Forgacs Marine and Defence, previously Forgacs Group and also simply known as Forgacs, is a major Australian engineering and shipbuilding company. It has facilities in Newcastle, Sydney, Brisbane and Gladstone. The company employs approximately 1000 people.[citation needed]
| Formerly | Forgacs Group |
|---|---|
| Company type | Proprietary company |
| Industry | Maritime engineering |
| Founder | Stephen Forgacs |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | worldwide |
| Products | Ship building, ship repair, heavy engineering |
Number of employees | 1000 |
| Parent | Civmec |
| Website | www.forgacs.com.au |
Forgacs Group acquired Ullman Engineering in 1962. Following this, in 1987, it acquired the Newcastle Floating Dock.[1]
Shipbuilder Carrington Slipways was acquired in 1997, followed by the Cairncross Dockyard facilities in Brisbane in 1999.[1] Cairncross is used for commercial ship repair and includes one of the largest graving docks in Australasia.[2] The dockyard can accommodate ships up to the Panamax sized class.
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Forgacs conducts refit and maintenance work for the Royal Australian Navy, including the repair and extensive conversion of the Kanimbla-class landing platform amphibious (LPA) ships, following their purchase from the United States Navy. Forgacs constructed hull blocks for the Anzac-class frigate and in 2009 they were contracted to build 30 hull blocks for the Hobart-class destroyer being constructed in Adelaide for the Royal Australian Navy.[3]
The company's facilities at the Cairncross Dockyard closed in 2014.[4] On 17 November 2015, Civmec announced that it would acquire Forgacs.[5] Civmec completed the acquisition of Forgacs Group on 2 February 2016[6] and renamed it Forgacs Marine and Defence.
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References
edit- ^ a b "Company Profile". Forgacs Group. Archived from the original on 24 October 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
- ^ "Raytheon, Forgacs push Cairncross yard". Australian Defense Magazine. Yaffa Publishing Group. 10 January 2008. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
- ^ "AWD Alliance selects preferred suppliers for $450m shipbuilding work". AWD Alliance. 9 May 2009. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
- ^ Deutrom, Rhian (2 July 2014). "Jobs to go as historic Brisbane shipyard faces closure next month". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ^ "Civmec targets acquisition of defence business on east coast of Australia" (Press release). Civmec. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- ^ "Civmec's acquisition of Forgacs solidifies way for East Coast expansion" (Press release). Civmec. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
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