They were speaking at a seminar titled "Wartsila Gas Engines" organised by Helsinki-based power plant manufacturer Wartsila Finland Oy in Dhaka.

Hans Eriksson, managing director of Wartsila Bangladesh Limited, and Goran Richardsson, area sales manager of Power Plants, South Asia, presented two separate demonstrations on power plant market analysis and trends and gas engine power plant solutions.

The aim of the seminar was to give Wartsila customers an opportunity to learn directly from Wartsila experts about features of Wartsila gas engine plants.

Executives and senior managers from the country's power sector also attended the seminar.

Eriksson, describing the main activities of Wartsila Bangladesh said, "We are here to facilitate the sale of Wartsila power plants in Bangladesh to provide supporting services for customers, including round the clock after sales services, operation and maintenance (O&M) agreements, O&M support agreement, supply of spare parts, upgrades, technical advice and training."

He said, "The field service team members are trained from one month to one year in our factory in Finland and are very skilled in their respective fields".

They are serving not only local customers but also Wartsila customers in India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Indonesia, he added.

The personnel in spare parts department are also trained in the respective department in Finland, he mentioned.

"They are equipped with state-of-the-art logistic tools like 24-hour online access to our global hubs that enable them to instantly order processing and tracking," Eriksson said.

Eriksson said his company has set up three power plants including Khulna Power Company Limited with 123 MW capacity, Lafarge Surma Energy Limited at Chhatak with 30 MW capacity and Heidelberg Cement power plant in Chittagong with 7 MW. The company has also supplied several other small plants to different companies.

Wartsila Bangladesh, a fully owned network company of Wartsila Corporation, Finland, which was locally incorporated in 1998 within the legal framework of Bangladesh, has 136 employees.