Benesov, Czech Republic – 11 January 2010 - Mavel, a.s. announced the successful commissioning of the Finnholm hydroelectric power plant. Mavel had been awarded a contract by Vaasa Engineering Oy of Finland to supply one double regulated Kaplan bulb turbine to the Finnholm site, on the Ähtävänjoki River in the Western part of middle Finland and owned by Oy Herrfors Ab. Mavel provided the steel intake and draft tube, hydraulic unit, lubricating and cooling system and the turbine. This Mavel KA1800K4 turbine has runner diameter of 1800 mm and four runner blades. Finnholm HPP has net head of 5.35 meters and flow of 18.5 cms.

The contract was awarded in September 2008, work began in October 2008 and commissioning was in November 2009. The installed power is 862 kW.

Mavel is a Czech Republic-based manufacturing and engineering company focusing on production of turbines for hydro-electric power plants from 25 kW to 25+ MW. Over the past 14 years, Mavel and its subsidiary CKD TurboTechnics, s.r.o. have installed or signed orders for over 300 turbines at more than 225 sites around the world.

Vaasa Engineering is a Finnish company founded in 1989 and now employing over 395 persons with daughter companies in Norway, Sweden and Russia. The company develops and manufactures automation systems, low and medium voltage switchgears and electrification systems for energy and production processes both for the domestic as well as the international markets.