On 21 April at the Madrid Polytechnic University’s (UPM) Advanced Technical School (ETS) of Industrial Engineers, the President of the Villar Mir Group Juan-Miguel Villar Mir inaugurated the UPM Entrepreneurs Club. It is an initiative…
OHL Brazil successfully completes the issue of bonds that were made through their four concessionaires in the state of San Paulo (Brazil), for a total of 1,372 million Brazilian Reals (570 million Euros at the current exchange).
OHL has successfully completed the issue of €700 million of simple bonds, reaching maturity in 2015. The bonds will be issued at par value and will accrue a coupon of 7.375% annually, paid semi-annually.
On Wednesday, February 3rd, the Chairman of the Episcopal Conference and Cardinal Archbisop of Madrid, Antonio Maria Rouco Varela, solemnly blessed the Espacio Tower and the Catholic worship chapel, found on the 33rd floor of the building, where the Eucharist has been celebrated…
The new appointments by co-optation took effect at the Board of Directors meeting held 23 March, 2010. They were that of Alberto Terol Esteban as independent director and Alvaro Villar-Mir de Fuentes as proprietary director…
On 22 March, the President of the Government, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, officially opened the Alba Synchrotron Light Facility, located in Cerdanyola del Valles (Barcelona). It is the largest science facility ever built in Spain, constructed by OHL and managed by the Consortium for the Construction…
OHL has been distinguished with the European Environmental award (Spanish section) 2009-2010 for the Berria Submarine Emissary in Cantabria. The award was received by Juan-Miguel Villar Mir, President of the OHL Group, during a solemn ceremony in Madrid…
The OHL Board of Directors has approved the appointment of Enrique Weickert as General Economic and Financial Director. Weickert will be replacing Jose Antonio Fernandez Elejada who, following many years at the head of OHL’s economic and financial affairs…
On 5 December, 2009, the SATO Levante floating dock reached port for its final assembly. At 60m long and 36m wide, it will be the biggest to be built exclusively from Spanish design and technology and the second biggest of the national construction companies.
The OHL Group, in spite of the difficult economic climate, has closed 2009 with outstanding results, in terms of both sales and profit.
The net income of € 165.6 million, has grown by 9.9% in relation to 2008. This increase would be 66.1%…