Technology News
40
N
ovember
2014
Mirage Machines boosts manufacturing
capability with UK HQ expansion
ENERGY sector portable machine tool
specialist Mirage Machines, an Acteon
company, has invested a six figure sum
in the expansion of its headquarters
in Derby, UK, as it responds to
continuously rising demand for its pipe
cutting and flange facing technology.
Mirage Machines has acquired new
office premises of 5,000ft
2
adjacent to
its existing engineering headquarters,
to facilitate the extension of its
manufacturing and service operations
workshop to 17,000ft
2
.
The
site
includes
full-scale
technology engineering, fabrication,
maintenance and R&D departments
producing machines used across
the international oil and gas, and
petrochemical
industries.
Mirage
employs more than 40 people, and
up to six new jobs are expected to
be created as the company targets
a trebling of its annual turnover by
2016.
It works in partnership with operators
and service companies in oil and gas,
as well as universities, to develop
bespoke on-site machining technology
and solutions, including pipe cutting
and flange facing, subsea diamond wire
cutting and hot-tapping equipment.
Richard Silk, managing director of
Mirage Machines, said: “International
demand is a key driver for the ongoing
expansion of our UK premises, and
the extension to our operational
headquarters in Derby is a natural step
to ensure we have capacity to respond
to consistent demand.
“We have ramped up our
manufacturing operations to meet
that demand for our machines in
E&P, maintaining our reputation for
producing technology of the highest
quality, with performance and reliability
the cornerstones of our business.
“Expanding our staff will be a key
element of pushing the growth of the
business forward – our core team of
engineering specialists have decades
of experience and are continuously
working to refine and improve each
product, and achieve success with
bespoke solutions for our clients.
“They are dedicated to delivering
machines which provide consistent,
pin-point accuracy in all environments,
improving the efficiency of our clients’
operations, reducing down-time while
ensuring the integrity of safety-critical
infrastructure on and offshore.”
Mirage Machines designs and
manufactures
technologies
for
applications including drilling and
tapping, flange facing, hot tapping and
line stopping, line boring, milling and
gantry milling, orbital milling; and pipe
and casing cutting.
Mirage was founded in 1993
and employs specialist engineers,
machinists and support staff at its
industrial manufacturing and service
base. Acquired by Acteon in 2006, the
business is certified to ISO 9001:2008
standard.
Mirage Machines
– UK
Website:
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Mirage Machinery’s
Derby, UK workshop
