Etteplan becomes engineering service partner to MacGregor in China

- Etteplan and MacGregor strengthen cooperation on the growing Chinese market.

Etteplan has signed a long-term engineering agreement with MacGregor for providing MacGregor’s engineer-to-order projects in China for hatch cover projects.

The agreement comes into effect as of April 25, 2014. Ten engineers who have been working for MacGregor’s joint venture company in China become Etteplan’s employees and transfer to Etteplan’s Shanghai office. Etteplan’s engineering units in Finland continue to provide MacGregor Finland with engineering and project management services as well as technical documentation for hatch cover projects worldwide.

- MacGregor needed a reliable and proactive partner for engineer-to-order projects and we have good experience working with Etteplan. This arrangement offers good opportunities for the engineers and improved flexibility and efficiency”, says Antti Raski, Design Manager, in MacGregor Dry Cargo business line.

MacGregor’s complex products are engineered to end-customers’ specifications after an order has been placed. Etteplan’s strength as an engineer-to-order partner is based on proven service models, long-term experience as well as product and customer industry expertise.

- We are able to carry out challenging projects according to local and global requirements and standards because of our broad experience. We offer flexibility that is not always feasible for customers to maintain themselves, says VP Riku Riikonen, General Manager at Etteplan China.

For more information, please contact:

Robert Berg
SVP, Solutions and Business Development
Etteplan
Tel. +46 73 447 23 22

Outi-Maria Liedes
SVP, Communications & Operational Development
Etteplan
Tel. +358 40 756 9620