founded 1968 ; 48 years ago 1968 headquarters keppel bay tower harbourfront singapore area served close to 30 countries key people dr lee boon yang chairman loh chin hua ceo number of employees more than 30 000 divisions keppel offshore & marine keppel land keppel infrastructure keppel telecommunications & transportation website www.kepcorp.com keppel corporation also known as keppel corp is a singaporean company that specialises in marine property and infrastructure businesses . 1 the company was founded in 1968 as keppel shipyard at the keppel harbour situated in tanjong pagar before moving its operations to jurong where the company focused on offshore and marine activities . contents 1 history 1.1 1900 to 1980s keppel harbour establishment of keppel shipyard and expansion 1.2 1990 1999 expanding into the banking industry and moving of operations 1.3 2001 to present 2 subsidiaries 2.1 key subsidiaries 2.2 partially owned subsidiaries and shareholdings in other companies 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit 1900 to 1980s keppel harbour establishment of keppel shipyard and expansion edit the name of the company keppel was derived from a british ship captain captain henry keppel who discovered a natural deepwater harbour the keppel harbour in tanjong pagar in 1848 . the harbour was previously known as new harbour until 1900 when the acting governor of singapore sir alexander swettenham renamed the harbour to keppel harbour in the honour of captain henry keppel when he visited singapore in 1900 . 2 in 1968 temasek holdings founded keppel shipyard when keppel harbour was taken over from the british royal navy after it withdrew from the island . in the 1970s and 1980s keppel corporation focused on diversification within the company and regionalisation with the first overseas venture in 1975 keppel philippines shipyard was set up in partnership with filipino investors with head offices in cebu and manila . in 1978 keppel then ventured into the finance industry by providing financial services to marine contractors under shin loong credit renamed shin loong finance which propelled the growth and expansion of the financial services provided by keppel . keppel then ventured into the property market in 1983 after acquiring straits steamship company an established shipping company with substantial land holdings in singapore . the straits steamship company was then renamed to straits steamship land now known as keppel land to focus on the property market . 1990 1999 expanding into the banking industry and moving of operations edit in 1990 with the acquisition of asia commercial bank keppel corporation established banking and financial services as a major pillar of growth for the company and in 1997 keppel bank acquired tat lee bank resulting in an enlarged bank called keppel tatlee bank to expand its services in the banking industry . in 1999 keppel shipyard now known as keppel offshore & marine group moved its operations base from keppel harbour to jurong to expand keppel corporation s offshore and marine operations in yards around tuas gul and benoi which were close to one another and also to develop the land which keppel harbour was situated on into waterfront residential area . 2001 to present edit in 2001 keppel divested its banking and financial services business and privatised its offshore and marine business which resulted in the integration of keppel shipyard together with keppel fels and keppel singmarine to form the keppel offshore & marine group in 2002 . in 2015 keppel shipyard got a secured floating production storage and offloading conversion project worth of 89 million . the project includes repair upgrade and modification . fpso conversion has already started and it is going to be completed in third quarter of 2016 . 3 they were the recipients of the business china enterprise award in 2015 for their contributions to china singapore business relations . 4 subsidiaries edit keppel group of companies includes subsidiaries associated companies as well as shareholdings in other companies . key subsidiaries edit keppel offshore & marine keppel land keppel infrastructure keppel telecommunications & transportation 5 partially owned subsidiaries and shareholdings in other companies edit company name country stake keppel telecommunications & transportation singapore 80 % keppel land limited singapore 99 % keppel reit singapore 46 % k1 ventures limited singapore 36 % m1 limited singapore 19 % sino singapore tianjin eco city investment and development china 50 % nakilat keppel offshore & marine n kom 6 qatar 20 % see also edit ocean financial centre references edit keppel corp s q3 profit soars 32 per cent . asiaone . oct 20 2013 . retrieved 15 july 2016 . keppel corporation heritage . keppel wins contracts worth 89m home . businesschina.org.sg . retrieved 2015 12 24 . keppel corporation group structure . nakilat keppel o & m . keppel offshore & marine . retrieved 2016 08 08 . external links edit keppel corporation keppel corporation heritage v t e s & p asia 50 companies aia group boc hong kong holdings cathay financial holding china construction bank china life insurance china mobile china petroleum & chemical china steel chunghwa telecom ck hutchison holdings clp holdings cnooc limited ctbc financial holding dbs group delta electronics formosa chem & fibre formosa plastics fubon financial holding galaxy entertainment group hang seng bank hon hai precision industry hong kong and china gas hong kong exchanges and clearing hyundai heavy industries hyundai mobis hyundai motor industrial and commercial bank of china jardine matheson kb financial group keppel kia motors kt & g lg chem li & fung lippo group mediatek nan ya plastics oversea chinese banking corporation petrochina ping an insurance posco power assets holdings samsung electronics sands china shinhan financial group singapore telecommunications sun hung kai properties taiwan semiconductor manufacturing united 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