotor inspections, and scheduled and unscheduled field outage support. The company is ISO 9001:2000 certified. Formerly called Rotary Electrical Company Ltd, the company is a well established generator service company and was acquired by Wood Group in October 2002. The company currently employs 50 staff.

For further information contact
Carolyn Smith, Corporate Communications Manager, Wood Group
Tel: +44 (0) 1224 851099, e-mail: carolyn.smith@woodgroup.com

Pauline Smith, Corporate Communications Executive, Wood Group Gas Turbine Services
Tel: +44 (0) 1224 797143, mobile: 07751 414210, e-mail: pauline.smith@woodgroup.com

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