GTI and SCA Packaging De Hoop BV recently signed a maintenance contract for a period of at least 10 years concerning SCA's total energy plant in Eerbeek. GTI is responsible for the total maintenance and management of the power plant.

SCA De Hoop has selected GTI as the main contractor for the maintenance of the total energy plant because of its approach that fits in with the organisation of SCA and that forms a safeguard for the continuity of their production process. GTI will continue the activities that were previously carried out by sister organisation Electrabel.

The contract comprises the planning, organisation and execution of the maintenance of the total energy plant installation as well as the accompanying utilities. The maintenance that GTI carries out includes electro technology, instrumentation, measuring and control engineering and the revision of appendages and rotating equipment. The maintenance of the gas turbines, steam turbines and generators of the total energy plant is based on 80,000 equivalent operating hours of the gas turbine and has a lead-time of minimally 10 and maximally 12 years. The total energy plant has a total load of 66 MW.

SCA Packaging de Hoop BV is a paper producer for the packaging industry and produces some 350,000 tons of paper per year. The company employs 215 people. SCA Packaging de Hoop is part of SCA Packaging. SCA Packaging is Europe's leading provider of customer-specific packaging solutions with emphasis on state-of-the-art design and local services close to customer facilities. A member of the Swedish SCA Group, SCA Packaging is also Europe's largest producer of corrugated board, a leading producer of containerboard paper for the manufacturing of corrugated board, and supplier of customised protective packaging. SCA Packaging employs more than 21,500 people at 300 sites in more than 30 countries, and generated a turnover of nearly € 3.5 billion in 2004.

GTI focuses on technical services to building services, industrial firms and infrastructure projects in the Benelux. The GTI Industry sector is a leading group of companies with an interlinked complete package of technical services for all industrial markets. In all segments of the market, GTI Industry is experienced in carrying out both large and small projects, either covering a single discipline or several, in new construction, renovation, maintenance and management.

GTI is part of FABRICOM, a leading European player in the field of electrical, mechanical and HVAC installations and the related maintenance. The Group's companies (AXIMA in Europe, ENDEL and INEO in France, FABRICOM GTI in Belgium and GTI in the Netherlands) provide optimal solutions for customers in the Industry, Building Services, Infra and services sectors. The FABRICOM Group employs 46,000 people. In 2004, FABRICOM Group realised a turnover of 5.7 billion euros, primarily in the Benelux and France, but also in numerous other European countries. FABRICOM Group is a full subsidiary of SUEZ.

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