Founded in 1994, Brownline is built upon the creation of innovative solutions for the drilling industry. It aims to develop tools that are reliable, precise and easy-to-use; it is the best solution to navigate the increasingly complex underground terrain.

Brownline’s Drillguide Gyro Steering Technology is an extremely accurate steering service with many benefits for any HDD drill. This tool does not require any surface cabling or access, it lowers the tolerances and strongly reduces operational risks. Quick set up time, less pulling power required and reduced coating damages are a few of the benefits for your project.
The Drillguide GST is completely modular and can be combined with Brownline's other tools, such as its radar tool for intersects.

The company's people and 20 years of experience are another key to its success. Brownline's people are solution-driven and have a no-nonsense attitude to reaching client goals.
With a proven track record, Brownline has developed tools that meet all the most stringent accuracy requirements. When safety, quality and accuracy are your requirements, Brownline is your solution!

Contact name
Hans Blok
Contact position
Business Development Manager
Phone
+31 6 1396 0481
Mobile
0731 125 262
Address
Australia
Areas serviced
Company name

Fast Fusion manufactures and sells equipment which leverages patented technologies for pipe loading and portable weld cooling of polyethylene (PE) pipe fusions. Fast Fusion's innovations bring improved personnel safety, protection from environment allowing continuation of work in harsh conditions, weld reliability improvements and increased production per hour resulting in significantly lower costs per fusion weld.

Contact name
Patrick Nickles
Contact position
Owner/General Manager
Phone
+1 605 596 6135
Address
US
Areas serviced
Company name

Herrenknecht AG, based Germany, was established in 1977 and is a leading manufacturer of tunnelling equipment. Through innovation and development, Herrenknecht has expanded its equipment range with specialised pipeline installation technologies.

Herrenknecht's horizontal directional drilling (HDD) rigs offer pull forces from 80 to 600 t, a range of HDD tooling including full face hole openers (FFHO) for single-pass large diameter reaming stages, weeper subs and downhole jet pumps.

It offers Direct Pipe® technology, using AVN machine and Pipe Thruster, for single-pass installation of steel pipelines from 20 to 60 inches (508 to 1,524 mm) in difficult ground conditions, sensitive areas, or shore approaches.

Herrenknecht's Pipe Thruster's offer 300 to 750 t push/pull force to assist challenging HDD installations of longer pipelines and larger diameters, or as a pipeline rescue or insertion tool.

Its Pipe Express® method works as a rapid, semi-trenchless, cross country pipeline installation system for 30 to 60 inches(762 to 1,524 mm).

Herrenknecht's E-Power Pipe® technology, using a microtunnel boring machine with jet pump (AVNS) for longer drives in small diameters. First, the AVNS excavates borehole using temporary jacking pipe concept. Second, the rack and pinion jacking frame pulls the prefabricated product pipe.

Contact name
Ben Hayes
Contact position
Sales Manager Australia
Phone
+66 3368 2411
Mobile
+66 8 9814 0117
Address
Germany
Areas serviced
Company name

Maxibor is Australia’s leading provider of horizontal directional drilling (HDD) design and installation services across the gas, rail, water, sewer, road, power, mining, renewables and telecommunications sectors. It has the largest fleet of HDD machinery in Australia with 10 HDD rigs, including two maxi-rigs capable of long-distance (1.5 km) bores at a diameter of up to 1,200 mm. Maxibor has multiple crews that are very experienced in all ground conditions including hard rock and water-charged sand.

Its professional trenchless technology design and engineering services encompass bore alignment plans and profiles, drilling fluid fracture gradient analysis, mechanical analysis of drilling operations and RPEQ certification of the HDD bore design and product pipe installed loads.

The company's crews and equipment can be easily mobilised to anywhere in Australia from its bases in New South Wales and Queensland. David Turner and the senior team are readily available to discuss how Maxibor can collaborate with clients to optimise outcomes on their gas pipeline installation projects.

Contact name
David Turner
Contact position
National Business Development Manager
Phone
(02) 4937 5500
Mobile
0499 375 511
Address
Australia
Areas serviced
Company name

MPC Kinetic is built on the premise of ensuring its clients have the highest level of confidence while its team delivers their project – from concept through to completion.

The company achieves this through effective execution of field-proven, multifaceted construction capabilities that ensure large-scale resource developments are realised and by innovating long-term, highly efficient operation and maintenance solutions. And it’s a successful formula.

MPC Kinetic continues to play key roles in Australia’s largest resource developments and as a result has forged strong, long-term working relationships with most of our country’s leading resource sector companies. The company’s breadth of expertise across the oil and gas, mining, renewable and water sectors is underpinned by two things – understanding and commitment.

MPC Kinetic can deliver positive project outcomes for its clients because it has a strong understanding of development and operational challenges, backing this up with a determined pursuit of innovative solutions that deliver maximum benefit.

Contact name
Glenn Pfluger
Contact position
Communications Manager
Phone
07 3637 0200
Mobile
0407 022 731
Address
Australia

Pipeline Drillers Group is Australia’s largest and most accomplished horizontal directional drilling company (HDD) – it was established in 1999, and currently employs more than 40 skilled employees in the field of trenchless technology.

Company Director John Whitbread has steered the proudly Australian owned and operated company since its inception and has taken the company from its humble beginnings of just two, to 11 directional drilling rigs (ranging from 30 to 500 t of thrust/pull force).

Completing projects across Australia, Pipeline Drillers has established itself as the leading authority in the HDD industry. Based in Brisbane but proficient in mobilising equipment nationwide, Pipeline Drillers caters for the logistics of transporting HDD equipment across state and territory borders.

With the right drill rigs and support equipment to complete any sized project, Pipeline Drillers has a reputation for safe and sustainable operations, combined with our demonstrated successful completion of hundreds of pipeline installations.

Contact name
Paul Tredenick
Contact position
Business Development Manager
Phone
07 33904740
Mobile
0439787593
Address
Australia
Company name

Tapex Industrial supplies geosynthetic products and solutions to the pipeline, civil engineering, landscape and building construction industries. The company provides specialist pipeline solutions in excavation safety, site safety, erosion control, landscaping and revegetation – including signs, coir logs and mats, geotextiles, gabion baskets and hardwood stakes.

Tapex Industrial's DIGSAFE™ Excavation Safety range provides solutions that reduce unintended pipeline and cable strikes – saving utilities money, service disruption and making the community safer. DIGSAFE is the industry expert in excavation safety, with the most comprehensive suite of solutions available in Australasia.

The company's products are used by major gas, telecommunications, electricity and water utility providers. Distributed under the DIGSAFE brand, the range includes global brands: Copperhead® copper clad steel tracer wire systems, Wavelay® detectable tapes, Fairwarning® mesh, 3M® RFID systems, Radio Detection® pipe and cable locators, Overpipe® protection plates and Rhino® marker posts. Tapex has depots and specialists in every state.

Contact name
Michelle Moreira
Contact position
Business Manager- Digsafe
Mobile
0411 104 981
Address
Australia
Areas serviced

German manufacturer TRACTO develops, manufactures and distributes machines and accessories for the underground installation and trenchless renewal of pipelines, applicable to the construction of pipeline networks for water, gas, electricity, telecommunications, district heating, fibre optic networking, pipeline construction and sewage disposal. For more than 20 years, the company's Australian subsidiary has established a reputation to provide reliable trenchless solutions for our customers in Australia, New Zealand and parts of Asia Pacific.

TRACTO also represents fellow German manufacturer Prime Drilling in Australia and New Zealand. Specialising in HDD, Prime Drilling operates worldwide and has over 30 years experience in manufacturing high quality drilling rigs, setting the standard globally. Prime offers tailor-made technology solutions and refined ingenuity with extensive experience to customise equipment designs to maximise the needs of the client.

Along with Prime, TRACTO supports its clients with technical training, preparation and planning from the first concept to onsite execution.

Contact name
Daniel Toms
Contact position
Sales Manager
Phone
(07) 3420 5455
Mobile
0404 699 085
Address
Australia
Areas serviced
Company name

Veris is a market-leading national surveying, digital and spatial and planning business with a track record of providing services to the pipeline, oil and gas industries.

The company is an expert in all stages of development from concept, pre-feasibility, feasibility, front-end engineering design and construction, through to operations and maintenance.

Services include risk management (AS 2885), route selection and ground truthing, data sourcing and collation (heritage, environmental and land services), GIS/Web solutions, topography route and feature surveys, alignment sheets, cadastral surveys, easement creation, ROW/pipeline licensing, construction/facility surveys, as-built surveys, bending, stringing, special crossings and horizontal directional drilling design, 3D laser scanning, sub-surface service location, machine guidance, project CMS and data management.

With a proven track record in both the private and public sector, Veris combines national strength with local knowledge and expertise to ensure the best outcomes for all projects, regardless of size or geographical location.

Contact name
Daryl Broun
Contact position
Section Leader – Engineering Survey
Phone
08 6241 3325
Mobile
0417 937 022
Address
Australia
Areas serviced
Company name

Vermeer Australia is part of Vermeer Corporation’s worldwide dealer network of more than 3,000 team members. Vermeer Corporation, a manufacturer established in Pella, Iowa, in 1948, is a manufacturer of high-quality construction, surface mining, agricultural and environmental equipment.

Vermeer Australia is now part of the RDO Australia Group – a subsidiary of North Dakota-based RDO Equipment Co. Globally, RDO Equipment Co. is the world’s largest John Deere dealer group, with presence in Africa, Australia, Mexico, Russia and Ukraine.

Today, RDO Australia Group comprises of three dealer groups: RDO Equipment Australia (John Deere Construction & Forestry equipment), Vanderfield (John Deere Ag & Turf equipment and related agricultural implements), and Vermeer Australia (Vermeer Industrial products).

Contact name
Jeff Lawson
Contact position
General Manager of Sales
Phone
1300 008 608
Address
Australia

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