Foster Wheeler
Description
Foster Wheeler is a leading international engineering, construction and project management contractor and power equipment supplier.
The present company, Foster Wheeler Corporation, was formed in 1927 from a merger of the Power Speciality Company (which replaced Water Works Supply Company, created by the Foster family in 1884) and the Wheeler Condenser & Engineering Company, whose roots go back to 1891. The corporate headquarters were originally in New York City but later moved to Clinton, New Jersey.
The company comprises two business groups:
- The Global Engineering and Construction (E&C) Group
- The Global Power Group