All Mergers & acquisitions Articles

Carillion hits back at Balfour Beatty move
Both sides claim surprise at other’s reaction as UK contractors’ merger talks are halted
Arcadis to acquire Hyder Consulting
Consolidation continues among consultants as Dutch giant makes a cash offer for UK engineer
Balfour Beatty pulls plug on merger talks
UK contractor accuses Carillion of “wholly unexpected decision” over sale of Parsons Brinckerhoff
Aecom acquires Hunt Construction Group
Second major acquisition in two weeks will create a US$ 20 billion per year design and construction management company
Lafarge to sell operations in Pakistan
Bestway Cement to pay US$ 329 million for assets including a 2.4 million tonnes per year cement plant in Chakwal.
Balfour Beatty and Carillion in merger talks
Combination of two of the UK’s major players could create a €16 billion per year contractor
Martin Marietta closes Texas Industries acquisition
US$ 2.3 billion per year US aggregates and heavy materials company created as formalities are completed and TI is delisted from the New York Stock Exchange.
Hochtief sells companies
Contractor continues its policy of focusing on core infrastructure business
Bouygues acquires Canadian technical services company
Plan Group to add to M&E and facilities management capacity for Bouygues Energies & Services.
Deripaska increases Strabag stake
Call option exercised to return Rasperia Trading/Basic Element holding to 25% plus one share.
Commission lays-out steel merger conditions
The European Commission has given the go-ahead to SSAB’s acquisition of Rautaruukki, as long as divestments are made in the Nordic region.
Aecom to acquire URS
US$ 4 billion merger of US companies will create 95,000-strong engineering consultant with a presence in 150 countries.
Mota-Engil suspends African IPO
Market turmoil sees London floatation called-off as shares fall across Europe
Galliford Try gets Miller Construction at giveaway price
Purchase price for € 515 million per year business is less than the cash assets included in the deal.
Anglo American to sell stake in Lafarge Tarmac
Mining giant seeking at least US$ 1.5 billion for its share in UK construction materials business in deal linked to Lafarge-Holcim merger.
Holcim and Lafarge announce assets for sale
Major French, German and UK materials businesses to be divested as two industry giants seek competition authority approval for their merger
SNC-Lavalin to acquire Kentz
Canadian contractor to boost global oil & gas business with US$ 2 billion acquisition of UK-based engineer.
Bam considers merger plans
Amalgamation of Bam Civiel and Bam Wegen could take place by early 2015
European Commission approves Holcim-Cemex deal
Swiss-based global cement and aggregates company cleared to acquire Cemex West in Germany
Volvo finalises Terex hauler acquisition
Rigid dump trucks added to Volvo portfolio following the close of the deal announced in December.
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