klr industry ground engineering founded 1950s headquarters london uk key people peter hill chairman alain michaelis ceo revenue 1 562.4 million 2015 1 operating income 103.4 million 2015 1 net income 26.3 million 2015 1 number of employees 10 000 2015 website www.keller.co.uk keller group plc lse klr is a major british based ground engineering company . it is listed on the london stock exchange and is a constituent of the ftse 250 index . keller has 10 000 employees in 40 countries . 2 contents 1 history 2 operations 3 products 4 references 5 external links history edit the company was established in the 1950s as the ground engineering division of gkn plc. 3 in 1960 it expanded into a stand alone piling and ground improvement company . in 1975 it acquired the german company johann keller and took on that name . 3 in 1984 keller bought hayward baker inc. a us ground engineering business . 3 in 1990 it was the subject of a management buy out from gkn plc supported by candover . 3 it was first listed on the london stock exchange in 1994 . 3 the company had a social housing division until 2007 when it was sold for nominal consideration . 4 in 2015 keller had grown to be around a 10 000 employee company with staff in more than 40 countries . 5 operations edit keller operates under different brand names in different parts of the world . brand names used include europe franki north america hayward baker suncoast post tension case foundation mckinney drilling anderson drilling hj foundation bencor asia keller resource piling australia keller foundations keller ground engineering austral construction waterway constructions keller australia 6 products edit piling and earth retention ground improvement specialty grouting anchors nails and minipiles post tension concrete instrumentation and monitoring references edit a b c annual report 2015 pdf . keller group . retrieved 9 april 2016 . keller at a glance . www.keller.co.uk . retrieved 2016 08 12 . a b c d e keller history keller sells social housing business to mears . building . retrieved 30 march 2015 . keller history . www.keller.co.uk . retrieved 2016 08 12 . keller brands external links edit official site v t e ftse 100 ftse 250 companies of the united kingdom 3i infrastructure aa aberdeen asset management aberforth smaller companies trust acacia mining aggreko aldermore group alliance trust allied minds amec foster wheeler ao world ascential ashmore group assura atkins auto trader group aveva balfour beatty bankers investment trust barr a.g. bba aviation beazley group bellway berendsen berkeley group holdings bank of georgia bh macro big yellow group b & m european retail value bodycote booker group bovis homes group brewin dolphin holdings british empire trust britvic brown n. btg plc cairn energy caledonia investments capital & counties properties card factory carillion centamin cineworld city of london investment trust clarkson close brothers group cls holdings cmc markets cobham computacenter 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