ECI Group: Our History & Vision
ECI Group’s history can be traced back to 1878, when Henry Simon and François Carves teamed up to implement the latter’s new design for coke ovens under the Simon-Carves name. In the century that followed, Simon Carves was involved in a number of industries including coal washeries, flour milling, sulphuric acid and nuclear power. Simon Carves’ first LDPE plant was built in 1956 for AECI in Sasolburg, South Africa, using ICI autoclave technology. Simon Carves went on to design 67 ICI autoclave lines, and acquired the ICI technology library when ICI exited the polyethylene business.
ECI, Inc. was formed in 1977 by three mutual friends, Dr. Charles Beals (chemical engineer), Mr. Charles Mooney (mechanical engineer) and Mr. Alexander Reddeck (instrument and electrical engineer). The three men set out to provide exemplary engineering and planning services to the petroleum, petrochemical and plastics industries, starting with the local Baton Rouge area and soon servicing clients all over the globe.
In 2016 ECI, Inc. acquired Simon Carves Engineering Limited; and in 2019 the ECI Group was officially established.
Simon Carves’ first LDPE plant built in 1956
Maintaining core values whilst evolving as a global organisation
ECI Group today – and tomorrow
ECI Group has become the world’s most experienced LDPE contractor. We have built plants on six continents for over six decades.
Today, as we embrace new technologies, offer new services, take steps to improve sustainability and rise to meet economic and environmental challenges, our founders’ core values of exemplary engineering and planning still underpin all of our activities – and will continue to do so as we evolve as a worldwide organization.
