DCD (company)

DCD (formerly DCD-Dorbyl) is a South African manufacturer and supplier of engineering solutions to the rail, mining & energy, defence and marine sectors.

DCD was originally established in 1946 as DCD Dorbyl (Pty) Limited, a merger of Dorman Long and Vanderbijl Engineering Corporation.[1] It rebranded in 2012 as "DCD". (DCD is not connected with the JSE-listed Dorbyl Limited.)

The company specializes in engineering projects, including rail and military defence vehicle engineering, roller manufacturing, marine engineering and mine engineering.[1][2] The current managing director is Mr Robert King following up from Mr Louis C J Taljaard.[2]

In February 2010, Westinghouse and DCD- Dorbyl announced cooperation on creating a plant for building modules for AP1000 reactors.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Waters, Rebecca (Jun 3, 2009). "Engineering industry leader: Serving diverse clientele throughout the Mining, Rail, Marine and Metallurgical Industries, DCD-Dorbyl has positioned itself as both a national and international engineering leader". Energy Digital. Retrieved February 1, 2011.
  2. 1 2 "DCD-Dorbyl (Pty) Ltd.". Bloomsburg BusinessWeek. Retrieved February 1, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Westinghouse, DCD-Dorbyl to cooperate on AP1000". World Nuclear News. 24 February 2010. Retrieved February 1, 2011.

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