ST Engineering
Global technology, defense, and engineering group headquartered in Singapore
Singapore Technologies Engineering or ST Engineering (ST Engg.) is a Singapore-based multinational technology, defence and engineering group with a diverse portfolio of businesses across the aerospace, smart city, defence and public security segments.
As of 2024, it was the eighth largest company on the Singapore Exchange by market capitalisation. It is a component stock of MSCI Singapore, FTSE Straits Times Index and Dow Jones Best-in-Class Asia Pacific Index. The company is ranked among the top 100 global defence manufacturers by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and Defense News based on defence segment and total revenue respectively.
History
ST Engineering's history stemmed from the foundations of the Singapore defence industry, with the earliest roots being the Chartered Industries of Singapore in 1967. Its origins are linked to several defence-related companies that later became its operational divisions. These notable companies were held under Sheng-Li Holding Company Private Limited (traditional Chinese: 勝利控股公司; simplified Chinese: 胜利控股公司; pinyin: Shènglì kònggǔ gōngsī; Wade–Giles: Shêng-lì K'òng-kǔ K'ung-sī), which was formed on 3 January 1974 to serve as the holding entity for eight defence-related companies of significant interest to Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) through a share exchange with the Minister for Finance (Incorporated). The name was a direct phonic adaption of the Chinese word "胜利" (traditional Chinese: 勝利; simplified Chinese: 胜利; pinyin: Shènglì; Wade–Giles: Shêng-lì), which translates as "victory".
The Singapore Technology Corporation (STC), established in 1983, briefly served as a holding company to consolidate the manufacturing and service capabilities of the ordnance-related companies, with the exception of Bofors-linked joint venture Allied Ordnance Company of Singapore (AOS), which later became a subsidiary of CIS in 1988. Sheng-Li Holding Company was later succeeded as the Singapore Technologies Holdings (SingTech, or ST) on 11 May 1990, through a series of restructure and re-consolidation following the introduction of its new corporate identity and sunburst logo in 1989.
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