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NEWS RELEASE
08 March, 2016
Archetype Group Acquires Asia Pacific Operations of Tebodin
The Archetype Group, a multi-disciplinary construction consultancy, has acquired the Asia-Pacific operations of
Tebodin, a consultancy and engineering company with offices across South East Asia. The agreement was signed on
March 4.
With Tebodin, Archetype Group has found a partner with a services portfolio that is complementary to its portfolio,
strengthening each other’s position in diverse market segments in Asia Pacific. Both companies have a good
footprint in Asia and a deep understanding of the fast changing markets and environment.
Archetype provides architectural and engineering services, project and construction management and cost
management to building and real estate market and to large industrial projects. This acquisition will strengthen
Archetype’s Industrial division and will provide a complementary extension to the company’s activities in Building &
Real Estate and Environment & Infrastructure.
"With the acquisition of Tebodin, we are reinforcing our expertise and market presence in Vietnam, Thailand, India,
Myanmar and Indonesia. This allows us to extend our reach to China, which is in line with our development
strategy," said Pierre-Jean Malgouyres, general director of Archetype Group, based in HCM City.
Tebodin is specialized in engineering and EPCm services and has a strong focus on industrial market segments.
“We are pleased that we have found a strong and developing engineering company for our operations in Asia
Pacific, whose business is highly complementary to ours and will continue to focus on growing the Asia Pacific
region’, says Jürgen von Hollen, CEO of Tebodin B.V. “Our local and international clients who will benefit from the
strengthened expertise and broad coverage in Asia Pacific that Archetype will offer.”
Both companies together will represent a force of over 1,100 employees and is expected to generate an annual
turnover of US$40 million.
About Archetype Group
Archetype Group is a multidisciplinary construction consultancy with a core services portfolio including
Architecture; Urban and Master Planning; Civil, Structural, Mechanical & Electrical engineering; Project &
Construction management. From 17 offices in 13 countries Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, India, Mongolia,
France, Qatar, Indonesia, Myanmar, Kazakhstan and Sri Lanka, Archetype Group delivers a wide scope of projects
ranging from luxury hospitality properties to mixed-use high rises to educational and healthcare facilities to large
scale industrial projects. Archetype is ranked 74th in the Top 100 Architectural firms in the world.
About Tebodin
Tebodin B.V., part of the international engineering and services company Bilfinger SE, is a multidisciplinary
consulting and engineering firm. The company offers independent services to its clients all over the world based on
the knowledge and experience of its 4,200 employees in the following markets: industry, health and nutrition, oil
and gas, chemicals, infrastructure, real estate, energy and environment. Tebodin has a network of around 45
offices in 23 countries. Tebodin has been operating in Asia Pacific since 2002 and has through the years, developed
a network of offices in China, India, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, and Myanmar.
For more information please contact:
Archetype Group:
Amanda Wilson (Group Director of Marketing & Communications): /amanda.wilson@archetype-group.com /
+84 (0) 8 3943 1258
Tebodin:
Brigit Stokman (Director PR): b.stokman@tebodin.com /+31 (0)70 348 07 19
Medochemie Factory – Binh Duong Vietnam, is one of projects that Archetype provided full scope of services.