Aker Solutions laid the foundation stone of a new plant in Paraná that will double the company's subsea production capacity in Brazil.

The plant in the city of São José dos Pinhais in the Paraná state in Brazil will be operational in 2015. It will replace Aker Solutions' current subsea manufacturing facility in Curitiba and double production capacity in the country.

Aker Solutions' Executive Chairman Øyvind Eriksen and Luis Araujo, president and country manager of the company's Brazilian operations, today took part in a ceremony laying the foundation stone at the new site.

Luis Carlos Setim, the mayor of São José dos Pinhais, attended together with other local government officials.

"Brazil is a very important market for Aker Solutions and this new plant will strengthen our subsea offering," says Araujo.

The new facility will have about 1,200 employees and generate work for an additional 5,000 people at suppliers. The plant will be built on a plot of land totaling 168,220 square metres.

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