In the wake of its previous acquisitions of the cooling activities of the ex-Hamon Group, John Cockerill pursues its acquisition strategy by taking over Hamon Indonesia. This new acquisition meets John Cockerill’s ambitions and industrial projects in South-East Asia. With this acquisition, John Cockerill strengthens its position in the region with expertise in line with its offer in the energy business.
Commenting on the acquisition, Anne-Françoise Laime, Executive President of John Cockerill Hamon, said, “We are pursuing our investment strategy in cooling activities and this new takeover will complement our other entities to make of John Cockerill Hamon a world leader in wet and dry cooling. We believe this new entity will benefit from the Group’s industrial support. We are willing to strengthen our position in Asia and intend to invest more and develop other promising activities, such as hydrogen, recovery boilers, molten salt thermal solar receivers or water treatment, i.e., activities for which the Indonesian entity will be a springboard, namely thanks to their close relations with the EPCs and local players. The current contacts in charge of services and spare parts remain the same to go on serving our clients at best.
The teams of John Cockerill Hamon France earlier this year received a contract from Jurong Engineering Limited to supply a Sea Water Induced Draft Cooling Tower for a 435 MW combined cycle power plant in Sumbawa Islands, Indonesia.
