position the firm as a prime contractor for huge renewable energy projects as the UK moves towards net-zero energy. Additionally, the company’s services and solutions to customers in the oil and gas, food and beverage, chemical, utility, and pharmaceutical industries will also expand. It comes under Bilfinger UK’s diversification and expansion plan, which aims to foray into new markets.
Sandy Bonner, executive president of Bilfinger’s UK area and managing director of Bilfinger Salamis, will be in charge of the company. He expressed optimism over the collaboration. He said, “The sectors we operate in are changing rapidly as the UK accelerates its energy transition. Combining the strengths of both businesses will create a unified proposition to respond to the shifts in market demand. The merger will position the company as a contractor of choice to deliver major renewable energy projects, strengthen our existing presence in our traditional markets of oil and gas and utilities and target growth in power, food and beverage, chemical and pharmaceutical. He added, “We’ve already been working together on projects for hydrogen plants, carbon capture facilities and onshore and offshore wind, and the move will enable us to face the market as one integrated engineering and maintenance, modifications and operations business.”
Bilfinger Salamis UK, with locations in Esbjerg, Aberdeen, Groningen, and Great Yarmouth, employs around 2,000 people and offers services of maintenance, modification, and operations to a variety of offshore and onshore sectors. This category comprises the oil and gas, energy, petrochemical, renewable energy, nuclear energy, and utilities industries. Bilfinger UK is a market leader in providing integrated engineering and technical services to the process sector, employing over 2,500 staff at its ten offices throughout the United Kingdom. Both companies are subsidiaries of global industrial services company Bilfinger.
