HINDUSTAN DORR-OLIVER LIMITED

HDO has acquired Sheffield based Heavy Engineering concern DavyMarkham

01 March, 2010

HDO has acquired Sheffield based Heavy Engineering concern DavyMarkham. The requisition provides HDO an entry into the Heavy Engineering Space.

DavyMarkham are a 180 year old manufacturing company based in Sheffield, UK and are involved in the design, manufacture and assembly of large equipment used in the mining, quarrying, power generation, oil, gas and nuclear sectors. They service international markets with tunneling and mine hoisting equipment, and also undertake the machining of individual components weighing up to 350 tones. The company has utilized it's expertise across a wide range of industries including mining, quarrying, power generation, oil, gas and nuclear.

In the mining industry DavyMarkham have supplied more than 300 hoists across the world for a variety of environments from the sub-zero winters of Northern Canada to the tropical temperatures found in the gold coast of Ghana. A current mining contract will see the design, manufacture and installation of one of the largest and deepest mine hoists in North America.

Over the years, DavyMarkham has made a significant impact on worldwide engineering and manufacturing, it has supplied the largest-ever steel mill stand for China, tower saddles for suspension bridges in Hong Kong and San Francisco, cutter heads for a variety of tunnelling projects including Niagara Falls hydroelectric project, railroad tunnels in China and an irrigation project under a tiger reserve in India.

Within the United Kingdom it has worked on such landmark projects as the Channel Tunnel, London's Heathrow Airport Control Tower, Thames Barrier and Underground tunnels, Gateshead Millennium Bridge and British Coal mine winders.

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