# Wood Group buys Amec Foster Wheeler for $2.7 billion

Wood Group agreed to acquire rival Amec Foster Wheeler for $2.7 billion.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2017-03-14
- Value: $2.70B
- Status: announced
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Wood Group](https://endata.com/companies/386.md) (acquirer)
- [Amec Foster Wheeler](https://endata.com/companies/1093.md) (target)

## Sources

- [mining.com](https://www.mining.com/wood-group-buys-rival-amec-foster-wheeler-for-2-7-billion/wood-group-buys-rival-amec-foster-wheeler-for-2-7-billion/), 2017-03-14: "Wood Group buys rival Amec Foster Wheeler for $2.7 billion"

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