Foster Wheeler
Foster Wheeler AG (previously Foster Wheeler Inc.) is a global conglomerate with its principal executive offices in Geneva, Switzerland and its registered office in Baar, Canton of Zug, Switzerland. Previously its corporate headquarters were in the Perryville Corporate Park in Clinton, New Jersey.
It is focused on Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) and on power. The present company, Foster Wheeler Corporation, was formed in 1927 from a merger of the Power Speciality Company (which replaced Water Works Supply Company, created by the Foster family in 1884) and the Wheeler Condenser & Engineering Company, whose roots go back to 1891. The corporate headquarters were originally in New York City but later moved to Livingston, New Jersey and stayed there for nearly a quarter century before relocating to Clinton, New Jersey in 1987.
The company comprises two business groups:
- 1. Global Engineering and Construction (E&C) Group
- 2. Global Power Group
Read more about Foster Wheeler: Global E&C Group, Global Power Group, Financials
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