FACTS & FIGURES - Tecnimont ICB

17 September
Construction begins on the new railway track
from Fiumetorto to Cefalù, part of the project
to double the Palermo-Messina line. MT will
construct 20 km of new track.
22 September
MT wins its first contract in Slovakia. It is
awarded a contract for the basic engineering
design package for a 220,000 tonnes/year low
density polyethylene plant in Bratislava. The
plant, to be built for Slovnaft Petrochemicals
sro, part of the MOL Group, will be based
on the state-of-the-art Lupotech T tubular
high-pressure process.
3 October
The new corporate identity is adopted by all
of MT’s Italian and international subsidiaries
and branch offices.
3 October
MT is among the keynote speakers at the
international conference promoted by World
Energy Council Italy on future energy
trends, which focused specifically on the
development of new technologies to reduce
global CO 2 emissions.
6 October
An MT-led consortium signs an EPC contract
with the MPX-EBX Group for the construction
of the third line of the new coal-fired power
plant in Pecém, Cearà State, Brazil.
8 October
MT is part of a consortium awarded a
contract to expand the underground gas
storage facility in Wierzchowice, western
Poland, to 1.2 billion cubic metres. The client
is the national public gas distributor PGNiG.
The project incorporates challenging
efficiency and environmental targets.
3-6 November
MT is among the main exhibitors at the
13th Abu Dhabi International Petroleum
Exhibition & Conference (ADIPEC), one of the
largest and most acclaimed oil and gas
shows in the world.
9-11 November
MT is a partner-sponsor at the 22nd
International Project Management
Association (IPMA) World Congress
in Rome. MT’s Petro Rabigh project
is among the winners of IPMA’s
International Project Excellence Award
for 2008.
11 November
The new Maire Tecnimont website goes
on-line. It features new and updated
contents and graphic layout. The skin was
redesigned in accordance with the new
corporate identity.
23 November
MT signs an agreement with the Italian
rugby club, ASD Rugby Monza 1949, to
be title sponsor of its teams in the 2008-
2009 and 2009-2010 seasons. The
initiative is part of the Group’s social
responsibility programme focusing on
sporting activities to promote social
inclusion amongst young people.
27 November
The Italian Railways’ experimental train Y1
reaches a record speed of 339 km/h during
a gradient speed test on the Bologna-
Florence line.
In this section Maire Tecnimont is represented by the acronym MT
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