Impregilo
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| Type | Società per azioni |
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| Traded as | BIT: IPG |
| Industry | Construction, civil engineering |
| Founded | 1959 |
| Headquarters | Milan, Italy |
| Key people | Massimo Ponzellini (Chairman), Alberto Rubegni (CEO) |
| Products | Infrastructure and industrial plant construction and engineering; motorway operating concessions |
| Revenue | €2.062 billion (2010)[1] |
| Operating income | €223.8 million (2010)[1] |
| Profit | €128.4 million (2010)[1] |
| Total assets | €4.468 billion (end 2010)[1] |
| Total equity | €1.127 billion (end 2010)[1] |
| Employees | 17,400 (end 2010)[1] |
| Website | www.impregilo.it |
Impregilo S.p.A. (pronounced "Impregìlo") is an Italian-based construction and civil engineering business headquartered in Milan. The company was founded in 1959 and, through mergers, has grown to become the leading Italian engineering and general contracting group in the construction and environmental sectors. It has built a large number of major projects throughout the world including infrastructures, transportation projects, and environmental systems.
It is listed on the Milan Stock Exchange.
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[edit] History
Impregilo was founded in 1959, and the present company is the result of a merger in 1990 with Cogefar-Impresit S.p.A., Girola S.p.A. and Lodigiani S.p.A., each of which was a major successful player in the international construction sector.
[edit] Structure
The company is organised into three businesses: Construction, Engineering & Plant Construction, Concessions.[2]
[edit] Projects
Projects in which Impregilo has been involved include buildings, public utilities, motorways, airports, water supply systems, waste disposals, hospitals and land development. Some major examples include:
- the Kariba Dam, Zimbabwe/Zambia, 1959[3]
- the Dez Dam, Iran, 1963[4]
- the Salvage of the Abu Simbel temples, Egypt, 1968[5]
- the Tarbela Dam, Pakistan, 1976[6]
- the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, 1998[7]
- the Ecorodovias motorway system, Brazil, 2002[8]
- the Ghazi Barotha Dam, Pakistan, 2002[9]
- the Nathpa Jhakri Hydroelectric Power Project, India, 2003[10]
- the Desalination plant Jebel Ali l1, United Arab Emirates, 2005[11]
- the Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Project, Iceland, 2008[12]
- the Milan-Turin and Bologna-Florence high speed railways, Italy, 2009[13]
Impregilo, together with the Spanish company Sacyr Vallehermoso and other two companies (Belgian Jan de Nul and Panamanian Cusa), won the tender for the expansion of the Panama Canal due to be completed in 2014.[14]
Impregilo is also working on the Gotthard Base Tunnel which is expected to be completed in 2015.[15]
Impregilo is the lead partner in the consortium for the Messina Bridge project which, according to the announcement by Silvio Berlusconi on 6 March 2009 will now go ahead and be completed in 2016.[16]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f "Annual Report 2010". Impregilo. http://www.impregilo.it/public/impregilo/doc_download/bilancio_2010_uk_v2%281%29.pdf. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
- ^ Latest presentation
- ^ Spurwing facts
- ^ Ilisu Dam campaign
- ^ Abu Simbel
- ^ Ilisu
- ^ Corner House
- ^ Ecorodvias
- ^ Riaa Law
- ^ Power Technology
- ^ Financing agreed for Jebel Ali L Power Plant
- ^ Karahnjukar website - Impregilo
- ^ Italians set national rail speed record in tunnel
- ^ Panama Canal Announces "Best Value" Proposal for New Set of Locks Expansion Contract
- ^ Consorzio TAT website
- ^ Impregilo up on infrastructure hopes. Reuters 9 March 2009.
