Boart Longyear’s global footprint currently consists of 11 manufacturing facilities, located in Australia, Canada, China, Germany, Poland, South Africa and the United States. The Company has signifi cantly increased its capacity to meet the growing demand for its products as displayed below.
The Products division has a global sales network with 38 sales offi ces in 22 countries in addition to its manufacturing operations.
The Products division has recently undertaken three major restructuring projects, generating significant annual savings. These restructuring measures are focused on reducing the facility footprint, increasing scale efficiencies and returning focus to Boart Longyear’s core drilling-related products offering.
Boart Longyear has established low cost manufacturing facilities in Wuxi, China and Wroclaw, Poland. These production facilities are primarily responsible for production of high volume, standardised products, and have sufficient capacity for production to be expanded in the future.
Production of sophisticated assembly products continues to be undertaken regionally depending on the drilling and geological requirements of the region. For example, dual purpose core drilling/ dual tube reverse circulation drill rigs for use in the iron ore industry are manufactured in Perth, Western Australia.
