AMECO Celebrates 60th Anniversary.GREENVILLE, S.C. -- AMECO AMECO Association of Missing and Exploited Children's Organizations , a unit of Fluor Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :FLR FLR Floor FLR Florence, Italy (Airport Code) FLR Flare FLR Florida Lambda Rail FLR Forest Land Reserve FLR Forward-Looking Radar FLR Female Led Relationship FLR Force of Lower Readiness ) providing integrated equipment and tool solutions to government and industry, is celebrating its 60th anniversary. Originating in 1947 in Greenville, S.C., as the equipment division of Daniel Construction Company, AMECO celebrates this anniversary with diverse, worldwide operations that include opening a new office in Fort McMurray, Alberta Fort McMurray, is a community in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, in the northeastern part of Alberta, Canada. Although it is commonly referred to and thought of as being a city, Fort McMurray is not incorporated. , Canada; supplying mining equipment and services in Antofagasta, Chile; delivering equipment to the oil industry in Sakhalin, Russia; and mobilizing mobilizing, v 1. freeing or making loose and able to move. 2. observing any ongoing movements in a client's body, whether small or large, assisted or not, that identify strengths and weaknesses, as well as the client's physical and a project team and equipment to Madagascar. The company has nearly 1,600 employees who are serving clients across four continents, 17 countries, 37 office locations and multiple customer sites. As AMECO observes its 60th anniversary, it is also celebrating an outstanding achievement in safety performance, having surpassed 16 million safe work hours from March 2001 through February 2007 with no lost-time injuries. "As we celebrate our 60-year anniversary, I want to thank our dedicated employees, valued customers and many suppliers who have helped make AMECO successful over the long term," said Gary Bernardez, president of AMECO. "Looking ahead to our future, our employees will continue to focus on the key areas that bring value to our global customer base - responsiveness, reliability, innovation, expertise and safety. We will strive to deliver the integrated equipment and tool solutions that our customers expect from AMECO." AMECO delivers fully integrated equipment and tool solutions through its three primary businesses - Fleet Outsourcing(SM), Site Services(SM) and Distribution. Fleet Outsourcing assists clients in the government and industrial markets, including heavy industrial, power and manufacturing facilities, with the complete management and maintenance of fleet, tool and asset-management functions. Site Services provides a complete service package consisting of equipment, tool and construction indirects to capital construction projects. Distribution focuses on the sale, rental, parts and service of new and used equipment in Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. . Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR) provides services on a global basis in the fields of engineering Engineering is a collective term to describe the application of scientific theory in the design, creation, and maintenance of technology. According to 1992 NSF data, the largest fields of engineering are Civil, Electrical / Electronic, Industrial and Mechanical Engineering (by number of , procurement, construction, operations, maintenance and project management. Headquartered in Irving, Texas Irving (pronounced 'er-ving') is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within Dallas County. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, the city population was 191,615; the 2006 estimate was 201,927 according to the North Central Texas Council of Governments, and 196,084 according to , Fluor is a FORTUNE 500 company with revenues of $14.1 billion in 2006. For more information, visit www.fluor.com. (FLRG) |
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