Netherland Indies Gas Company
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The Netherland Indies Gas Company (Nederlandsch Indische Gasmaatschappij (NIGM) was a business in the Dutch East Indies, Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles. It was founded on 10 December 1863 in the Dutch East Indies and expanded to Suriname (1908) and Curaçao (1927).
As of the World War II era, the company operated 11 gas plants and 33 power plants. The company became Overseas Gas and Electric Company, Dutch: Overzeese Gas- en Electriciteitsmaatschappij (OGEM) as of 1950. Indonesia nationalized the business in 1954. Operations in Suriname were nationalized in the 1970s. Curaçao operations were nationalized in 1977.
The company diversified into trading and construction with acquisitions. In 1959 the electrical installation company Croon & Co Klaas Fibbe was purchased. In 1963, Wolter & Dros.
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