WAVEGARDEN® establishes a strategic alliance with SENER to construct surfing facilities around the world

San Sebastián () February 19, 2019. WAVEGARDEN®, leader in the design, manufacture and supply of wave generation systems and surfing lagoons and the engineering and technology group SENER have established an agreement to construct and deliver turnkey WAVEGARDEN surfing facilities throughout the world.

Currently, both companies are collaborating on a project in Seoul (Korea), recently announced by WAVEGARDEN, which will open in 2020, as well as in the engineering and technical support of many other projects under development in Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and .

SENER’s Power and Industrial Business Development Manager, Borja Zárraga, said: “For SENER, being able to participate in such a pioneering typology of projects and doing so on a fully international scale is a source of great satisfaction. We are therefore most grateful for the trust WAVEGARDEN has placed in us with this framework partnership agreement, which will ensure a successful joint execution.”

Fernando Odriozola, WAVEGARDEN’s Business Development Director and shareholder, outlined the importance of the relationship with SENER, expressing: "We are at the beginning of a new business sector, that of artificial surfing lagoons, in which we aspire to consolidate our position as world leaders. The strategic alliance with SENER, with their proven professionalism in the execution of very complex industrial projects, allows us to offer our clients a turnkey solution that achieves the quality standards of the most demanding markets."

The revolutionary WAVEGARDEN Cove technology is capable of producing up to 1,000 waves per hour (more than 2 million waves per year) of different types and sizes. Catering for up to 90 surfers, simultaneously, bespoke waves for all experience levels break in various areas of the surfing lagoon. The WAVEGARDEN system has other advantages such as its easy installation, operation and maintenance and its machinery is modular, energy efficient and adaptable to various lagoon dimensions. Thanks to the strategic alliance between both companies, different solutions can be used to integrate WAVEGARDEN’s technology into any geographical landscape.

About Wavegarden WAVEGARDEN® is an innovative engineering company dedicated to the research, design, manufacture, installation, commissioning of wave generation systems and the construction and operation of lagoons for surfing. With several facilities in operation, two under construction in Melbourne and Bristol and asignificant portfolio of projects planned for the coming years, among which include Switzerland, Brazil, Scotland, Mexico, France and the United States, in which SENER will collaborate with Wavegarden in their joint execution. We remain true to our mission to share the incredible experience of surfing perfect waves with everyone, anywhere.

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More information: Andy Higgins. WAVEGARDEN, Marketing & Communication Manager. Tel: +34 943 322538 email: [email protected] Fotos. https://wavegarden.com/download/wavegarden-establishes-a-strategic-alliance-with-sener-to- construct-surfing-facilities-around-the-world/

WAVEGARDEN – T.+34 943 322 538 – e-mail: [email protected] – www.wavegarden.com

About SENER SENER is a private engineering and technology group founded in 1956 that aims to offer its customers the most advanced technological solutions. The company enjoys international recognition thanks to its independence and its commitment to innovation and quality. SENER has more than 2,500 professionals in its offices in , , Brazil, Canada, Colombia, , Chile, China, , Spain, United States, Morocco, Mexico, , , United Kingdom and South Africa. The Group's operating income exceeds 766 million euros (data for 2017).

SENER combines its own Aerospace and Engineering and Construction activities, as well as industrial holdings in companies that work in Energy and the Environment. In Aerospace, SENER has more than 50 years of experience and is a first level supplier for Space, Defense and Aeronautics. In Engineering and Construction, SENER has become a world leader in the sectors Infrastructure and Transport, Renewables, Power, Oil & Gas, and Marine.

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More information: Oihana Casas, Comunicación SENER. Tel (+34) 918077318 /(+34) 679314085. email: [email protected]

WAVEGARDEN – T.+34 943 322 538 – e-mail: [email protected] – www.wavegarden.com