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BRIMMOND GROUP CELEBRATING ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY 2021 has proved a significant year for Brimmond Group, the Aberdeenshire-based provider of hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical and mechanical equipment and services. Celebrating its 25th anniversary, and with a strong track record in the tailor-made design and manufacture of safe and cost-saving machinery for a wide range of client sectors, Brimmond is expanding its team with additional staff and apprenticeships, in response to securing four contract wins totalling £1.75 million, and a strong performance in rental sales throughout the year.
“One of our most recent wins is a six-figure contract with a renewables client, The contracts span a variety of sectors from production to oversee fabrication, manufacture and testing of a subsea anchoring ROV. and subsea to renewables, and will be delivered in early Once completed, one of the ROV’s first operations will be to install anchors to 2022. Engineering Director for Brimmond, Tom Murdoch, which a tidal platform will be secured, in the Labrador Sea off Newfoundland, reflects on the company’s recent journey: “These contract Nova Scotia.” wins come at what we hope is the end of a challenging period for the industry. We’ve been fortunate to weather Looking ahead, Brimmond has recently secured a UK distributorship with the effects of the pandemic reasonably well, increasing our KAMAT, a global manufacturer of high pressure pumps, which will be a critical turnover and remaining profitable. This is due in no component to the company’s continued diversification, both in terms of small part to the range and breadth of expertise product offering and new regions. With an established client base of our in-house team, and the international spanning the UK, Europe and Africa, Brimmond also has a foothold reputation they’ve helped us secure for in the Middle East, having explored further opportunities there One of our most pushing boundaries, being proactive and during ADIPEC in November. They will also be exhibiting at recent wins is a sixcollaborative – we rely on a long-held Offshore Europe and Subsea Expo in February 2022. figure contract with a history of employing existing technologies in new ways, as well as taking the time to The company recently expanded its team with the addition of renewables client, to partner with clients to truly understand two apprenticeships and two workshop technicians, and is oversee fabrication, their brief. Our successful outcomes are actively recruiting for three further office-based roles. manufacture and testing anchored in this strategy.” of a subsea anchoring “The global demand for our range of specialist equipment has Custom designing equipment for different remained high over the last year as our clients have focused on ROV. regions and scenarios is key to Brimmond operations and maintenance, and it’s fantastic to be reaching our Group’s approach, as Tom continues: 25-year milestone with such a variety of projects in the pipeline,” “We recently won a repeat order for the design and concludes Tom. “We look forward to seeing this trend continue through manufacture of a Mechanically Lined Pipe Hydraulic 2022 and beyond.” Pressurisation Unit (MLP HPU). This second generation unit will build on the success of the first MLP HPU. The Brimmond Group designs, manufactures, rents and services a range of unit is capable of maintaining a constant pressure within hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical and electrical equipment. With a team of two individual lengths of pipeline up to 8km long, and experts working across the sectors of energy, marine, defence, renewables and prevents damage to the pipeline’s alloy liner during spooling decommissioning, the company’s core equipment includes diesel and electric operations. The HPU will be permanently installed on one of hydraulic power units (HPUs), marine cranes, umbilical reelers, spoolers, flushing the largest pipelay vessels currently in operation globally.” units and pump units of all shapes and sizes. The company is nothing if not versatile, a fact reflected in the variety of recent contract wins: a recent sevenfigure agreement will see them design and manufacture equipment to assist with converting a jack-up rig into a production platform for use in the Middle East, while other recent projects include providing a 90 Tonne Meter fully foldable, knuckle boom crane to support a diver’s golden gate project in West Africa, and a 44 Tonne Meter knuckle boom crane to increase an aquaculture vessel’s lifting capacity. Decommissioning remains key to Brimmond’s revenue, but in recognition of the sector’s finite nature the company has already embarked on an ambitious journey towards new sectors and geographies, as Tom explains: “While oil and gas remain pivotal to our core business, diversification is critical as the industry adapts to navigate the energy transition. We’re actively targeting opportunities for sustainable growth in other sectors and pleased to be increasing both our presence and product offering in markets such as renewables, marine and aquaculture.
Brimmond Group and Rigrun Europe are a collective of experienced organisations, which deliver innovative, bespoke and integrated solutions for any hydraulic, mechanical and electrical need. Contact us on 01467 633 805 or email sales@brimmond-group.com
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