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SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.
Public (TSX: SNC)
Founded1911
HeadquartersMontreal, Quebec
Key peopleJacques Lamarre - President & CEO
IndustryConstruction Services
ProductsEngineering Services, Project Management, and Procurement
Revenue$2.86 billion USD
Employees13,300 (2007)
Websitehttp://www.snclavalin.com/


SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. TSX: SNC is a Canadian engineering firm with interests in transportation, construction, hydroelectricity, mining and metallurgy, oil and gas, chemical engineering, petroleum engineering, aerospace engineering, defence, nuclear, environment, agriculture, pharmaceuticals and telecommunications. One of the ten largest engineering firms in the world, it is based in Montreal, Quebec.

The company was originally established by Arthur Surveyer in 1911. Surveyer went on to form a partnership with Emil Nenniger and Georges Chênevert. Surveyer, Nenniger & Chênevert eventually became SNC. In 1991, SNC merged with another of the largest Canadian engineering firms, Lavalin (created in 1936 by Lalonde & Valois, and headed since 1962 by the Lamarre family) to become SNC-Lavalin.

Governance

The corporation is governed by a board of directors, currently consisting of: John Cleghorn, David Goldman, Jacques Lamarre (President & CEO), Pierre Lessard, Edythe Marcoux, Lorna Marsden, Claude Mongeau, Gwyn Morgan, Hugh Segal, Lawrence Stevenson and Jean-Paul Vettier.

Munitions Sales

SNC-Lavalin sold its previously held subsidiary SNC technologies to General Dynamics Corp, one of the largest munition manufacturers in the world. [1] Before the sale, activist campaigns had accused SNC-Lavalin of war crimes, and called for an end to the arms sales. [2]

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Corporate headquarters of SNC-Lavalin on René-Lévesque Blvd, in Montreal.

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