Article in the U.S. magazine NewsWeek

Established nearly 25 years ago, dynamic maintenance services provider Ingener has certainly made impressive strides over the past quarter of a century to become a leading regional player in a highly competitive field. Through a core focus on the twin factors of innovation and outstanding customer service, the award-winning specialist founded by Omar Braga has grown into a successful multinational employing over 1,200 people and offering round the clock expertise in engineering, construction, and operation and maintenance for the service, energy and industrial sectors.

Domestic success has been repeated in regional markets that include Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay, with the firm´s industry-leading history allowing it to offer a comprehensive vision of projects through design and execution, commissioning and operation and maintenance. The enterprise´s strong track record has seen it involved in more than 1,500 MW energy projects, including wind, solar and thermoelectric generation projects.

In addition, Ingener has helped build more than two dozen high and extra-high voltage substations and provides a broad range of solutions for high voltage interconnection works, electrical infrastructure, civil works, erection, commissioning and related services. With a vocation for association and open to partners from around the world, the Montevideo-head-quartered firm is now at the vanguard of the clean energy revolution and stands proudly at the heart of Uruguay´s efforts to transform its traditional energy matrix.

“Our company is one of technicians, of professionals; this is our main capital. We always have the customer very much in mind and have been growing for many years”, says Daniel Vázquez, president of Ingener. “We are also now a specialist in turnkey -EPC- projects, where even the engineering is solved for the client, fundamentally for high and extra-high voltage substations, which are the connections where the electricity network utilizes to supply the end user”.

A determined push to renewable energy sources has seen Uruguay become a world leader in the use of non-fossil fuels, with Ingener perfectly positioned to take advantage of this much-admired revolution. “Uruguay is now powered almost entirely by renewables”, Vázquez confirms. “Ingener has been involved in these projects, and similar ones in countries like Argentina. We are proud of our role in Uruguay´s infrastructure development and our work ensures that people forget such infrastructure is installed because it will work for as long as possible without any problems. We give customers exactly what they planned when they make important investments. We are passionate about getting into new things and working as a team”.