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Eltel takes care of Fingrid’s transmission line maintenance

2011-11-30

Fingrid and Eltel signed 18th of November a three-year contract concerning maintenance of the main transmission lines in Finland. The contract covers the Häme-Uusimaa, Eastern Finland, Northern Finland and Lapland regions. New agreement will take effect at the beginning of 2012.

-The agreement encompasses about two thirds of Finland's national grid and covers 110 kV - 400 kV transmission lines with fault correction capability, inspections and measurements services, surveys, and maintenance work, Product Manager, Matti Seppälä from Eltel Finland says. The scope includes also the data updates to  Fingrid’s IT-system.
-This is evidence of significant trust on our experience and workmanship, Seppälä continues.

During the contract period substantial development activities will be made related to staff competence and well being. There are excellent experiences of such development projects from earlier years where results have been encouraging. Specific development programs related to services delivery and HSE have been agreed.

More information:
Juha Luusua, CEO, Eltel Networks Oy
Tel. +358 40 311 3005

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