United Envirotech

United Envirotech, Ltd. (UE;[1] UEL)[2] is a Singapore-based company focused on environmental engineering and consulting solutions.[1] Founded in 2003 by Lin Yucheng and Goh Ching Wah,[1] the company went public in 2004 and is listed on the Singapore stock exchange (UENV) and traded in the United States and Germany.[3][4]

United Envirotech, Ltd.
Traded asSGX: UENV
Industry
Founded2003 (2003)
Founders
  • Lin Yucheng
  • Goh Ching Wah
OwnersKKR (~30%, 2015)
Websiteunitedenvirotech.com

In 2014 and 2015, news reports indicated that investment firms CITIC Group and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts were jointly seeking to acquire a controlling interest in the company through a newly created joint venture company, tentatively named "CKM".[5][6]

Ownership

As of 2015, investment company Kohlberg Kravis Roberts owned about 30% of the company based on stock holdings.[6]

Corporate governance

As of 2015, the chairman and chief executive officer of the company was co-founder Lin Yucheng.[2]

Facilities

In 2015, UEL was reported to be constructing a 100,000 litre/day capacity industrial wastewater treatment facility to serve (and with investment from) a petrochemical industrial park situated at the start of the West–East Gas Pipeline in Luntai County, Xinjiang, China.[2]

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References
  1. Wong, Raymond Sin-Kwok, ed. (2008). Chinese Entrepreneurship in a Global Era. Chinese Worlds. Routledge. Lin Yucheng. ISBN 9781134043019 – via Google Books.
  2. Staff (7 Apr 2015). "UEL to build industrial wastewater treatment plant in China". Waste/Water Processing (reprint from Process. Mag.).
  3. Tan, Chwee Huat (2005). "11. The Capital Market". Financial Markets and Institutions in Singapore. NUS Press. p. 229. ISBN 9789971693145 – via Google Books.
  4. "United Envirotech Ltd". Bloomberg Business. Bloomberg. Retrieved 7 Apr 2015.
  5. Koh, Joyce; Chan, Cathy (12 Nov 2014). "Citic, KKR Offer S$1.2 Billion to Purchase United Envirotech". Bloomberg News.
  6. Venkat, P. R. (4 Mar 2015). "CITIC, KKR Make Formal Offer to Buy Shares of United Envirotech". Dow Jones Business News.
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