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| Company type | Private Employee-owned corporation |
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| Industry | Engineering and management consultancy |
| Founded | 1955 |
| Headquarters | Mississauga, Ontario |
Area served | Canada, Australia, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, Mexico, India, China, Russia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, and New Caledonia. |
Key people | John Bianchini (Chairman and CEO) |
| Services | Engineering and management consultancy |
Number of employees | 10,000 (2023) [1] |
| Website | www |
Hatch is a global multidisciplinary management, engineering and development consultancy. Its group companies have more than 10,000 staff in 70+ offices. In 2015, Hatch was ranked as a top 20 International Design Firm according to the Engineering News-Record (ENR) rankings.[2]
The company was founded in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, by W.S. Atkins as W.S. Atkins & Associates in 1955. The company initially was involved in subway tunneling and other civil engineering projects, and expanded into metallurgy when Gerry Hatch joined the company in January 1958 as president.[3] Over the next decade, the company grew from five employees to 60.[4] He purchased the company in 1962, renaming It Hatch.[5]
Hatch counts among its metals clients the top 20 (as measured by market capitalization) mining and metals companies in the world, including Alcan, Alcoa, BHP, Barrick Gold, BlueScope, Glencore (and predecessor Falconbridge), Vale (and predecessor Inco) and Rio Tinto.
Hatch retired as president in 1988 and as chairman in 1990.[3] In 1996, the company began an expansion program by purchasing several aligned engineering companies including Billiton Engineering (1996), Rescan Mining (1998), BHP Engineering (1999), Kaiser Engineers (2000), Acres International (2004),[6][7] and MEK Engenharia (2012).[8] By 2005 the combined billing of the company was around CDN $700= million.[9]
Hatch today provides consulting, operations support, technologies, process design, and project and construction management to clients in three principal sectors: mining and metals; energy; and infrastructure.
The company's main offices are in Canada, Australia, South Africa, Chile, China, Brazil, Peru, United Kingdom, and United States. They also have several smaller offices around the globe.
On November 1, 2020, Hatch acquired LTK Engineering Services – a global engineering firm in the rail transportation sector.[10][11]
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- ^ "The 2016 Top 225 International Design Firms 1-100". Enr.com. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ^ a b "GERALD HATCH Obituary (2014) - Toronto, ON - Toronto Star". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
- ^ Masse, Bryson (February 25, 2016). "Gerald Hatch's global impact | The Channel". ingeniumcanada.org. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
- ^ "Hatch celebrates 65 years - Canadian Consulting EngineerCanadian Consulting Engineer". Canadian Consulting Engineer. 2021-03-05. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
- ^ Saunders, John (June 18, 2004). "Venerable Acres International bought by larger Ontario rival". The Globe & Mail. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
- ^ "Acres International becomes Hatch Acres". Canadian Consulting Engineer. August 3, 2005. Archived from the original on January 23, 2017. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
- ^ Joining forces to potentialize the Brazilian and Latin American power market. Retrieved 3 September 2013
- ^ "How it all began 50 years ago". Archived from the original on 2014-07-29. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
- ^ "LTK | Hatch and LTK Join Together to Form Top Rail and Transit Solutions Provider". Ltk.com. November 1, 2020. Archived from the original on December 1, 2020.
- ^ Luczak, Marybeth (2 November 2020). "Hatch, LTK Complete Merger". Railway Age.