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Abengoa

Abengoa S.A.
Sociedad Anónima
Traded as NASDAQABGB
Industry Technology, engineering
Founded 1941
Headquarters Seville, Spain
Key people
José Domínguez Abascal (Chairman), Joaquín Fernández de Piérola Marín(CEO)
Products Solar energy and bioenergy devices, IT, water and waste treatment, construction of telecom networks, power stations, infrastructure
Revenue Decrease €7.150 billion (2014)
Increase €933.1 million (2014)
Profit Increase €125.2 million (2014)
Total assets Increase €25.246 billion (end 2014)
Total equity Increase €2.646 billion (end 2014)
Number of employees
Decrease 20,250 (end 2014)
Website abengoa.com

Abengoa S.A. (Spanish pronunciation: [aβeŋˈɡoa]) is a Spanish multinational corporation, which includes companies in the domains of energy, telecommunications, transportation, and the environment. The company was founded in 1941 by Javier Benjumea Puigcerver and José Manuel Abaurre Fernández-Pasalagua, and is based in Seville, Spain with U.S. headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri. It is a global biotechnology company specializing in the development of new technologies in producing biofuels and biochemicals and promoting sustainability of raw materials.

Abengoa invests in research in sustainable technology, and implements these technologies in Spain as well as exporting them globally. These technologies include concentrated solar power, second generation biofuels, and desalination.

In 2014, Abengoa and subsidiaries employed approximately 20,250 people, operating in more than 80 countries.

Abengoa has started insolvency proceedings.

In a 2016 effort to avoid bankruptcy, Abengoa is seeking to reduce its size by 30 percent by selling subsidiaries.

On February 15, 2016, a Nebraska grain dealer filed a petition to force Abengoa Bioenergy into bankruptcy so as to recover moneys owed to them for past corn deliveries.

On March 29, 2016, Abengoa filed for bankruptcy in the United States.

Befesa is an Abengoa subsidiary specialising in the integral management of industrial wastes and the generation and management of water.

Abengoa began its involvement in the development of solar technologies in 1984 with the construction of the Solar Almeria Platform in Spain.


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