Domestic firms share out Spanish desal contracts
- From: Vol 7, Issue 8 (August 2006)
- Category: General
- Region: Europe
- Country: Spain
- Related Companies: Acciona Agua, Aguas de Barcelona, Aqualia, Befesa, Cadagua, Degrémont (Suez), Drace, Dragados, Ferrovial, IDE Technologies, Romymar, Sacyr, Sadyt and Veolia
Degrémont is the only foreigner to gatecrash the party as Acciona, Cadagua, Sadyt, Befesa and Aqualia are all rewarded.
The Spanish desalination sector’s domination of its home market was amply confirmed with the announcement of the winning bids for the contracts on four major plants in the government’s Agua desalination programme. All went to consortia with strong local connections. None went to the lowest bidder.
Acciona Agua (the result of the fusion between Pridesa and Infilco) won ...
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