Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction
Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Doosan Group, is a heavy industrial company headquartered in Changwon, South Korea. It was established in 1962. Its business includes manufacturing and construction of nuclear power plants, thermal power stations, turbines and generators, desalination plants, castings, and forgings.History
- 1962 Founded as Korea Heavy Industries and Construction Co., Ltd.
- 1999 Integrated with several other domestic power industries
- 2000 Became public and was listed on Korean stock market
- 2001 Renamed Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction
- 2006 Acquired Kvaerner IMGB and Mitsui Babcock
- 2007 Began construction of the Doosan VINA plant
- 2009 Acquired Czech-based power systems maker Škoda Power
- 2011 Acquired AE&E Chennai Works
- 2012 Acquired the assets of Enpure Limited, a water process engineering company in the UK to form Doosan Enpure
- 2016 Acquired 1Energy Systems, a Seattle-based company that specializes in ESS control system software, to form Doosan GridTech
In December 2014, it signed a contract to build the Nghi Sơn II Power Station in Vietnam, and in April 2015, the Anin Thermoelectric Power Plant in South Korea. In February 2015, it delivered seawater desalination plant facilities for Escondida in Chile. In June and July the company won tenders for water treatment plants in the United Kingdom and Oman. In April 2015, the company delivered a nuclear reactor for the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant in the United Arab Emirates.
