United Group
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| Type | Public (ASX:UGL) |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Headquarters |  North Sydney, Australia |
| Industry | Diversified Services |
| Revenue | $3 billion (2007) |
| Website | www.unitedgroupltd.com |
United Group Limited is a broad based infrastructure services company engaged in industrial maintenance, manufacturing, engineering and business process outsourcing services for blue chip companies and governments throughout Australia, New Zealand, Asia, North America, The United Kingdom, and parts of Europe and the Middle East.
Listed on the Australian Stock Exchange under the code UGL, the company has a market capitalisation of over $2.5 billion and annual revenue approaching $3 billion.
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[edit] History
United Group Limited has grown from a small engineering construction firm in Perth, Western Australia called United Construction, to a publicly listed infrastructure and industrial services company with turnover of $2.5 billion in the 2006/07 financial year.
The Group currently has a market capitalization of (AUD)$3,189 Million.
United Construction listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in 1994 and changed its name to United Group Limited in 1997.
Since then United Group has acquired a number of businesses including Kilpatrick Green in 1998, Australian rail icon Goninan in 1999, CRE business KFPW in 2002, Thames Water Projects Asia in 2004, Singaporean real estate services company PREMAS (UGL Premas) and ALSTOM's Australian and New Zealand transport and rail businesses in 2005, Chicago based Equis Corporation (UGL Equis) in 2006, and Newton (Boston) based UNICCO Integrated Facilities Services (UGL Unicco) in 2007.
[edit] Business Units
United Group services a broad range of industry sectors through its five operating businesses:
[edit] UGL Rail
Offers a fully integrated solution including the design, engineering, manufacture, maintenance, refurbishment and asset management of locomotives, passenger cars, trams, and freight wagons.
[edit] UGL Resources
Provides asset management, construction and project management, engineering, industrial maintenance and manufacturing services, including oil and gas, petrochemicals minerals and chemicals.
[edit] UGL Services
Provides outsourcing services including corporate real estate, facilities management, procurement, human resources, and finance and accounting.
[edit] UGL Transport & Systems
Provides design and engineering, manufacturing and maintenance services to customers in the transport, communications and defence sectors.
[edit] UGL Water and Energy
Provides industrial maintenance, construction and engineering services to the water and energy sectors using technology partnerships with world-leading organisations.
