ga industry construction founded 1962 founders evangelos mytilineos headquarters athens greece area served international key people ioannis mytilineos chairman george economou vice president spyridon petratos cfo revenue 1.383 billion 2015 operating income 110.2 million 2015 profit 96.5 million end 2015 total assets 1.1 billion end 2015 total equity 908 million end 2015 number of employees 670 end 2015 parent mytilineos holdings 50 2 % 1 divisions energy epc infrastructure defence website www.metka.com metka is a leading international engineering contractor and industrial company specialized in large scale projects in the sectors of energy infrastructure and defence headquartered in athens greece . metka s main business activity is in construction of large power generation plants most notably highly efficient combined cycle power plants . the company also has significant industrial manufacturing facilities which enables it to produce specialized mechanical equipment fabrications and machinery used in industrial and defence applications . established in 1962 and listed on the athens stock exchange since 1973 its share nowadays participates on the ftse large capitalisation index . the company is one of a small number of companies classified in the highest category of construction contractors for major public works projects in greece . metka s.a. is a member company of mytilineos holdings s.a. contents 1 history 1.1 1962 1980 1.2 1980 1998 1.3 1998 2009 1.4 2009 2014 1.5 2015 2 operations 3 see also 4 notes and references 5 external links history edit 1962 1980 edit metka s.a. was founded on 1962 by the hellenic industrial development bank in the port city of volos central greece . in 1964 metka s manufacturing plant for metal constructions initiated its operation with its activities relating mainly to the construction of large and sophisticated metal and mechanical projects . in 1971 the company was privatized and in 1973 its shares were listed on the athens stock exchange a move which was followed by acquisitions that enabled metka to become a contractor for large scale projects . metka carries out its first international projects . 1980 1998 edit in 1980 the company absorbed the technical contracting firm technom s.a. thus acquiring the capacity to build and assemble items at an industrialized level and obtaining the ability to undertake and implement large scale public works . in 1989 followed the acquisition of the hellenic steel process industry servisteel and with its modern automated equipment metka could start industrializing metal works blasting cutting drilling . after 39 consecutive years of operation metka opens up to new areas of activity such as energy defence renewable energy sources exports and refineries . 1998 2009 edit during the period of july 1998 through to january 1999 mytilineos gradually acquired a controlling interest in the company and in early 1999 the acquisition was officially completed . in december 1999 metka proceeds to a 40 % share acquisition of ekme . the company deals mainly with the design and construction of units for petrochemical and power production plants . in 2006 metka acquires elemka a company specialized in civil engineering applications . 2009 2014 edit in 2009 takes place the establishment of power projects limited subsidiary of metka in turkey . in 2012 metka opens a representation office in algeria and develops a series of energy projects particularly with mobile power generating units on a fast track basis . 2015 edit in 2015 metka establishes a new representation office in ghana following the company s strategic focus on african markets with booming energy needs . also in 2015 metka establishes the new affiliated company metka egn as a result of the joint venture with egnatia group aiming to further strengthen the company s portfolio of activities as well as its positioning on the rapidly growing solar power market . operations edit the company is headquartered in athens greece with operations in several countries through the middle east and africa . the company s industrial facilities are located in the port city of volos . metka focuses mainly on serving the needs of international customers and markets mainly in europe the middle east and africa . see also edit list of greek companies notes and references edit metka . retrieved 8 september 2016 . annual report 2014 external links edit official website mytilineos holdings s.a. metka egn the top 225 global contractors metka the only greek stock at forbes investment guide metka on athens exchange l.s. skartsis greek vehicle & machine manufacturers 1800 to present a pictorial history marathon 2012 isbn 978 960 93 4452 4 ebook v t e ftse athex large cap companies of greece june 2015 aegean airlines alpha bank coca cola hbc ellaktor eurobank ergasias eydap folli follie gek terna grivalia properties helex group hellenic petroleum jumbo lamda development s.a. metka motor oil hellas mytilineos national bank of greece opap ote piraeus bank piraeus port authority public power corporation terna energy titan cement viohalco retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title metka & oldid 738383489 categories companies listed on the athens stock exchangeenergy engineering and contractor companiesengineering companies of greececonstruction and civil engineering companies of greececompanies established in 19621962 establishments in greecegreek brands 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 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