FCC appoints new independent directors
LONDON/MADRID | FCC, the global infrastructure and environmental services company said it continues its corporate revamp with three new independent directors.
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FCC inaugurates new Danube Bridge linking Bulgaria and Romania
LONDON/VIDIN | The new Danube Bridge, which took six years to build, connects Vidin (Bulgaria) and Calafat (Romania). This project represents an investment of 275 million euro – partially funded by the European Union
FCC to ship colossal components of Brazil’s Açu Port from Spain to Brazil
ALGECIRAS/LONDON | As a result of this project, Açu will be the third-largest port in the world and the largest in the Americas with an annual capacity of 350m tonnes.
FCC’s Aqualia hired in €1.1 billion deal
MADRID | In March, the company has also added and extended contracts worth over 200 million euro in Madrid, Ávila, Oviedo, Girona, Cantabria, León, Vizcaya, Guipúzcoa and Pontevedra.
China enters EU utilities market through Portugal
LISBOA| By José Alves | Capital Madrid| How the European Union prevents Russia from accessing strategic sectors, but when it comes to China the governments just seem to look away and open the door.
FCC lands contracts in Peru worth €200 million
MADRID | FCC is set to modernise the largest Port in Peru, for 165 million euro and to upgrade the Trujillo sports complex, site of the Bolivarian Games.
Hochtief, FCC land Riga Airport upgrade
Consortium around Hochtief to upgrade and extend airport infrastructure by 2014. The contract has been valued at €79,5 million.
A Spanish-Japanese venture starts FCC’s first solar power plant in southern Spain
The plant, built through a joint venture between FCC and Mitsui, will produce 100,000 MWh of electricity per year, meeting the needs of 26,000 people.
FCC’s Alpine reaches €1 billion-worth contract line in 2012
MADRID | In a bid to offset its exit from the Greek market, Alpine, FCC's subsidiary in Central and Eastern Europe, said it will concentrate a commercial offensive in its domestic markets. Alpine would have unpaid bills in Greece of up to €20 million, according to the Spanish press reports. At a news conference in Gdansk, the company's new CEO Johannes Dotter announced that the company had already landed contracts worth close…
FCC holds revenue in spite of demand contraction in Spain
MADRID | The Spanish infrastructure and services company FCC reported this week it had obtained €2.4 billion in revenues in the first quarter of 2012, on par with the same period last year, with international revenues increasing by 15.6%. FCC obtained a net attributable profit of €16.6 million in the first quarter, suffering a decline of €23.9 million year-on-year, reflecting the impact of the company’s most cyclical activities. Earnings before interest,…