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Skanska AB ((:ˈskanːˈska)) is a multinational construction and development company based in Sweden. Skanska is the 5th largest construction company in the world according to the Construction Global magazine.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Top 10 Construction Companies in the World )〕 Notable Skanska projects include the World Trade Center Transportation Hub project, 30 St Mary Axe, MetLife Stadium, among others. == History == Aktiebolaget Skånska Cementgjuteriet (Scanian Cement Casting Ltd) was established in Malmö, Sweden, in 1887 by Rudolf Fredrik Berg and started by manufacturing concrete products.〔(Skanska: History )〕 It quickly diversified into a construction company and within 10 years the company received its first international order.〔 The company played an important role in building Sweden’s infrastructure including its roads, power plants, offices and housing.〔 Growth in Sweden was followed by international expansion. In the mid-1950s Skånska Cementgjuteriet made a major move into international markets. During the next decades it entered South America, Africa and Asia, and in 1971 the United States market, where it today ranks among the largest in its sector.〔 The company was listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange A-list in 1965. In 1984 the name “Skanska,” already in general use internationally, became the Group’s official name.〔 During the latter part of the 1990s, Skanska expanded substantially both organically and by acquisition.〔 In August 2000 it bought the construction division of Kvaerner.〔(Skanska buys Kvaerner arm for £180m ) The Telegraph, 30 August 2000〕 In mid-2004, Skanska decided to divest its Asian investments and sold its Indian subsidiary to the Thailand based construction firm Italian Thai Development Company.〔(ITD Cementation India )〕 In 2005, Skanska was awarded a gas pipeline contract in Argentina. Later, suspicions were raised that government corruption had been involved. Skanska performed its own investigation, dismissed seven managers, and worked closely with the authorities concerning the inquiry. In 2011, Skanska acquired Industrial Contractors, Inc of Evansville, Indiana, United States. In December 2013 the Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic confirmed that Skanska DS a.s. participated in a bid rigging cartel of construction companies (together with companies of Strabag group and Mota-Engil group) in 2004. Illegal conduct was associated with the tender for the execution of works for the construction of the D1 highway from Mengusovce to Jánovce in Eastern Slovakia.〔(The Supreme Court upheld the decisions of the Antimonopoly Office of the Slovak Republic in the matter of a cartel of six construction companies )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Skanska」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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