Metal products and processing

The consequences of a pandemic lead not only to constraints but also to business opportunities. In Salo, Finland, Lithuanians were invited to help complete the project due to delays in the construction of a waste-to-energy cogeneration plant. Representatives of the engineering services company Iremas say that it took just a few days to decide on one of the biggest projects this year. 

"We are invited to complete the construction project of the cogeneration power plant. When the partners contractors faced the challenges of the pandemic and the construction deadlines were delayed, we received a proposal to complete the construction engineering of the facility. We had to prepare in just a few days - we signed a contract before Christmas and already in the last days of last year the first colleagues went to Finland, ” said the company's CEO Edmundas Damaševičius.

In Finland, specialists from Jonava carry out technological pipeline installation work. The works are planned to take up to four months.

The initial stage of work involves 16 specialists - two engineers and a team of welders and installers. The company is ready to double or even triple its capacity during the project. Still, processes are slowed by a pandemic.

"As around the world, jobs are affected by a pandemic. According to the planned protocols, the employees had to take the tests in Lithuania, they went to Finland again within 72 hours, and before entering the object - another additional test. Everything is done for safety, but it slows down the work process, " said E. Damaševičius.

It is planned that the power plant in Finland, where Iremas is working on its installation, will produce up to 90% of energy for district heating by waste incineration.

According to the CEO of the company, Iremas specialists in Lithuania have contributed to the construction of the same type of waste-burning, cogeneration power plants in Vilnius and Kaunas. This is not the first project of this type implemented in a foreign country - the company's specialists have worked on projects in Denmark, Germany, Italy, Romania and other countries.

UAB Iremas, which belongs to the concern Achemos grupė, is one of the largest companies providing engineering services in Lithuania. The main activities of the company are the production, repair, installation, design and maintenance services of industrial equipment. The company has almost 600 employees, its divisions are located in Jonava, Kaunas, Mažeikiai, Panevėžys and Klaipėda.