Forgacs Marine and Defence (Forgacs), former Forgacs Group, is a major Australian engineering and shipbuilding company. It has facilities at Newcastle, Sydney, Brisbane and Gladstone. The company employs 1000 people.
The Forgacs Group acquired Ullman Engineering in 1962 and in 1987, it acquired the Newcastle Floating Dock.[1]
Shipbuilder Carrington Slipways was acquired in 1997, and 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.
HMAS Ballarat in Forgacs' floating dock at Newcastle.
The company's facilities at Cairncross Dockyard closed in 2014.[4] On 17 November 2015, Civmec announced that it would acquire Forgacs.[5] Civmec completed the acquisition of the Forgacs Group on 2 February 2016[6] and renamed it to Forgacs Marine and Defence.
forgacs, marine, defence, forgacs, former, forgacs, group, major, australian, engineering, shipbuilding, company, facilities, newcastle, sydney, brisbane, gladstone, company, employs, 1000, people, ltdformerlyforgacs, grouptypeproprietary, companyindustrymarit. Forgacs Marine and Defence Forgacs former Forgacs Group is a major Australian engineering and shipbuilding company It has facilities at Newcastle Sydney Brisbane and Gladstone The company employs 1000 people Forgacs Marine and Defence Pty LtdFormerlyForgacs GroupTypeProprietary companyIndustryMaritime engineeringFounderStephen ForgacsHeadquartersNewcastle New South Wales AustraliaArea servedworldwideProductsShip building ship repair heavy engineeringNumber of employees1000ParentCivmecWebsitewww forgacs com auformer Forgacs Group logoThe Forgacs Group acquired Ullman Engineering in 1962 and in 1987 it acquired the Newcastle Floating Dock 1 Shipbuilder Carrington Slipways was acquired in 1997 and 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 HMAS Ballarat in Forgacs floating dock at Newcastle 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 They had 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 Cairncross Dockyard closed in 2014 4 On 17 November 2015 Civmec announced that it would acquire Forgacs 5 Civmec completed the acquisition of the Forgacs Group on 2 February 2016 6 and renamed it to Forgacs Marine and Defence See also edit nbsp Australia portal nbsp Companies portalBAE Systems AustraliaReferences 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 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 External links editOfficial website nbsp This article about an Australian corporation or company is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Forgacs Marine and Defence amp oldid 1124838821, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
