Archirodon
| Private | |
| Industry | Construction, services |
| Founded | 1959 |
| Headquarters | Dordrecht, Netherlands Athens, Greece |
Key people | N. Theodoridis, CEO |
| Revenue | €1.1 billion (2009) |
Number of employees | 10,000 |
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Archirodon Group NV is a Greek company with headquarters based in Dordrecht, Netherlands and Athens, Greece, that provides services relating to the construction and maintenance of maritime infrastructure and other construction works on an international basis. The main fields of construction work are marine, dredging and land reclamation contractors; heavy contractors for the oil and gas, power and water industries; electromechanical and infrastructure contractors; geotechnical and foundation engineering services.
History
Archirodon Construction company was established in 1959 in the form of a J.V. of the Greek firms ARCHIMIDIS, Greece's foremost marine contractor at that time, and ODON & ODOSTROMATON, a road and bridge construction specialist group. The J.V. started its professional life by building the port of Benghazi in Libya (1961) and subsequently the port of Beirut in Lebanon (1962). Its success soon led it to develop into a major contractor in its own merit, establishing itself in 1971 as ARCHIRODON CONSTRUCTION (OVERSEAS) CO.S.A...