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| Type | Limited |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1867 |
| Headquarters | Littlehampton, United Kingdom |
| Key people | Martin Fitch-Roy (Managing Director), Adrian Scott (Overseas Sales Director), Erik Dalley (Operations Director), Mark Simpson (Works General Manager) |
| Industry | Manufacturing |
| Products | Land based drilling rigs and equipment. |
| Employees | 46 |
| Website | http://www.dando.co.uk |
Dando is a British manufacturing company founded in 1867. It manufactures and supplies drilling rigs and equipment. The Name "D.AND.O" is a contraction of the names "Duke AND Ockenden". In 2000 and 2003 Dando won a Queen's Award for Enterprise.
Dando manufacture and sell a range of drilling rigs for land based drilling including:
- Waterwell drilling rigs
- Site investigation drilling rigs
- Mineral exploration drilling rigs
- Geotechnical and environmental survey drilling rigs
Dando also manufacture or supply a very large range of ancillary tooling, equipment and consumables.
Company history
1867: DANDO sank the first Tubewell to ensure a clean water supply in Littlehampton, England, following an outbreak of Cholera.
1868: Supplied Tubewells for Abyssinia (Ethiopia).
1869 to 1914: Operated worldwide, supplying drilling services, equipment, waterwells, windmills and pumps.
1914 to 1980: Emphasis gradually moved towards equipment design and manufacture.
1980 to 2005: Contracting operations ceased in favour of manufacturing. From this time onwards, Dando concentrated its efforts on the creation of a range of drilling rigs.
2006 Acquisition of primary manufacturing subcontractor Southern Drilling Services, based nearby in Ford, near Arundel (press release).
Product
 A Duke and Ockenden drilling machine from the 1860s |
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