Brochure - Swanson Industries, INC

DIGGING DEEP TO EXPAND ITS MINING FOOTPRINT

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DIGGING

DEEP TO EXPAND ITS MINING FOOTPRINT

Swanson Industries sees a rich future in Australia, with the world-leading mining business continuing to expand and diversify

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wanson Industries is a worldleading provider of hydraulic cylinder manufacturing, remanufacturing and repair services for mining and mobile industries.

With the global headquarters in the US in Morgantown, West Virginia, Swanson provides a vast array of products and services for several industries globally, including fluid power, mining – open cut and underground – coal

mining, off-highway, and steel.

It also produces hydraulic drilling mining products and mechanical parts and offers machining and plating services from its various sites around the world.

Swanson Australia has been able to benefit from the depth of experience in Swanson WV, and the parent company – which is owned

by AEA Investors LP – recognises the huge potential Down Under.

KEY FACTS ABOUT SWANSON INDUSTRIES • Swanson Plating Company was founded in 1964 • It was renamed Swanson Industries Inc in 1999 • In 2006, Swanson Industries added hydraulic cylinder manufacturing to its services • Swanson Industries’ relationship with international corporations such as Caterpillar Inc. is an example of its global expansion • In 2012, Swanson Industries added AEA Investors as an equity partner in its business

• The partnership allows Swanson to expand and invest in its existing facilities while securing acquisitions that will advance the firm’s position in key global markets • In 2014, Swanson Industries added Jarvie Engineering in Australia to its portfolio of investments • It bought Waratah Engineering in 2016, thus further cementing its Australian footprint

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Mining Equipment Repairs • • • • •

Certified Repair Facility for Ex Equipment C1/Pre-site Entry Audits Electric Motor Repairs, Overhaul & Sales Pump & Gearbox Repairs, Overhaul & Sales On-site Services: Laser Alignment, Condition Monitoring & Thermography, Equipment Removals, Installs, Testing & Commissioning • ISO 9001, ISO 14001 & AS/NZS 4801 Certified

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Emergency Breakdown Service

4 Muir Place Wetherill Park NSW 2164 T: 02 9609 1655

21 Prince of Wales Ave Unanderra NSW 2526 T: 02 4258 8790

E: sales@rotechaustralia.com.au W: www.rotechaustralia.com.au

The coal mining industry is buoyant, being Australia’s second largest export earner, contributing, on average, $40bn a year, and the mines that invested in new capital equipment pre2012 now require renewals, repairs or replacements by law.

The acquisition of Waratah Engineering, formerly trading as Kopex Waratah, based in Argenton in NSW when Swanson Industries bought it in 2016, has been an important one.

With Waratah’s suite of capital equipment and its experience in remanufacturing longwall roof support systems and mobile equipment, the

partnership fulfilled another step in a strategy to be a full-service supplier to the Australian mining markets.

To help the smooth transition, executives moved over to help the process carry out as smoothly as possible.

Waratah’s facility specialises in major, on-the-ground mining machinery like hydraulics cylinders, and other large and complex pieces of kit that can take anywhere from three to seven or eight months to build from start to finish.

Due to the acquisition, the workload capacity has increased by three or four times, and Beal expects to continue

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that trajectory for at least the next two years.

Swanson is looking to expand and diversify its four sites, three of which are in New South Wales – Lambton, Georgetown and Argenton ¬– and one in Mackay, Queensland, even more to become a full-service supplier to the Australian mining markets and beyond.

The site in Lambton, Newcastle, is a mirror image of the one in West Virginia – diverse, and manufacturing multiple cylinders and shafts for various mines. While it doesn’t do the full repair of that equipment, it removes all the parts that need machining, like shafts from molters to build

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up and laser clad. It also does a lot of open cut work and deals with the Tomago aluminium smelter.

Swanson Georgetown Chroming Facilities is an area that is expanding, and being constantly being upgraded.

The business recently outgrew its facility in Glenella and has moved to new premises in Paget, the production hub for mining industry.

One of the new site’s major advantages is a gigantic 2,220 sqm workshop and a 6,700 sqm yard.

It should set a new benchmark with regards to hydraulic cylinder overhauls in Queensland, and there is more opportunity to expand in the territory over the next 18 months, with Swanson planning to diversify in Western Australia as well.

The company is looking to target gold and metalliferous mines, open cut and underground, with Western Australia offering an opportunity to execute this vision.

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MINING

INDUSTRIAL HYDRAULICS

4-26 Verulam Road, Lambton, NSW, Australia, 2299 Tel. +61 2 4941 1000 www.swansonindustries.com

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