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 . august 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message simon carves engineering ltd type private limited company industry engineering procurement construction founded 1878 founder henry simon headquarters simon house atlas park simonsway manchester uk area served worldwide website http www.simoncarveseng.com simon carves engineering ltd is a british full service process engineering contractor headquartered in manchester united kingdom . now owned by the parent company engineers and constructors international inc. eci part of the mitsui engineering and shipbuilding group contents 1 history 2 overview 3 references 4 external links history edit the business was founded in 1878 by henry simon after he visited the besseges works at terrenoire and saw the potential for the coke oven business in development by francois carves . he secured the patent rights to this innovative technology and in due course established the company known as simon carves . in 1890 henry simon left note to his sons who were to inherit control of the company urging them to acquire a sound technical education and to keep close in touch with the scientific development throughout the world . his desire for them to be in a continuous search for engineering specialities and patents which would be used to improve the efficiency of large scale industrial processes in britain and elsewhere has eked into the company mentality and remains a leading factor in simon carves engineering s approach to business today . 1 overview edit the simon carves brand has become synonymous with numerous technologies including gasification fertiliser petroleum refining and petrochemicals having delivered over 4 000 projects across six continents in 60 countries . they are recognised as the world s leading specialist engineering contractor for low density polyethylene ldpe and ethylene vinyl acetate eva ; responsible for the design of 25 % of the current global operating capacity . 2 to date they have designed and supplied for more than 65 plants for polymer manufacturing including 80 streams in 40 plants for ldpe and eva . references edit anthony simon the simon engineering group 1953 p.ix required external links edit http www.simoncarveseng.com timeline from formation of henry simon ltd in 1867 simon engineering group archives 1860s 1970s grace s guide on henry simon henry simon ltd simon carves ltd simon engineering ltd retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title simon carves & oldid 733675298 categories companies based in manchesterengineering companies of the united kingdomhidden categories articles with a promotional tone from august 2013all articles with a promotional tonepages using infobox company with unsupported parameters 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 add links this page was last modified on 9 august 2016 at 11 26 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view