azioni traded as bit sal industry construction civil engineering founded 2014 1959 as impregilo headquarters milan italy key people alberto giovannini chairman pietro salini ceo products infrastructure and industrial plant construction and engineering ; motorway operating concessions revenue 4 738.9 million 2015 . 1 4 194 million 2014 3 262 million 2013 2 operating income 273 million 2015 245 million 2014 210 million 2013 2 profit 60 million 2015 94 million 2014 104 million 2013 2 total equity 1 217 million 2015 1 186 million 2014 921 million 2013 2 number of employees 35 000 2016 website salini impregilo.com salini impregilo s.p.a. italian pronunciation sal ni impre lo is an italian industrial group specialised in the construction and civil engineering business headquartered in milan . the company was formally founded in 2014 as the result of the merger by incorporation of salini into impregilo . salini impregilo is the largest italian engineering and general contractor group and a global player in the construction sector . the group is active in over 50 countries of 5 continents africa america asia europe oceania with 35 000 employees . its experience ranges from the construction of dams hydroelectric plants and hydraulic structures water infrastructures and ports to roads motorways railways metro systems and underground works to airports hospitals and public and industrial buildings to civil engineering for waste to energy plants and environmental protection initiatives it takes first place in the water sector of the engineering news record rankings the benchmark for the entire construction industry . 3 salini impregilo is listed on the milan stock exchange . it is directed by pietro salini . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 major projects 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit the company was founded as impregilo in 1959 and expanded following a merger with cogefar impresit s.p.a. girola s.p.a. and lodigiani s.p.a. in 1990 . 4 in 2011 salini privately held began its acquisition of impregilo with an initial purchase of shares reaching 25 % the following year . the acquisition set a precedent in italy because it was the first proxy fight for control of a company to occur in the country . despite the opposition it faced from a group of investors salini managed to convince enough shareholders at an assembly in july 2012 to approve its proposal to replace impregilo s board of directors with its own list of candidates . once in place these new members of the board approved salini s offer to buy the rest of impregilo . pietro salini became chief executive . a few months later the board approved salini s plan . 5 in 2013 salini launched a tender offer to buy the remaining ordinary shares in impregilo . in january 2014 the transaction was completed forming salini impregilo . 6 operations edit salini impregilo undertakes the following types of works dams hydroelectric power plants railways tunnels undergrounds bridges viaducts highways roads ports airports and prestigious residential and office complexes . 7 the group operates in more than 50 countries on 5 continents and has 35 000 employees . it is organised into four businesse areas dams hydroelectric plants and hydraulic works ; motorways and airports ; railways and undergrounds ; civil and industrial buildings . 8 with more than a century of engineering experience among the two founding companies of salini impregilo the group s track record includes 257 dams and hydroelectric plants ; 6 830 kilometres of railway lines ; 1 450 kilometres of underground works 400 of which subway lines ; 51 660 kilometres of roads and highways ; and 350 bridges and viaducts . 9 major projects edit projects in which salini impregilo has been involved include buildings public utilities motorways underground works airports water supply systems waste disposals hospitals and land development . some major examples include the kariba dam zimbabwe zambia 1959 10 the dez dam iran 1963 11 the akosombo dam ghana 1966 12 the salvage of the abu simbel temples egypt 1968 13 the bay of fontvieille monaco 1973 14 the tarbela dam pakistan 1976 15 the fr jus road tunnel france italy 1980 16 the trans gabon railway gabon 1982 17 the san roque gonz lez de santa cruz bridge argentina paraguay 1990 18 the new hemicycle of european parliament france 1997 19 the lesotho highlands water project 1998 20 extensions to the rodovia dos imigrantes brazil 2002 21 the ghazi barotha dam pakistan 2002 22 the nathpa jhakri hydroelectric power project india 2003 23 the sheikh zayed mosque united arab emirates 2003 24 the desalination plant jebel ali l1 united arab emirates 2005 25 the k rahnj kar hydropower plant iceland 2008 26 the milan turin and bologna florence high speed railways italy 2009 27 the expansion of the panama canal third set of locks 2016 . salini impregilo is also working on the gotthard base tunnel . the group is also leading a consortium for red line north a part of the doha metro project in qatar which is expected to be completed in 2019 . 28 see also edit italy portal companies portal list of italian companies references edit annual report 2015 . salini impregilo s.p.a. a b c d annual report 2014 . salini impregilo s.p.a. retrieved 13 june 2015 . enr classification water sector the salini impregilo group takes first place . rickard carmel 4 september 2006 . water project trial targets italian giant . business day . retrieved 14 july 2013 . italian investors feud over biggest builder impregilo . bloomberg . 12 july 2012 . retrieved 10 august 2016 . flak agnieszka 12 september 2013 . impregilo shareholders approve merger with salini . reuters . retrieved 1 march 2014 . projects works salini impregilo projects expertise salini impregilo track record salini impregilo spurwing facts ilisu dam campaign vra honours italy contractors of akosombo kpong dams abu simbel lavori marittimi nella baia di fontvieille ilisu fr jus tir trains falls on the last alibi for the turin lyon ferrovia transgabonese ponte posadas encarnacion sul fiume paran a much discussed chamber corner house brazil serro do mar br 18 highway . tunnelbuilder ltd. retrieved 23 september 2015 . riaa law nathpa jhakri hydroelectric power project grand mosque abu dhabi financing agreed for jebel ali l power plant karahnjukar website impregilo italians set national rail speed record in tunnel italian led group wins 2bn contract to build north doha metro line . doha news . 19 may 2013 . retrieved 13 june 2015 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title salini impregilo & oldid 734052559 categories companies listed on the borsa italianaconstruction and civil engineering companies of italycompanies based in milancompanies established in 19591959 establishments in italymultinational companies headquartered in italyitalian brandshidden categories official website different in wikidata and wikipedia 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 languages deutschfran aisitaliano edit links this page was last modified on 11 august 2016 at 20 29 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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