Chicago Bridge & Iron Company

  • The Hague, The Netherlands ( official residence )
  • The Woodlands, TX, USA ( Headquarters )

The Chicago Bridge & Iron Company is a multinational plant manufacturers of petrochemical plants.

History

The company was formed in 1889 in Chicago, as Horace E. Horton, owner of the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company provider merged with George and William Wheelock of the Kansas City Bridge and Iron Company. After initial work in bridge construction, the company later waved to the tank production. 1996 CB & I was acquired by Praxair, which ausgründeten the Company in 1997. In 2007, CB & I Lummus ABB

Developments

CB & I developed the first floating roof tank for the oil industry (1923 ), the first spherical pressure vessel ( 1923), the first double-hull tank for LPG (1958), the largest water tank made ​​of steel (1986 ), the highest vacuum distillation column (1999) and the largest heat storage in the world ( 2009).

Types of business entity The Woodlands, Texas Profit (economics) Form 10-K
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