Foster Wheeler wins nine safety awards in Singapore

Top Quote Foster Wheeler AG (Nasdaq: FWLT) announced that its Global Engineering and Construction Group has won nine Workplace Safety & Health (WSH) Awards in Singapore for outstanding safety performance in 2009. End Quote
  • (1888PressRelease) August 16, 2010 - ZUG, Switzerland – The WSH Awards are presented annually by the Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) Council, in collaboration with Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower.

    For the second year running, Foster Wheeler has won a Gold Workplace Safety and Health Performance Award (WSHPA) for its overall safety performance in Singapore. The Foster Wheeler-led joint venture executing ExxonMobil’s second petrochemical project in Singapore has also won a Silver WSHPA. In addition, a further seven of the company’s projects in Singapore received a SHARP (Safety and Health Award Recognition for Projects) award.

    * Shell Bukom Refinery Modification Project
    * Shell Mono-Ethylene Glycol Project
    * Chevron Oronite Detergent Expansion Project
    * GSK Singapore Bulk Vaccine Facility (SN-02) Project
    * Three projects which form part of ExxonMobil’s second petrochemical project

    “Achieving the Gold Award for the second year running reflects Foster Wheeler’s fundamental and absolute commitment to the vision of zero harm to the workforce,” said Umberto della Sala, president and chief operating officer of Foster Wheeler AG. “All of these awards demonstrate our consistent world-class health and safety performance, our robust health and safety management systems and a genuine ‘safety first’ culture throughout our organization.”

    Foster Wheeler AG is a global engineering and construction contractor and power equipment supplier delivering technically advanced, reliable facilities and equipment. The company employs approximately 13,000 talented professionals with specialized expertise dedicated to serving its clients through one of its two primary business groups. The company’s Global Engineering and Construction Group designs and constructs leading-edge processing facilities for the upstream oil and gas, LNG and gas-to-liquids, refining, chemicals and petrochemicals, power, environmental, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and healthcare industries. The company’s Global Power Group is a world leader in combustion and steam generation technology that designs, manufactures and erects steam generating and auxiliary equipment for power stations and industrial facilities and also provides a wide range of aftermarket services. The company is based in Zug, Switzerland, and its operational headquarters office is in Geneva, Switzerland. For more information about Foster Wheeler, please visit our Web site at www.fwc.com

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