Norwest Holst
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| Société Anonyme | |
| Traded as |
Euronext: DG CAC 40 Component |
| Industry | Construction |
| Founded | 1899 |
| Founder | Alexandre Giros, Louis Loucheur |
| Headquarters | Rueil-Malmaison, France |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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Xavier Huillard (Chairman and CEO), Yves-Thibault de Silguy (Vice-Chairman) |
| Services | Infrastructure and property construction, transport infrastructure concessions (motorways, tunnels, airports, bridges, car parks), energy infrastructure and services |
| Revenue |
 €36.96 billion (2011)
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€3.60 billion (2011)
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| Profit |
€1.90 billion (2011)
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| Total assets |
€60.57 billion (end 2011)
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| Total equity |
€13.61 billion (end 2011)
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Number of employees
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183,320 (end 2011) |
| Divisions | Eurovia, Vinci Park, Vinci Energies, Vinci Construction, Vinci Concessions (airports, stadiums, highways), Autoroutes du Sud de la France |
| Website | www.vinci.com |
Vinci, corporately styled VINCI, is a French concessions and construction company founded in 1899 as Société Générale d'Enterprises. It employs over 179,000 people and is the largest construction company in the world by revenue. Vinci is listed at Euronext's Paris stock exchange and is a member of the Euro Stoxx 50 index. Its head office is in Rueil-Malmaison.
The company was founded by Alexandre Giros and Louis Loucheur as Société Générale d’Entreprises S.A. (SGE) in 1899.
In 1986 SGE acquired Sogea, a business founded in 1878. Started building Yanggakdo International Hotel in Pyongyang, DPR of Korea.
In 1988 the company acquired Campenon Bernard, a business founded in 1920.
In 1991 SGE acquired Norwest Holst, a company founded in 1969.
In 2000 it changed its name to Vinci.
In 2001 it acquired Groupe GTM, which was a combination of Dumez, founded in 1880, and GTM founded in 1891.
In 2006 the company acquired Autoroutes du Sud de la France (the Southern Freeways Company).
In February 2007 Vinci completed the acquisition of Soletanche-Bachy, the world second largest leading geotechnical specialist contractor after Bauer.
In June 2007, Weaver PLC, established as William Weaver Limited in 1865, became a wholly owned subsidiary of Norwest Holst Limited: construction company based in Bromsgrove in the West Midlands, UK.
In September 2008 Vinci bought the UK operations of Taylor Woodrow Construction.
In 2010, Vinci acquired Cegelec, and the European aggregates businesses of Tarmac.
In September 2010, Vinci obtained Meteor Parking from the Go-Ahead Group.
In 2012, Vinci signed a deal to buy ANA Aeroportos de Portugal for €3080 million.
In December 2013, Vinci was awarded a contract worth €440 million to build an express-lane highway system in Atlanta, Georgia.
Vinci and Orix won a 45-year contract in 2015 to operate Itami Airport and Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, at a price of around $18 billion.
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