August 28, 2008

Outotec inks service agreement with Boliden and Norilsk Nickel

Outotec has agreed to continue delivering engineering and project services for Boliden's Harjavalta and Kokkola plants and for Norilsk Nickel's Harjavalta plants in Finland for three years' time.

The delivery of services is part of the close cooperation between Outotec and the two companies. Outotec has plant service units in Harjavalta and Kokkola. These units employ some 45 people in total.

Mr Tapani Järvinen president & CEO of Outotec said that "Our target is to significantly grow our services and after sales business in the next few years. This agreement demonstrates our capability of delivering value adding services for our customers, who benefit from Outotec's broad experience in designing and operating various processes. Our customers can focus on their core business, metals production.”