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Foster Wheeler was formed in 1927 from a merger of the Power Specialty Company (which replaced American Water Works Supply Company, created by Pell and Ernest Foster in 1884) and the Wheeler Condenser & Engineering Company, which was created by Frederick Merriam Wheeler in 1891. It was originally
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facilities as well as facilities for the process industries, providing electricity, steam, and feed stocks to industries and local grids.
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The Global E&C Group designed, engineered and constructed leading-edge processing facilities and related infrastructure for the
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equipment supply. It comprised two business groups: a Global Engineering and Construction (E&C) Group and a Global Power Group.
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on 12 July 2007. On 13 November 2014 Foster Wheeler merged with Amec plc to form
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and gas-to-liquids, refining, chemicals & petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals,
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services with related technical, engineering, design and regulatory services.
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Foster Wheeler was acquired by AMEC plc in the second half of 2014 to form
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On 26 February 2008 Foster Wheeler Announced it had acquired Biokinetics.
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and stayed there for nearly a quarter century before relocating to
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Thomas, Nathalie; Ward, Andrew; Massoudi, Arash (13 March 2017).
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Construction and civil engineering companies established in 1927
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The company was listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1929.
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in 1987. In 2000, Foster Wheeler moved its incorporation to
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engineering, procurement, and construction management
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Foster-Wheeler

Subsidiary
Traded as
Nasdaq
Engineering
Baar
chairman
CEO
Parent
Amec Foster Wheeler
www.fwc.com
Reading
UK
Baar
Canton of Zug
NASDAQ-100
Amec Foster Wheeler
Wood Group
New York City
Livingston, New Jersey
Clinton, New Jersey
Bermuda
Switzerland
Amec Foster Wheeler
Wood Group
engineering, procurement, and construction management
power
upstream
LNG

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