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, that specializes in collecting and analysing geological data, both on land and at sea. Employing approximately 9,000 people in 65 countries, Fugro serves clients around the globe, predominantly in the energy and infrastructure industries, both offshore and onshore. In 2018, revenue amounted to €1.65 billion. The company is listed on Euronext Amsterdam, Mark Heine is the CEO and Chairman of the Board of Management and Harrie L.J. Noy is Chairman of the Supervisory Board.

History

Kornelis "Kees" Joustra founded Fugro on 2 May 1962 as Ingenieursbureau voor ''Fu''nderingstechniek en ''Gro''ndmechanica,

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for "Engineering Company for Foundation technology and Soil Mechanics". In the wake of the

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the offshore business came to a standstill. This resulted in the acquisition of its main competitor, McClelland, into Fugro-McClelland in October 1987. Fugro has since vigorously pursued an active acquisition policy in order to obtain cutting-edge technology and increase its market share. In April 1992, Fugro went public on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange. In 2003, Fugro bought Thales Geosolutions for €147.5 million, its largest acquisition to date. In September 2012, CGGVeritas acquired Fugro's Geoscience Division for €1.2 billion. In June 2014, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) awarded Fugro the contract to conduct the

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, which disappeared on 8 March 2014. In August 2014 it awarded an additional contract for the deployment of two specialist vessels. The contract was worth

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$39 million and lasted until August 2016. Fugro had around 200 employees and 3 search vessels dedicated to the search for MH370. Fugro purchased the Remote Observation Automated Modelling Economic Simulation (ROAMES) technology from

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in 2014. In January 2015,

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increased its shareholdings in Fugro to 20.1%.

Organisation

Fugro is divided across four integrated regions with the business line structure of marine site characterisation, marine asset integrity, land site characterisation and land asset integrity.

Regions

* America * Asia, Pacific and Australia * Europe and Africa * Middle East and India

Business lines

Fugro has four business lines: * Marine site characterisation * Land site characterisation * Marine asset integrity * Land asset integrity

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