Fluor Corp.

Infobox_Company
company_name = Fluor Corporation
company_
company_type = Public NYSE|FLR| foundation = Oshkosh, Wisconsin (1890)
(as Rudolph Fluor & Brothers)
location = Irving, Texas, United States
key_people = Alan L. Boeckmann, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
D. Michael Steuert, Chief Financial Officer
num_employees = 34,836 (2007)
revenue = profit$14.1 Billion USD (2006)
net_income = profit $263.5 Million USD (2006)
industry = Engineering, procurement, and construction, and Maintenance Services
homepage = [http://www.fluor.com/ www.fluor.com]

Fluor Corporation is a publicly owned engineering, procurement, construction, and maintenance services organization. Fluor is headquartered in Irving, Texas. The company employs more than 46,000 international employees and maintains offices in over 25 countries. Fluor is a Fortune 500 company.

Its clients include oil and gas, chemicals and petrochemicals, commercial and institutional, government services, life sciences, manufacturing, microelectronics, mining, power, telecommunications and infrastructure.

History, in decades

Fluor began as Fluor Construction Company in 1912. During the 1920s, Fluor developed expertise in the oil and gas field in process construction. Fluor incorporated in 1924, as Fluor Brothers Construction Company. During the 1920s, it developed expertise in the construction needs of the oil and gas markets.
*1930s, became a major competitor in the construction of refineries.
*1940s, secured international contracts in Canada, Venezuela, and Saudi Arabia.
*1950s, contracted for nuclear power plant work, as well as with the US Air Force for work at the Dhahran Air Base.
*1960s, constructed the first refinery in South Korea, and diversified into offshore drilling and mining.
*1970s, acquired Daniel International Corporation.
*1980s, changed name of its operating unit to Fluor Daniel.
*1990s, acquired ADP Marshall and semiconductor project management companies.

References

* [http://www.fluor.com/about/ About Fluor]
* [http://www.fluor.com/about/history.asp Fluor History]
* [http://fluor.httpsvc.vitalstreamcdn.com/fluor_vitalstream_com/legacy/large/AV20070435-001.html Fluor´s Legacy]