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Wood wins $40m sustainable packaging contract

Wood Group of Aberdeen has been awarded a $40 million engineering design contract by Kuraray to build a new sustainable packaging production plant in Singapore. “Addressing…


Aberdeen’s Wood appoints new Norway boss

John Wood Group plc, the Aberdeen-based engineering and consulting giant, said Henrik Melsom has been appointed Senior Vice President of Wood’s Norwegian operations, tasked with growing the…























Wood Group hires Babcock boss David Lockwood

John Wood Group, the Aberdeen-based global engineering and consulting giant, announced that Babcock International Group CEO David Lockwood will join the firm as a non-executive director…







Wood Group wins Gulf of Mexico contract

John Wood Group, the Aberdeen-based engineering and consulting giant, said it secured a contract from HD Hyundai Heavy Industries for detailed engineering of the topsides…




Wood Group on target for $6bn revenue

John Wood Group, the Aberdeen-based engineering and consulting giant, said its third-quarter revenue rose 8% to $1.477 billion. Group revenue for the first nine months of…


Wood Group hires Rolls-Royce’s Balan as CFO

John Wood Group, the Aberdeen-based engineering and consulting giant, announced the appointment of Arvind Balan to the company’s board as chief financial officer (CFO) and…




Wood preferred bidder for SSEN Transmission role

Aberdeen-based Wood plc has been selected as a preferred bidder on Scottish and Southern Electricity Network (SSEN) Transmission’s Accelerated Strategic Transmission Investment (ASTI) framework. The…







Wood Group Urged To Launch Share Buyback

London-based investment fund Sparta Capital on Friday repeated its call for John Wood Group, the Aberdeen-based global engineering and consulting giant, to launch a share buyback…




Bruntwood Glasgow tech hub to get new tower

Bruntwood SciTech has unveiled detailed plans for the forthcoming transformation of Glasgow’s iconic Met Tower. The proposals include a refurbishment of the former City of…









Wood rejects three takeover proposals from Apollo

By Mark McSherry John Wood Group, the Aberdeen-based global engineering and consulting giant, confirmed late on Wednesday afternoon that it has received three unsolicited, preliminary and…


Wood Group reports order book of $6bn

Aberdeen-based global engineering and consulting giant John Wood Group said its revenue rose 3% to $5.4 billion and its order book stood at $6 billion…


Wood Group’s Mark Collis to join Vesuvius as CFO

London-based Vesuvius plc, a molten metal flow engineering and technology firm, announced the appointment of Mark Collis of Aberdeen-based John Wood Group as Vesuvius chief financial officer. Collis…





Wood Mackenzie sold for $3.1bn to Veritas Capital

By Mark McSherry — New Jersey-based Verisk announced the sale of Wood Mackenzie, the Edinburgh-based consultancy for the energy, chemicals, metals and mining industries, to New York private equity…


Wood Mackenzie may be sold for up to £2.5bn

Wood Mackenzie, the Edinburgh-based consultancy for the energy, chemicals, metals and mining industries, could soon be sold by its New Jersey owner for up to £2.5 billion….







Wood sells consulting business for $1.9bn

Aberdeen-based global engineering and consulting giant John Wood Group said it agreed to sell its Built Environment Consulting business to Canada’s WSP Global Inc. for…