ST Engineering

ST Engineering (Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd) is a vertically integrated engineering group in the aerospace, electronics, land systems and marine sectors. Headquartered in Singapore, the Group reported revenue of $7.86b in FY2019, ranks among the largest companies listed on the Singapore Exchange, and is one of Asia's largest defence and engineering groups. It is a component stock of the FTSE Straits Times Index, MSCI Singapore and the SGX Sustainability Leaders Index. ST Engineering has about 23,000 employees worldwide, and over 100 subsidiaries and associated companies in 46 cities across 24 countries.[3]

Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd
FormerlyChartered Industries of Singapore
TypePublic
SGX: S63
IndustryEngineering, Defense, ICT, Datacenters and System Integration
Founded27 January 1967 (1967-01-27)
HeadquartersSingapore
Key people
Vincent Chong[1]
(President & CEO)[2]
ProductsCommercial and Military Aerospace
Electronics and Infocomm Technologies
Naval and Commercial Shipbuilding
Defence
Land Systems
Revenue$7.86 billion SGD (2019)
$592.67 million SGD (2019)
OwnerTemasek Holdings (50.15%)
Number of employees
23,000 (2016)
SubsidiariesST Kinetics
ST Aerospace
ST Marine
ST Electronics
ST Dynamics
Websitewww.stengg.com

History

ST Engineering's history began with its precursor, the Chartered Industries of Singapore, which was established in 1967 by the newly independent Singaporean government as an ammunition manufacturer. Businesses related to aerospace and shipbuilding were later created and put under the ST umbrella. The ST group of companies went commercial in 1990, setting up its first commercial airframe manufacturing, repair and overhaul facilities in Singapore and the United States. ST Engineering was created in December 1997 as a merger of four listed companies: ST Aerospace, ST Electronics, ST Kinetics and ST Marine. Its shares debuted on the Singapore Exchange on 8 December 1997.[4][5]

Since then, ST Engineering has grown to become one of Asia's largest defence and engineering groups for commercial and defence organisations across multiple industries.[6] In Mar 2007, ST Engineering was ranked 19th in the aerospace & defence industry and 1,661th of 2,000 of the world's largest public companies by Forbes.[7]

Areas of business

ST Engineering is a major player in the defence and military industries. It was ranked Number 53 in the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute's list of the world's top 100 defence manufacturers in 2015.[8] Outside of Singapore, it has sold defence products to over 100 countries,[9] including United States, United Kingdom, Indonesia, Philippines, United Arab Emirates, Brazil, Sweden, India, Thailand and Finland.[10] ST Engineering has a network of over 100 subsidiaries and associated companies in 46 cities spanning 24 countries in the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East.[3]

ST Engineering expanded to the United States in 2001, locating its U.S. headquarters in Herndon, Virginia. It oversees subsidiaries and affiliates throughout the continental US and in Canada. It was known as VT Systems (VTS; formerly known as Vision Technologies Systems) until July 1, 2019, when VTS was disbanded to streamline company operations.[11]

China is also an important market for the Singapore Technologies Engineering group, where it has presence in the aerospace, electronics and land systems sectors and plans to further expand its businesses there, including the marine sector. The group's key operations in China comprise an aircraft MRO facility in Shanghai; an IT software development in Shenzhen and R&D centre in Shanghai; automotive maintenance centres in Guangzhou and Hangzhou; and factories in Beijing and Guiyang to produce specialty vehicles for the construction and mining industries. The group also has representative offices in Beijing, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Chengdu. The group also has representative offices in India and Kazakhstan.

As of March 3, 2014, Capital Group Companies has a 5.5166% shares in ST Engineering.[12]

Core capabilities

ST Engineering offers numerous services and products through its four strategic business areas in aerospace, electronics, land systems and marine transport.[13]

ST Engineering Aerospace
Main article: ST Aerospace

ST Engineering Aerospace provides "total aviation support" to commercial airlines, airfreight operators and military operators.[13] It is the world's largest airframe maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) company, and one of the few with in-house engineering design and development capabilities.[14]

According to ST Engineering, the core capabilities of ST Engineering Aerospace in the aerospace sector include aircraft maintenance and modification, component total support, engine total support, aviation and training services, and aerospace engineering and manufacturing.[13]

ST Engineering Electronics

ST Engineering Electronics is the electronics arm of ST Engineering.[13]

According to ST Engineering, the core capabilities of ST Engineering Electronics include cybersecurity, communications and sensor systems, large-scale systems and software systems.[13][15]

ST Engineering Land Systems
Main article: ST Kinetics

ST Engineering Land Systems handles land systems and specialty vehicles such as the Agrab Mk2 mobile mortar system.[16][13] These have been used in Al Hudaydah by UAE-allied militias

ST Engineering Marine

ST Engineering Marine provides turnkey shipbuilding, ship conversion and ship-repair services. According to ST Engineering, the core capabilities of ST Engineering Marine include project management, in-house ship design, shipbuilding, ship maintenance and repair, and environmental solutions.[13] Shipyards are located in Singapore and Pascagoula, Mississippi.[17]

Manufacture of anti-personnel mines

Originally set up as a weapons supplier for the Singapore Armed Forces, ST Engineering was one of the few companies in the world that continued to manufacture anti-personnel land mines[18] and has been excluded from the Norway State Pension Fund, the New Zealand Superannuation Fund, and the Netherlands' ABP for the "production of weapons that through their normal use may violate fundamental humanitarian principles".[19]

As of 2015, ST Engineering is no longer in the business of designing, producing and selling of anti-personnel mines and cluster munitions or any related key components.[20]

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