improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . may 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . february 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message tractebel engie type subsidiary industry energy founded 1986 headquarters brussels belgium area served worldwide key people daniel develay chief executive office products worldwide life cycle consultancy and engineering in power nuclear gas industry and infrastructure revenue 497 million euros in 2010 1 owner engie gdf suez number of employees 4400 employees worldwide website http www.tractebel engie.com tractebel is an international company with belgian roots providing worldwide life cycle consultancy and engineering in power nuclear gas industry and infrastructure for the gdf suez group within gdf suez energy services as well as for national and international institutions and customers in public or private markets . 1 gdf suez energy services is one of the key business lines of engie . 1 contents 1 history 1.1 four companies 1.2 electrobel and tractionel 1.3 suez 2 management 3 location 3.1 belgium 3.2 brazil 3.3 czech republic 3.4 france 3.5 india 3.6 italy 3.7 poland 3.8 romania 3.9 united arab emirates 3.10 thailand 4 notes history edit four companies edit tractebel traces its beginning to gaz belge a holding company founded in 1862 to provide gas lighting and heating and three other pioneering enterprises specialised in trams railways and electricity soci t g n rale de chemins de fer economiques 1880 compagnie mutuelle de tramways and soci t g n rale belge d entreprises electriques both in 1895 . by 1901 all four companies had set up design offices and were carrying out investment projects and managing the resulting operations . these included power supply and public transport in belgium the first electric trams in damascus syria and odessa ukraine railways in egypt and power stations in argentina . 1 electrobel and tractionel edit in 1929 three of the companies merged to form the engineering consultancy electrobel and went on to construct several new belgian power plants . the fourth mutuelle des tramways changed its name to traction & electricit and later to tractionel . these two entities established their core business with projects such as the extension and upgrade of the belgian power grid after the second world war and the installation of belgium s nuclear power plants from 1969 . more infrastructures ; pipelines dams hydropower stations and complex buildings were also commissioned locally and abroad . in 1977 coyne et bellier france famous for their hydroelectric dams joined the electrobel group . 1 finally after decades of collaboration on many projects electrobel and tractionel merged in 1986 . the name tractebel was born along with a new engineering division tractebel engineering grew establishing its own divisions and a worldwide network of affiliates ; acquiring cheming czech republic in 1992 and founding citec poland in 1993 . the group s flemish subsidiaries merged under the name of technum in 1995 . trapec romania joined in 1997 followed leme brazil in 2000 the same year that tractebel engineering italy and tecpl in india were set up . 1 suez edit in 2003 tractebel merged with soci t g n rale de belgique . the company created was suez tractebel a wholly owned subsidiary of suez . in 2008 suez itself then merged with gaz de france to form gdf suez and tractebel engineering became overnight the engineering consultancy for the world s no. 1 independent energy group . 1 in 2009 tractebel engineering became a legal entity and a fully fledged independent company within the gdf suez energy services business unit of gdf suez . 1 management edit chairman georges cornet chief executive officer daniel develay location edit belgium edit tractebel headquarters brazil edit leme leme engenharia established in 1965 is a brazilian company that provides independent consulting engineering services for a broad range of economic sectors notably the infrastructure segment . 2 it designs and manages projects of all sizes and its clients include private and public companies as well as federal state and municipal governmental agencies both within and outside brazil . 2 czech republic edit tractebel engineering czech republic the company was founded in 1952 . in 1992 it became a fully owned and integrated member of the world wide net of tractebel engineering an engineering arm of suez energy services ses and gdf suez group . 3 france edit tractebel engineering france coyne et bellier india edit tractebel engineering pvt.ltd tractebel engineering india started its operations in the year 2000 as a wholly owned subsidiary of tractebel engineering s.a. italy edit tractebel engineering on the 20th of march 2000 tractebel establishes an italian engineering company in rome . at the end of 2006 the suez tractebel italian branch is established adopting the logo of tractebel engineering suez . on 2 february 2009 the italian branch of suez tractebel s.a. becomes operative as tractebel engineering s.p.a. 4 now employs approximately 65 people . 4 poland edit tractebel engineering poland tractebel engineering poland started off as citec under the name citec polska which was established in 1993 as limited liability company after one year of operation of branch office of citec belgium and since then has grown very rapidly establishing its present position as one of the largest polish consulting companies . in 1996 the shareholders of citec decided to transfer the company into joined stock citec s.a. in 2009 citec adopted the name and branding of tractebel engineering . 5 romania edit tractebel engineering romania formerly known as trapec which was set up in 1997 as a purely private stock company for engineering activities . the company is nowadays owned 100 % by gdf suez through tractebel engineering . tractebel engineering romania is active in energy engineering 60 % and in infrastructure 40 % . 6 now employs 211 engineers . 6 united arab emirates edit dubai thailand edit tractebel engineering thailand established in 2010 tractebel engineering thailand bangkok office focuses on the development of projects in the asean the association of southeast asian nations region . 1 notes edit a b c d e f g h i tractebel engineering web site a b leme web site cheming web site a b tractebel engineering italy web site citec web site a b trapec web site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tractebel & oldid 723477155 categories engineering 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