Major mining engineering company Fluor is 100 years old

bhpb.jpgYesterday Fluor Corp marked the 100th anniversary of the company’s founding in 1912. In the 1880s, John Simon Fluor Sr., emigrated from Switzerland and came to the USA as a young man to pursue a dream. 100 years later, Fluor encompasses some 45,000 employees executing tough, complex and challenging projects on six continents. “I doubt when Si Fluor came to this country all those years ago that he had any inkling of what his dream would become,” said David Seaton, Fluor’s Chairman and CEO. “When he came to the US, he was equipped only with the skilled hands of a guild trained craftsman, his knowhow and a passion to build. He used all of those traits to forge his new venture.”“Today, Fluor’s global workforce is proud to partner with many of the world’s best known and largest industrial enterprises helping them realise their capital projects that increase the quality of life and living standards,” continued Seaton. “While the tools we use and the projects we execute have changed considerably over the last ten decades, the passion to build of our employees has only increased.”

As part of the 100th anniversary celebration, Fluor held a global employee event over the weekend at 14 locations around the globe. This event was satellite broadcast on Saturday, April 21, from the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, Texas, to locations on six continents. The one-night event brought together approximately 20,000 employees, the most ever in the company’s history.

This weekend’s kickoff event was celebrated simultaneously with North America office personnel from Dallas; Southern California; Greenville, South Carolina; Houston; Vancouver and Calgary. Europe-based offices from Farnborough, England and Haarlem, Netherlands participated as well as employees in Johannesburg, South Africa; Perth, Australia; Santiago, Chile; New Delhi, India; Manila, Philippines; and Shanghai, China.

Fluor designs, builds and maintains many of the world’s most challenging and complex projects. Founded in 1912, John Simon Fluor Sr. started the company with a modest investment of $100. Since those humble beginnings, the company has grown into one of the largest engineering & construction companies in the world. www.fluor100.com