Skanska

Skanska AB (Swedish Aktiebolaget Skanska Cementgjuteriet ), listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange, is a multinational construction company from Sweden. The company's headquarters is located in Solna. The company operates in Scandinavia, the UK, Poland, Czech Republic, USA and Latin America.

Skanska AB has approximately 54,000 employees (2006 ) worldwide.

History

The company was founded in 1887 as Cementgjuteriet Skåne ( Skåne cement foundry) of Rudolf Fredrik Berg and began the manufacture of individual Baumittelprodukte. It quickly evolved into a construction company and within ten years, the company received its first international works contract. The group played a significant role in the establishment of the Swedish infrastructure, including roads, power plants, office buildings and homes.

The growth in Sweden was followed by an international expansion. Mid-1950s, the company decided to major step in the international markets. In the following decades it penetrated the markets of South America, Africa and Asia, and in 1971 he made another move in the market of the United States, where the construction sector is one of the greatest. In 1984, the name Skanska, which was already in use, the Group's official name.

In 1997, the Swedish company Skanska Göinge Mekaniska, a major manufacturer of steel structures.

Indicators

The company posted in fiscal year 2005, a construction output volume of € 13.4 billion and an operating profit of erwirtschafte 540 million euros ( of which 34 percent in the U.S. ).