fur industry energy geomatics engineering founded 1962 headquarters leidschendam netherlands key people paul van riel chairman of the board of management ceo harrie l.j. noy chairman of the supervisory board products geotechnical geomatics surveying subsea and geoscience services revenue 2.36 billion 2015 1 operating income 249 million 2015 1 profit 358 million 2015 1 total assets 2.84 billion 2015 1 total equity 1.23 billion 2015 1 number of employees 12 000 2015 1 website www.fugro.com fugro headquarters in leidschendam netherlands fugro n.v. is a dutch multinational public company headquartered in leidschendam the netherlands that provides geotechnical survey subsea and geoscience services for clients typically oil and gas telecommunications cable and infrastructure companies . fugro s 2014 revenues amounted to 2.6 billion ; it is listed on nyse euronext amsterdam and is included in the aex index . 2 it has approximately 13 500 employees in over 70 countries . paul van riel is ceo and chairman of the board of management and harrie l.j. noy is chairman of the supervisory board . 3 contents 1 history 2 organization 2.1 regions 2.2 business lines 2.3 ships 2.4 innovations 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit kees joustra founded fugro on 2 may 1962 as ingenieursbureau voor funderingstechniek en grondmechanica dutch for engineering company for foundation technology and soil mechanics . in the wake of the 1970s energy crisis the offshore business came to a standstill . this resulted in the acquisition of its main competitor mcclelland into fugro mcclelland in october 1987 . fugro has since vigorously pursued an active acquisition policy in order to obtain cutting edge technology and increase its market share . 4 in april 1992 fugro went public on the amsterdam stock exchange . in 2003 fugro bought thales geosolutions for 147.5 million its largest acquisition to date . 5 in september 2012 cggveritas acquired fugro s geoscience division for 1.2 billion . 6 in june 2014 the australian transport safety bureau atsb awarded fugro the contract to conduct the search for malaysia airlines flight 370 which disappeared on 8 march 2014 . in august 2014 it awarded an additional contract for the deployment of two specialist vessels . 7 the contract is worth aud 39 million and lasts until august 2016 . fugro has around 200 employees and 3 search vessels dedicated to the search for mh370 . 8 9 fugro purchased the remote observation automated modelling economic simulation roames technology from ergon energy in 2014 . 10 11 in january 2015 royal boskalis westminster increased its shareholdings in fugro to 20.1 % . 12 organization edit fugro is divided into three major business lines across five regions . 13 each region is assigned a regional manager who works with counterparts to develop regional strategies and improve collaboration across the regional lines . this regional model is intended to standardize company practices regarding health safety environment project management and finance . regions edit americas europe middle east and india asia pacific and australia africa business lines edit fugro has three major business lines 14 geotechnical engineering engineering analysis and consulting on the properties of rocks soil and water onshore and offshore 15 survey auv marine construction support geophysical survey meteorology aerial mapping positioning survey vessels oceanography satellite mapping terrestrial surveys hydrography 16 subsea subsea inspection repair rov subsea engineering 17 in 2014 surveying accounted for the largest portion of fugro s revenue 34 % followed by geotechnical 30 % and subsea services 24 % . it also has a geosciences joint venture with cgg which accounted for 12 % of fugro s revenue in 2014 . 3 fugro also operates the starfix and skyfix dgnss systems providing correction information to gps and glonass navigation and survey systems . these systems are also called seastar for dynamic positioning and omnistar for land . ships edit fugro owns operates or co operates 21 survey ships 18 19 ships for subsea work 19 and 7 geotechnical vessels . 20 these include mv fugro commander mv fugro equator mv fugro proteus innovations edit 1964 electric cone penetration 21 22 23 1976 wison wip xp cone penetration test 24 1986 starfix satellite positioning 25 26 2012 inclinocam 27 see also edit companies portal list of oilfield service companies references edit a b c d e f fugro annual report 2015 interactive website . fugro n.v. company profile fugro . nyse euronext . 27 september 2012 . retrieved 27 september 2012 . a b fugro in figures . fugro . retrieved 8 april 2015 . our history and timeline . fugro . retrieved 8 april 2015 . fugro set to acquire thales geosolutions dredging news online 25 july 2003 transforming cggveritas into a leading integrated geoscience company cggveritas.com 24 september 2012 edward johnson ; fred pals august 5 2014 . fugro wins order to scour ocean for vanished malaysia jet . bloomberg business . fickling david april 8 2015 . malaysian air team hunts missing jet believing today s the day . bloomberg business . fickling david march 1 2015 . mh370 search funds debate set for april as no debris seen . bloomberg business . fugro purchases roames . spatial source . 7 april 2014 . retrieved 19 december 2015 . tech shortlisted for award . ergon energy . 17 march 2015 . retrieved 19 december 2015 . boskalis now owns 20 % in fugro offshoreenergytoday.com 12 january 2015 team fugro pdf . fugro nv . retrieved 17 february 2014 . capital markets day 2013 . fugro nv . retrieved 17 february 2014 . rainey scott . highlights geotechnical division 2013 pdf . fugro nv . retrieved 17 february 2014 . heine mark . highlights survey division 2013 pdf . fugro nv . retrieved 17 february 2014 . thomson steve . highlights subsea division 2013 pdf . fugro nv . retrieved 17 february 2014 . survey vessels . fugro . retrieved 3 december 2015 . subsea vessels . fugro . retrieved 3 december 2015 . geotechnical vessels . fugro . retrieved 3 december 2015 . mayne paul 2007 . cone penetration testing . transportation research board . p. 13 . isbn 9780309097840 . cone penetrometer comparison testing pdf . wisconsin dot . roy e hunt 2012 . geotechnical investigation methods . isbn 9781420042740 . wison wip xp pdf . o boyle edward j. 1988 . personalist economics moral convictions economic realities and social actions . springer us . p. 92 . isbn 0792381467 . starfix commercial satellite positioning . ieee . crosssection 23 pdf . external links edit official website v t e aex companies of the netherlands aegon ahold air france klm akzo nobel aperam arcelormittal asml boskalis corio dsm fugro heineken ing kpn philips postnl randstad relx royal dutch shell sbm offshore tnt express unibail rodamco unilever wolters kluwer retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fugro & oldid 737047344 categories multinational companies headquartered in the netherlandscompanies established in 1962 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutsch fran aisnederlands portugu s edit links this page was last modified on 31 august 2016 at 12 31 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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