SIGNIFICANT EVENTS


JANUARY

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Singapore’s independence, Sembcorp pledges S$10 million over four years to expand and enhance the National Orchid Garden’s temperature-controlled glasshouse at the Singapore Botanic Gardens, where visitors can view rare and beautiful orchids from Asia, the Americas and Africa.

FEBRUARY

Sembcorp is named a top 10 ASEAN company in China by the China-ASEAN Business Council.

Sembcorp acquires a 60% stake in India-based Green Infra for Rs 10.6 billion (approximately
S$232 million). The acquisition triples Sembcorp’s renewable energy capacity and adds solar power capabilities to the company’s portfolio.

MARCH

Sembcorp’s 1,320-megawatt supercritical coal-fired power plant, Thermal Powertech Corporation India (TPCIL), commences its first phase of commercial operation.

Sembcorp announces share subscriptions to increase its stake in TPCIL to 67.4%.

APRIL

Sembcorp is named the Leader in Water Treatment for Industrial Parks at the China Water Industry Annual Awards 2014. The award recognises Sembcorp’s technical, operational and management excellence in providing water and wastewater treatment solutions to industrial parks in China.

Sembcorp grows its renewable power business in China’s Hebei province, commencing operation of a new 48-megawatt wind farm in Jiedijianhe and receiving government approval to build another 150-megawatt wind farm in Laoshibeihe.

Sembcorp divests Sembcorp Bournemouth Water Investment at a gain of approximately S$55 million.

Sembcorp’s Vietnam Singapore Industrial Park and Township Development Joint Stock Co acquires its sixth Vietnam Singapore Industrial Park (VSIP) project, VSIP Hai Duong.

Goh Geok Ling and Evert Henkes retire from the board of Sembcorp Industries.

Sembcorp Marine wins the prestigious Offshore & Marine Engineering Award at the Singapore International Maritime Awards 2015.

Sembcorp Marine’s Sembawang Shipyard secures a S$56 million contract from Teekay to convert a shuttle tanker into a floating storage and offloading (FSO) vessel for deployment in the Norwegian North Sea.

Sembcorp is awarded a project to develop and operate a US$300 million (approximately S$418 million) gas-fired power plant in central Myanmar, marking its entry into the country’s fast-growing energy market.

Sembcorp announces plans to develop a mixed-use development on its Sino-Singapore Nanjing Eco Hi-tech Island. This will include the development of the Nanjing International Water Hub, an industrial office targeted at players in the water industry.

JUNE

Sembcorp Marine wins the Marine & Offshore Engineering Award at the Singapore Business Review Listed Companies Awards 2015.

Sembcorp’s VSIP joint venture establishes its seventh VSIP project in Nghe An province, receiving the business licence and exclusive developer rights from local authorities.

JULY

Sembcorp Marine transforms for the future, unifying its businesses under one brand and announcing its focus on four key capabilities: rigs & floaters; repairs & upgrades; offshore platforms and specialised shipbuilding.

Sembcorp Marine signs a contract worth approximately US$1 billion to build the world’s largest semi-submersible crane vessel for Heerema Offshore Services.

AUGUST

Sembcorp increases its stake in Sembcorp Green Infra to 64.1%.

Sembcorp holds a global corporate social responsibility initiative, Sembcorp Gives Back Day, in celebration of its 20 years in the Utilities business.

The Governance & Transparency Index ranks Sembcorp Industries and Sembcorp Marine as sixth and eighth most transparent companies in 2015, out of 639 listed companies in Singapore.

Sembcorp divests Zhumadian China Water Co for RMB90 million (approximately S$19.5 million).

SEPTEMBER

Sembcorp Marine’s SMOE secures an engineering, procurement and construction contract worth over US$1 billion from Maersk Oil North Sea UK, to build three topsides for the Culzean field development in the North Sea.

Sembcorp’s TPCIL power plant in India commences full commercial operation.

Sembcorp breaks ground for VSIP Nghe An and pledges US$100,000 to improve access to water for villages in the local area under the Sembcorp-VSIP Water Initiative.

Sembcorp partners Singapore’s Economic Development Board (EDB) to launch the country’s first industrial ‘living laboratory’. Under the initiative, Sembcorp will grant technology providers access to its facilities for late-stage test-bedding and co-innovation of water and environmental technologies. It will also jointly invest up to S$8 million with EDB to support the commercialisation of new solutions in these areas.

Sembcorp divests Australian waste management joint venture SembSita Pacific at a gain of
S$353 million.

Sembcorp enters Bangladesh with a project to build, own and operate an approximately
US$390 million (approximately S$547 million) gas-fired combined cycle power plant.

OCTOBER

Nicky Tan joins the Sembcorp Industries board.

NOVEMBER

Sembcorp Marine opens a state-of-the-art steel structure fabrication workshop, the largest of its kind in Southeast Asia.

Sembcorp Marine Rigs & Floaters secures a contract to build an FSO vessel for MODEC Offshore Production Systems (Singapore).

DECEMBER

Sembcorp signs an agreement with Myanmar’s Department of Electric Power Planning for the Myingyan independent power project.

Sembcorp successfully completes a 30 million imperial gallons per day expansion to the desalination facility of its Fujairah 1 Independent Water and Power Plant in the UAE.

Sembcorp forms a joint venture to invest in the 1,620-megawatt Anwen mine-mouth coal-fired power project in Chongqing, China.