Elphinstone Group is an Australian privately held company that manufactures and assembles heavy equipment for the mining industry. It has facilities in Burnie, Tasmania[1] and in Victoria.[3] The corporate group includes the William Adams Caterpillar dealer in Tasmania and Victoria.[4]
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | heavy vehicle manufacture |
| Founded | 1975 |
| Founder | Dale Elphinstone |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Dale Elphinstone |
| Products | mining equipment, explosives delivery trucks[1] |
Number of employees | 2,500[2] (2017) |
| Website | elphinstone |
Operations
editElphinstone Sustainable Energy & Engineering Solutions is a division of Elphinstone Group, formed by the acquisition of Southern Prospect. It provides design, manufacture and installation of electricity generation for remote sites.[5]
Elphinstone was one of the bidders to supply new armoured vehicles to the Australian Defence Force through project Land 400. If successful, the vehicles would have been built in Tasmania.[6] However their vehicle was not selected for phase two of testing by the Department of Defence.[7]
Dale Elphinstone
editFounder, Dale Elphinstone, started his working life as an apprentice at William Adams. He later bought the company.[2] In 2016, Elphinstone was assessed as Tasmania's richest person by net worth[8] and remains so as of 2019.[9]
Dale Elphinstone's brother, Graeme, owns a similarly named company based at Triabunna, on the east coast of Tasmania.[10]
References
edit- ^ a b Durie, John (11 September 2017). "Orica revs up". The Australian. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- ^ a b "Elphinstone Group". Big Picture Tasmania. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- ^ "Corporate profile" (PDF). Elphinstone Group. August 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- ^ "How the Rich Invest: Tasmania's Dale Elphinstone on stock picking". Australian Financial Review. Fairfax Media. 11 January 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- ^ "Elphinstone Sustainable Energy & Engineering Solutions". Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ^ Kempton, Helen (29 June 2016). "Defence contract a game-changer for Burnie on Tasmania's North-West Coast". PerthNow. Seven West Media. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ^ "Down to 2: Land 400 Phase 2 - Australian Defence Magazine". Australian Defence Magazine. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- ^ Hope, Emma (27 May 2016). "Burnie's Dale Elphinstone and Hobart's Bruce Neill feature on latest BRW Top 200 Rich List". The Mercury. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ Ford, Sean (30 May 2019). "Elphinstone tops Tassie wealth list, two more make national cut". The Advocate. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- ^ "Brothers in arms". Australian Forests and Timber. 1 February 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2017.