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On February 2, Omexom in Norway welcomed close to 300 new colleagues with a rebranding event spread in the locations of Kristiansand, Lyngdal, Evje and Møre.

The Omexom business unit in Sundsvall has secured three new contracts with a total order amount of €70 million. Building on long-standing partnerships with clients Svenska kraftnät and Sundsvall Elnät AB, the projects include the reconstruction and new construction of Odensala which is the largest air-insulated switchgear in Sweden so far.

‘Groundbreaking’ takes on a new meaning at an underground distribution site for Omexom in Sweden:  the business unit and its project partners have inherently redesigned the project to adopt a comprehensive environmental approach.

Eitech in collaboration with Omexom has won the assignment to deliver and install the entire power distribution in an extensive infrastructure project in Finland. The large and complex project will begin in 2023 and will last for almost two years with completion scheduled by spring of 2025.

This April, New Zealand energy services contractor Electrix begins operations under its new name, Omexom. Founded in New Zealand in 1955, Electrix established itself as a leading provider of engineering, construction, and maintenance services to asset owners in the electricity and gas utility, industrial, commercial, resources, and infrastructure sectors.

Located in a rural village of only 600 inhabitants, the Noordschote high-voltage substation is an important node in its area as it supplies the entire Westhoek region with electricity. To prepare for higher electricity demands in the future, Omexom in Belgium is modernising the installation, making it more sustainable.

VINCI Energies acquired two multi-technical companies providing global solutions for electrical and telecommunication network operators in October 2022, and is accelerating their integration with two rebrandings: TLT-Building and TLT-Connection activities in transmission and distribution join Omexom in Finland, while TLT-Connection telecommunication business becomes Axians.

The only international airport in the Algarve region, Faro welcomes about 9 million passengers yearly. Starting this summer, the airport, operated by VINCI Airports, is expected to self-produce 30% of its energy needs with solar energy and save an equivalent of 1,500 tons/ year of CO2 thanks to its solar farm. The Faro Airport project exemplifies the strength of the VINCI companies’ network, spanning various expertise, including that of Omexom in Portugal.

The Takamaka hydroelectric plant nestles in a tropical valley in Reunion’s national park. The power plant – the island’s primary source of renewable energy – requires modernisation work in which Omexom Montélimar is playing its part.

In line with one of the three key areas of VINCI’s environmental ambition: Preserving natural environments, the Omexom business unit Omexom Nîmes LA has been taking important steps to protect birds in its territory of intervention.