Dickinson Group of Companies is pleased to announce the incorporation of DGC AFRICA, a subsidiary that focuses on the Group’s African Operations.
DGC AFRICA’s Vision is to be the Leading Asset Integrity Management & Industrial Solutions company in Africa.
DGC COMPANY RATIONALE & ETHOS
Dickinson Group of Companies was founded in 1910 and has more than 90 years’ experience in providing specialist furnace and industrial services to the mining, metals smelting, mineral processing, power generation and petrochemical refining industries. The company has been notably involved with numerous furnace projects and shutdowns on the metals smelting and process plants of industrial companies throughout sub-Saharan Africa and globally. DGC is a leading service provider to large, global, diversified minerals and metals companies. The company works in close partnership with its customers. The company undertakes this with a wide range of high quality, niche products and services, which are underpinned with superior technical expertise, delivery performance, and customer service. DGC’s products and services integrates custom made solutions with internationally sourced and market leading technologies.
DGC TODAY
DGC’s Purpose is to help our industrial customers optimising their maintenance costs and improving plant performance, by providing innovative solutions to enhance the service life of their operating assets. DGC has since the date it was founded in 1910 over the past 110-years been a professionally managed family-owned business. The company has evolved over the past century from its solid reputation as a leading furnace and industrial services company, providing high added value solutions, mainly in the following sectors: mining & metallurgy, glass, mineral processing and manufacturing industries. DGC's vision is to be a leading asset integrity management and industrial solutions company. We focus on helping our large industrial customers optimising their maintenance costs and improving plant performance, by providing innovative solutions together with our market leading technologies to enhance the service life of their operating assets.
DGC STRATEGIC DIRECTION
DGC has the ambition to build a sustainable diversified industrial group. We have therefore moved away from the cyclical nature of our project related activities and developed our business model to focus on providing services for industry and building a strong international presence. DGC's key markets include Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East, Russia and other CIS Countries. The company's vision is to be recognised as the global leading asset integrity management and industrial solutions company, based on providing innovative solutions and market leading technologies, while continuing our leadership in selected geographic regions. We strive to be customer centric and show our customers how the development of our products, services and solutions portfolio, our geographic presence and our daily performance help to improve our response to their requirements, while applying an operational excellence approach.
DGC STRATEGIC ORIENTATION
DGC is a solid group, primarily because we have managed to generate diversified and recurring revenues. This forms the reliable foundation that we wanted for our continued development, in order to satisfy our customers and shareholders as well as to reassure our employees. This was made possible by three factors:
International presence particularly in key markets including sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East, Russia and other CIS Counties,
A balanced sales mix spread over different business sectors,
And, in terms of services, the deliberate choice to position ourselves within the next five years to derive a significant part of our turnover by recurrent multidisciplinary asset integrity management contracts, providing us with the resilience required to maintain the stability of our activities in the medium and long term.
Furthermore, we are consolidating our multi-disciplinary leading position in the industry by developing synergies between our various subsidiaries, including our furnace and industrial services, asset integrity management, industrial products and solutions. This results in cost savings and organic growth through joint actions between our subsidiaries, creating maximum value for our customers.
DGC AFRICA'S STRATEGIC FOCUS
DGC is a solid group, primarily because we have managed to generate diversified and recurring revenues. This forms the reliable foundation that we wanted for our continued development, in order to satisfy our customers and shareholders as well as to reassure our employees. This was made possible by three factors:
International presence particularly in key markets including sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East, Russia and other CIS Counties,
A balanced sales mix spread over different business sectors,
And, in terms of services, the deliberate choice to position ourselves within the next five years to derive a significant part of our turnover by recurrent multidisciplinary asset integrity management contracts, providing us with the resilience required to maintain the stability of our activities in the medium and long term.
Furthermore, we are consolidating our multi-disciplinary leading position in the industry by developing synergies between our various subsidiaries, including our furnace and industrial services, asset integrity management, industrial products and solutions. This results in cost savings and organic growth through joint actions between our subsidiaries, creating maximum value for our customers.
DGC AFRICA'S SERVICES
DGC AFRICA focuses on helping our industrial customers to optimize their maintenance costs and improve their plant performance by providing innovative solutions, together with our marketing leading technologies to enhance the service life of their operating assets. The company’s range of specialist services are listed below:
Wear and Abrasion Protection Services
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SERVICES
ASSET & RISK MANAGEMENT DIGITIZATION SOLUTIONS
COMPETITIVE STRENGTHS
DGC AFRICA has an impressive range of inherent strengths that continue to ensure its success in the industry. These are:
An established client base among major international mineral-exploration, mining, metals smelting and mineral processing companies;
A strong and established reputation in the market;
A focus on providing specialist services to the major international mining, metals smelting, mineral processing and large manufacturing industries;
Being globally one of the few businesses providing a niche range of specialised asset integrity management and industrial solutions;
A client base with operations in a range of commodities and locations;
Extensive experience and expertise in specialised furnace, industrial and mining services;
High barriers to entry in the industry;
A strong emphasis on safety and training;
A highly experienced, stable, senior management team that is commitment to the expansion and success of the Dickinson Group of Companies, as one of the world’s leading specialist service providers to the mining, metals smelting and mineral processing industries;
The employment of in-house skills in the form of dedicated full-time employees; and
Established strategic alliances with leading technology partners from countries around the globe. Technologies include – Endoscopy & Infrared Thermography, Advanced Energy Projects, Refractory Armour Systems, Stud Welding Technology, Asset Management, Advanced Analytics Solutions, Analytics Software Platform, High-Pressure Water Jet Technology, Rotary Kiln & Mill Services, Fibreglass Reinforced Plastic (FRP) Systems and Wear & Abrasion Protection Solutions.
DGC AFRICA is customer centric with the adoption of our group-wide "One Personalised Solution", underpinned by our range of high-quality niche services, with our superior technical expertise, delivery and customer service.
