International Contractor J&P(O) Ltd then took its next major step and expanded into the Persian Gulf in the 1970s. Source.
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North Africa and the Middle East
Joannou & Paraskevaides (Overseas) Limited (“J&P(O) Ltd”) was established in 1961 in Guernsey, Channel Islands. In following with the entrepreneurial spirit of its founders, George Paraskevaides and Stelios Ioannou, who gained their experience from operating in the Cyprus construction market since 1941, J&P(O) Ltd su
ccessfully completed its first overseas projects in Libya in the 1960s. During the subsequent decades, J&P(O) Ltd played a leading role in the Persian Gulf’s construction boom completing highways in all types of terrain, tunnels, bridges and flyovers, airports, housing schemes, palaces, luxury hotels, hospitals, universities, commercial buildings, sports and conference centers and complex military projects. This wealth of experience has allowed J&P(O) Ltd to expand and solidify its position as one of the most capable and reliable international contractors operating today in the Middle East and North African region. Oil & Gas and Energy Specialization
During the 1980s, J&P(O) Ltd utilized its growing reputation as a reliable international contractor as a platform to participate in oil & gas and power projects and to date has built up an impressive portfolio of successfully completed projects. To further develop J&P(O) Ltd’s expertise in this sector J&P Energy and Industrial Projects SA was established to provide specialized services for bidding, design, procurement and project support services for oil and gas, energy and industrial projects. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joannou & Paraskevaides, licensed under CC-BY-SA full list of contributors here. Community Pages are not affiliated with, or endorsed by, anyone associated with the topic.
