User:Lar/ToDo/Chicago Bridge and Iron

Chicago Bridge and Iron is a steel fabrication and erection company.



HQ is now in texas per Jigsaw:

2103 Research Forest Dr The Woodlands, TX 77380-2624 Phone: +1.8325131000

Timeline
(mostly from http://www.cbi.com/about/history.aspx)
 * 1889 founded to make bridges
 * branches out into tankage (eventualy decides that is the primary focus)
 * 1984 buys Liquid Carbonic (find asource for the claim that it was to insulate from cyclical fab bis)
 * 1986 buys Statia Terminals
 * 1996 bought by Praxair (find a source for the claim that Praxair wanted LC only), merges in CBI industries. Sells Statia terminals, announces intent to spin off CBI itself in a IPO
 * 1997 CBI NV goes public as a netherlands corp with two operating subsidiaries