JULY 2022
PEPPER RUTLAND'S POST The Official Newsletter of James "Pepper" Rutland, Founder, President and CEO of MMR Group J U L Y
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MMR SIGNIFICANTLY RANKED AMONG GREATER BATON ROUGE’S HIGHEST PERFORMING PRIVATE COMPANIES BATON ROUGE, La. – MMR is honored to announce its seventh-place ranking in the Top 100 Private Companies list. Released by the Baton Rouge Business Report, Top 100 highlights the top performing private companies in the Greater Baton Rouge area. The Business Report’s Top 100 Private Companies listing is based on annual revenue earned. The report observed significant growth among this year’s Top 100, including a notable 26.3% increase in revenue gains for MMR from 2020 to 2021. “As we celebrate this distinguished achievement, I want to recognize our employees and clients as the key ingredients in MMR’s continued growth and success,” said MMR President/CEO James “Pepper” Rutland. “We remain committed to upholding the same traditions and principles that have shaped our company and culture and strive to make a lasting impact on the Greater Baton Rouge community and industrial construction industry.”
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MMR CONTINUES WORK FOR AZELIO ON U.S. CERTIFICATION PROJECT, AZELIO RECEIVES FIRST ORDER FOR ITS LONGDURATION ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES AZELIO RECEIVES FIRST ORDER FOR ITS LONG-DURATION ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES
Azelio AB, a Swedish cleantech company, has received its first U.S. order for its long-duration energy storage, the TES.POD, from Handi Stop Market in Fresno, California. Handi Stop will combine two TES.POD units with solar power to meet half of the energy demand at one of its locations. The combined system including solar power, will provide 140 MWhe of clean power annually, representing half of the Handi Stop Market’s total energy demand and a starting point for resiliency purposes providing stable power supply during power outages. In addition to delivering electricity, the units will provide data to the U.S. certification project that Azelio is carrying out in collaboration with MMR (mmrgrp.com). Units adapted to U.S. standards are expected to be integrated and installed at the Handi Stop Market in the first half of 2023. Handi Stop Market is placing the order on commercial terms, reflecting the fact that the units also will provide data to the certification project. The project will serve as showcase for many other potential applications in the Central Valley region in California, such as EV charging stations, walnut plantations, poultry, egg and dairy farms, wineries as well as local rural communities. “This is a strategically very important order for Azelio, as it helps pave the way for a broader introduction of our long-duration energy storage in the United States. I am convinced that our technology can play a great role in increasing the use of renewable energy solutions in the vast U.S. market,” says Azelio’s CEO Jonas Wallmander. READ MORE HERE
PEPPER RUTLAND
Founder, President, and CEO of MMR Group MMR Group is a leader in the instrumentation and electrical construction industry and has performed over $6 billion in electrical and instrumentation services since the company's founding in 1991. MMR serves clients in the chemical and petrochemical, oil and gas, industrial manufacturing, power Angel De La Mora, generation and power development markets. Under Pepper MMR HSE Coordinator Rutland’s leadership, MMR continues to grow both regionally and nationally with over 30 branch offices across the globe.
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