aid: cdi-corp url: >- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cdi-corp/refs/heads/main/apis.yml name: CDI Corp tags: - Engineering Services - Technical Staffing - Energy - Chemicals - Project Services - Private Equity Portfolio type: Index image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg access: 3rd-Party common: - type: DomainSecurity url: security/cdi-corp-domain-security.yml - type: Website url: https://www.cdiengineeringsolutions.com/ - type: LegacyWebsite url: https://www.cdicorp.com/ - type: Careers url: https://www.cdiengineeringsolutions.com/careers/ - type: Contact url: https://www.cdiengineeringsolutions.com/contact/ - type: ParentCompany url: https://www.tce.co.in/ - type: PreviousOwner url: https://www.aeroequity.com/investment/cdi-corp/ - type: Wikipedia url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDI_Corporation - type: LinkedIn url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cdi-engineering---oil-gas-&-chemicals - type: Features data: - name: Integrated Engineering Services description: Process, mechanical, civil, structural, electrical, instrumentation, and control engineering across the project lifecycle. - name: Project Support and Procurement description: Project management, procurement, and construction management for capital projects in energy and chemicals. - name: Technical Resourcing description: Short and long-term staff augmentation of skilled engineering and technical professionals for capital project requirements. - name: Multidisciplinary Delivery Centers description: Ten engineering centers delivering downstream and midstream oil and gas, petrochemicals, and infrastructure projects. - name: Sustainability Engineering description: Engineering for battery chemicals, green ammonia, biofuels, advanced recycling, and renewable energy programs. - name: Marine and Drone Services description: Marine engineering plus drone-based inspection and survey services supporting industrial clients. - type: UseCases data: - name: Refinery and Petrochemical EPC description: Engineering, design, and project services for downstream refining and petrochemical facility owners and operators. - name: Capital Project Staff Augmentation description: Provision of contract and contract-to-hire engineering and technical talent to fill capital project teams. - name: Sustainable Process Engineering description: Process and detailed engineering for low-carbon, biofuels, and advanced recycling production facilities. - name: Operating Plant Modernization description: Brownfield engineering, debottlenecking, and unit revamps for existing process industry assets. - type: Integrations data: - name: Tata Consulting Engineers Global Network description: Integration with TCE's 65+ country delivery network as a wholly owned subsidiary trading as Tata Consulting Engineers USA, LLC. - name: Owner-Operator Engineering Frameworks description: Long-term framework agreements with energy and chemicals owner-operators across North America. - type: CorporateHistory data: - name: Founded 1950 description: Founded in Philadelphia in 1950 as Comprehensive Designers, Inc., providing temporary technical services to manufacturing. - name: Renamed CDI Corporation 1973 description: Comprehensive Designers, Inc. changed its name to CDI Corporation in 1973 after diversifying into job placement via Management Recruiters International (1972). - name: NYSE Listing 1988 description: CDI went public on the New York Stock Exchange in 1988 under ticker CDI. - name: Billion-Dollar Revenue 1994 description: By the end of 1994 the company reported over $1 billion in revenue across three core business areas with approximately 3,000 customers. - name: CDI Engineering Solutions Formed 1996 description: CDI Engineering Solutions formed in 1996 through acquisitions of Stubbs, Overbeck & Associates and AWARE Engineering. - name: L.R. Kimball Acquisition 2010 description: CDI acquired L. Robert Kimball & Associates, Inc., a 550-person professional services firm, for architecture and engineering services. - name: Taken Private by AE Industrial Partners 2017 description: In September 2017 AE Industrial Partners acquired CDI Corp via a cash tender offer at $8.25 per share, taking the company private and delisting from NYSE. - name: Belcan Divestiture 2017 description: In December 2017 Belcan Inc., an AE Industrial Partners platform company, acquired CDI's Aerospace and Industrial Equipment business line. - name: Artech Divestiture 2018 description: In October 2018 Artech Information Systems acquired CDI's Talent and Technology Solutions business unit. - name: Gryphon Combination 2018 description: In September 2018 AE Industrial Partners acquired Gryphon Technologies and combined it with CDI Government Services. - name: TranSystems Divestiture 2021 description: In May 2021 TranSystems acquired L.R. Kimball, the architecture and engineering services subsidiary CDI had acquired in 2010. - name: Houston Headquarters 2022 description: CDI relocated its headquarters to Houston, Texas in February 2022 reflecting its post-restructuring focus on energy and chemicals engineering. - name: AE Industrial Partners Exit December 2024 description: AE Industrial Partners realized its CDI Corp investment in December 2024 with the sale of CDI Engineering Solutions to Tata Consulting Engineers. - name: Tata Consulting Engineers Acquisition January 2025 description: On January 1, 2025, CDI Engineering Solutions, LLC became a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Consulting Engineers, now operating as Tata Consulting Engineers USA, LLC. description: >- CDI Corp (CDI Corporation) is a multidisciplinary engineering and technical resourcing firm founded in Philadelphia in 1950 as Comprehensive Designers, Inc., later listed on the NYSE from 1988 to 2017. After being taken private by AE Industrial Partners in September 2017 for approximately $176M ($8.25 per share), AE divested CDI's aerospace business to Belcan (2017), talent and technology services to Artech (2018), and architecture/engineering subsidiary L.R. Kimball to TranSystems (2021), refocusing the remaining CDI Engineering Solutions on integrated engineering, design, project support, procurement, and construction management for the energy and chemicals industries. On January 1, 2025 CDI Engineering Solutions, LLC became a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Consulting Engineers and now trades as Tata Consulting Engineers USA, LLC, headquartered in Houston, TX with 650+ employees across ten engineering centers. CDI Corp has no public developer APIs; the company delivers engineering services and staff augmentation rather than software products. The tagline carried by the operating business is "Quality Results. Sustainable Solutions. Safely Delivered." created: '2026-05-23' modified: '2026-05-23' position: Consuming specificationVersion: '0.19' apis: [] maintainers: - FN: Kin Lane email: kin@apievangelist.com