Hatch Ltd

Infobox Company
company_name = Hatch Ltd.
company_
company_type = Employee-owned corporation
foundation = as W.S. Atkins & Associates (1955)
as Hatch (1962)
location = headquarters: Mississauga, Ontario
key_people = Mr. Kurt Strobele (Chairman, Chief Executive Officer)
industry = Engineering and management consultancy
products =
revenue = $1,000,000,000 CAD (2006)
operating_income =
net_income =
num_employees = 8800 (2008)
parent =
subsid =
homepage = [http://www.hatch.ca The Hatch Group website]
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Hatch is a global multidisciplinary management, engineering and development consultancy. Its group companies have more than 8,800 staff in 80 offices on six continents.
The company was founded in Toronto, Canada, by W.S. Atkins as W.S. Atkins & Associates in 1955. The company initially was involved in subway tunneling and other civil engineering projects, and expanded into metallurgy when Gerry Hatch joined the company in January, 1958. It became known as Hatch in 1962. Hatch counts among its metals clients the top twenty (as measured by market capitalization) mining and metals companies in the world, including Alcan, Alcoa, BHP Billiton, Barrick Gold, BlueScope Steel, Xstrata (formerly Falconbridge), Vale Inco (formerly Inco) and Rio Tinto. In 1996 the company began an expansion program by purchasing several aligned engineering companies including Billiton Engineering (1996), Rescan Mining (1998), BHP Engineering (1999), Kaiser Engineers (2000) and Acres International (2004). Hatch today provides consulting, operations support, technologies, process design, and project and construction management to clients in three principal sectors: mining and metals; energy; and infrastructure.

The company's main hub offices are in the following countries: Australia, Canada, South Africa, United Kingdom, U.S.A., Chile, Brazil, China. They also have various smaller offices around the globe.

Main business areas

Non-ferrous (base) metals – nickel, copper, zinc, gold, platinum
Light metals – aluminum and magnesium
Iron & Steel – iron making, steel making, rolling and finishing
Industrial minerals – titania slag, coal, diamonds
Mining & Mineral Processing – planning, design and maintenance consulting
Energy – hydroelectric power, renewable power (wind, ocean, solar, etc.), nuclear power, thermal power, and oil and gas
Infrastructure – public: light-rail transit; water; private: power, water, rail, ports

External links

* [http://www.hatch.ca/ The Hatch Group website]