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Ramboll history
Ramboll company history timeline
Ramboll was founded in October 1945 as "Rambøll & Hannemann" in Copenhagen.
They won major contracts with the Danish broadcast engineering services (‘Radioingeniørtjenesten’) to erect broadcast towers in Denmark and Norway after 1950.
In addition to offices in Copenhagen and Aarhus, a branch was opened in Oslo in 1976.
At the time of the acquisition Whitbybird employed 680 people, with offices throughout the UK and in Italy, India and the United Arab Emirates, making this the largest acquisition made by the Ramboll Group since the merger with Scandiaconsult in 2003.
In 2006 the company acquired Storvik & Co in Norway.
In August 2007 Ramboll bought privately owned UK based engineering firm Whitbybird.
In the summer of 2007, Ramboll broadened its geographical presence by acquiring the UK based engineering firm Whitbybird.
In April 2008, Ramboll's presence in India was strengthened by acquiring the Indian telecom design company ImIsoft.
In March 2011 Ramboll bought privately owned UK based engineering firm Gifford.
Also in March 2011, Ramboll acquired the power engineering section of DONG Energy (now Ørsted A/S), DONG Energy Power.
Later that year in July 2011, Ramboll Informatik was divested to the Danish IT company KMD.
In 2014 Ramboll acquired US-based global consultancy, ENVIRON, adding more than 1,500 environmental and health science specialists in 21 countries.
In 2018 Ramboll acquired North American engineering and design consultancy OBG (formally O'Brien & Gere), adding 950 consultants to Ramboll's North American presence.
In December 2019, Ramboll CEO Jens Peter Saul announced that the company had decided to join forces with the world-renowned Danish architecture company Henning Larsen, which added approximately 300 architects and strong expertise to the company’s existing architecture competence.
The acquisition was effective from 1 January 2020.
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Given the uncertainty and rapid change caused by the pandemic, Ramboll’s financial performance in 2020 was satisfactory.
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Ramboll competitors
| Company name | Founded date | Revenue | Employee size | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atkins | 1938 | $2.7B | 18,300 | 43 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group | 1947 | $11.5B | 3,000 | 6 |
| Altair | 1985 | $532.2M | 3,300 | 54 |
| GammaTechnologies | 1994 | $37.5M | 20 | 3 |
| Ohio Aerospace Institute | 1989 | $50.0M | 50 | - |
| Science and Technology | 1979 | $50.4M | 200 | 3 |
| The Aerospace Corporation | 1960 | $970.0M | 3,600 | 233 |
| NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 1958 | $980.0M | 17,373 | 3 |
| Sandia National Labs | 1948 | $3.6B | 8,150 | 201 |
| HERE Holding Corporation | 1985 | $69.0M | 6,500 | 40 |
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