AMEC, Vancouver's largest engineering firm, has acquired Chile's largest independent engineering services company.
Santiago, Chile-based CADE-IDEPE provides engineering services to the natural resources, power and process industries throughout South America.
The firm employs 540 people in the region, and the deal enlarges AMEC's presence in the South American market, where it has offices in Santiago and Lima, Peru.
Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.
AMEC, which is headquartered in London, England, employs approximately 18,000 people worldwide. It has offices on every continent in the world.