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Dando Drilling International Ltd. 
Type Limited Industry Manufacturing Founded 1867 Headquarters Littlehampton, United Kingdom Key people Martin Fitch-Roy (Managing Director), Adrian Scott (Overseas Sales Director), Erik Dalley (Operations Director) Products Drilling rigs and equipment. Employees 46 Website www.dando.co.uk Dando is a British company manufacturing and supplying drilling rigs and equipment.
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History
The Company was founded by a Mr Duke and a Mr Ockenden who in 1867 sank the first Tubewell to ensure a clean water supply in Littlehampton, England, following an outbreak of Cholera.[1] The name Dando is a contraction of the founder's names.
In 1868 the Company supplied Tubewells for Abyssinia.[1]
The Company began operating worldwide, supplying drilling services, equipment, waterwells, windmills and pumps. As time went on the emphasis gradually moved towards equipment design and manufacture.[1]
In 2006 the Company acquired Southern Drilling Services, based nearby in Ford, near Arundel.
Operations
A Duke and Ockenden drilling machine from the 1860's
The Company manufactures and sells drilling rigs, drilling tools and associated products:
- Waterwell drilling rigs
- Site investigation drilling rigs
- Mineral exploration drilling rigs
- Geotechnical and environmental survey drilling rigs
It also manufactures or supplies ancillary tooling, equipment and consumables.
References
- ^ a b c Dando: History
External links
Categories:- Companies based in West Sussex
- Geotechnical engineering companies
- Companies established in 1867
- Construction and civil engineering companies of the United Kingdom
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