Salt Lake City, Utah - 06 December, 2006 - Boart Longyear today announced that it has acquired Prosonic Corporation, a highly successful provider of sonic drilling services in the United States and a number of international locations.
Headquartered in Marietta, OH and employing 250 people, Prosonic operates a diverse fleet of sonic drill rigs for customers in the environmental, water and mining industries. The business is an industry leader in deploying innovative sonic drilling techniques which provide efficient, reliable and high quality drilling services.
The acquisition strengthens Boart Longyear's global ability to offer a wide range of services to customers in the environmental and mining industries with world-class competencies in sonic drilling.
About Boart Longyear
Boart Longyear is a global organization headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah with offices and operations in Asia Pacific, North and South America, Europe and Africa. Boart Longyear is the leading provider of essential drilling services and drilling products for the global mining industry, and also has a substantial presence in drilling for other purposes including water exploration, environmental and oil sands exploration drilling.
Boart Longyear, with 2005 sales of over $1 billion, and 7,000 employees worldwide, has global capabilities, conducting contract drilling services in more than 30 countries, and providing mining products to customers in over 100 countries.
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