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Chicago Bridge and Iron
Company typePublic
IndustryCivil Engineering, plant equipment, turnkey projects
Founded1889
HeadquartersIL, TX
ProductsProjects

Chicago Bridge and Iron is a steel fabrication and erection company.

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HQ is now in texas per Jigsaw:

2103 Research Forest Dr The Woodlands, TX 77380-2624 Phone: +1.8325131000


Timeline[edit]

(mostly from http://www.cbi.com/about/history.aspx)

  • 1889 founded to make bridges
  • branches out into tankage (eventualy decides that is the primary focus)
  • 1984 buys Liquid Carbonic (find asource for the claim that it was to insulate from cyclical fab bis)
  • 1986 buys Statia Terminals
  • 1996 bought by Praxair (find a source for the claim that Praxair wanted LC only), merges in CBI industries. Sells Statia terminals, announces intent to spin off CBI itself in a IPO
  • 1997 CBI NV goes public as a netherlands corp with two operating subsidiaries

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