Wärtsilä to generate more electricity in Mexico

Wärtsilä Corp., Helsinki, received contracts from two separate manufacturing companies in Mexico to build combined steam and power projects to generate electricity for those companies' operations.

Oct. 13, 2004

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Oct. 13 -- Wärtsilä Corp., Helsinki, received contracts from two separate manufacturing companies in Mexico to build combined steam and power projects to generate electricity for those companies' operations.

Wärtsilä North America Inc. will provide engineering, procurement, and construction services for cardboard manufacturer Cartones Ponderosa and paper manufacturer Productora Nacional de Papel (Pronal). Cartones Ponderosa ordered a 19 Mw system, and Pronal is upgrading its existing facilities with a 13 Mw system.

Wärtsilä manufactures gas- and oil-fired engine-based power plants in Mexico and builds decentralized power generation.