LIMA, Peru--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Graña y Montero S.A.A. (NYSE: GRAM) (BVL: GRAMONC1) (“the Company” or “Graña y Montero”), the largest engineering and construction company in Peru, announced it has been awarded the “Best Managed Company in Latin America” by Euromoney’s Annual Best Managed Companies in Latin America Survey 2014. This is the first time a Peruvian Company is recognized as the “Best Managed Company Overall.”
In addition to this award, Graña y Montero has won in the following categories:
- Best Managed Company in Peru
- Best Managed Company in the Construction & Cement Sector in Latin America
- Most Transparent Accounts
This survey is the most prominent conducted by Euromoney magazine, recognizing corporations in Latin America. It rewards those companies with the most convincing and coherent business strategies in the region, by industry and country. The ranking is based on a survey of market analysts at leading banks, consultancy firms and research institutes focused on Latin America. Respondents were asked to nominate the top five listed companies in each of the main survey categories, bearing in mind market strength, profitability, growth potential, quality of management and earnings. The full results of these rankings and the survey methodology are available at www.euromoney.com and in the March 2014 edition of Euromoney magazine.
About Graña y Montero S.A.A.
Founded in 1933, Graña y Montero is the only Peruvian engineering and construction company listed on the Lima Stock Exchange since 1997 and now also the NYSE. The Company has participated in the development of major engineering and construction projects in Peru, including large-scale, complex projects in the energy, mining, construction and real estate sectors.
With 80 years of operations, the Company has leveraged its engineering and construction expertise into complementary lines of business, such as the development, ownership, operation and maintenance of infrastructure assets, real estate developments, and the provision of technical services. The Company has significant investments in infrastructure concessions, such as three toll roads and Line 1 of the Lima Metro.
The Company has also executed several projects outside Perú, and has acquired three companies in Chile: DSD Construcciones y Montajes, an engineering and construction company specialized in providing services to the energy, oil and gas, cellulose and mining sector in Chile and Latin America; Vial y Vives, a construction company specialized in the mining sector, and CAM, which is specialized in electric services, with operations in Chile, Peru and Colombia.
