December 15, 2015 – Wood Group opens Kuala Lumpur office to supply specialty automation consulting, control and instrument modernizations, greenfield main automation contractor projects, and electrical upgrades to the Asia Pacific market.
Specialty automation consultancy services will include:
- Functional safety
- Fire and gas system life cycle management
- Cyber security management
- Control & safety systems (reliability & availability)
- Alarm management
- Fire & gas mapping studies
- Fire & gas coverage studies
- Training
The expansion of our automation and control capability into the Kuala Lumpur office allows us to further enhance our regional delivery model by providing a strong technical execution base in Malaysia,” stated Mark House, president, Wood Group Mustang Automation and Control. “With the ability to provide services ranging from functional safety consulting through to main automation contracting, we can now provide a broader offering to our clients.”
The Kuala Lumpur team is being led by Harry Bennett and Rahul Gupta, who recently joined the Wood Group Mustang team and bring a wealth of experience in automation and consulting services to their new positions.
With the establishment of automation capabilities in Kuala Lumpur, Wood Group Mustang’s Automation and Control business unit now supports clients globally from 12 countries. It recently also entered the UK manufacturing automation market, most notably for the automotive industry, with the acquisition of Automated Technology Group in September 2015.
Wood Group is an international energy services company with over $7bn sales and operating in more than 50 countries. The Group is built on Core Values and has three businesses – Wood Group PSN, Wood Group Kenny and Wood Group Mustang – providing a range of engineering, production support and maintenance management services to the oil & gas, and power generation industries worldwide.