Fluor Unit, Hitachi to Service Pharmaceutical Industry

Fluor Corp. said Thursday that its Fluor Daniel subsidiary has formed a partnership with Hitachi Ltd. of Japan to provide engineering and construction services for pharmaceutical companies relocating or expanding into Asia and Europe.

A particular focus of the new alliance will be Japan’s pharmaceutical industry, which represents $35 billion of the worldwide $250-billion pharmaceutical market.

Hitachi will be principal service provider in Japan for companies coming to that country or expanding from it. Fluor’s role in the partnership is to provide service in the United States and Europe, a spokeswoman said.