Brimmond Group Celebrating its 25th anniversary

2021 has proved a significant year for Brimmond Group, the Aberdeenshire-based provider of hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical and mechanical equipment and services. Celebrating its 25th anniversary, and with a strong track record in the tailor-made design and manufacture of safe and cost-saving machinery for a wide range of client sectors, Brimmond is expanding its team with additional staff and apprenticeships, in response to securing four contract wins totalling £1.75 million, and a strong performance in rental sales throughout the year.

The contracts span a variety of sectors from production and subsea to renewables, and will be delivered in  early 2022. Engineering Director for Brimmond, Tom Murdoch, reflects on the company’s recent journey: “These contract wins come at what we hope is the end of a challenging period for the industry. We’ve been fortunate to weather the effects of the pandemic reasonably well, increasing our turnover and remaining profitable. This is due in no small part to the range and breadth of expertise of our in-house team, and the international reputation they’ve helped us secure for pushing boundaries, being proactive and collaborative – we rely on a long-held history of employing existing technologies in new ways, as well as taking the time to partner with clients to truly understand their brief. Our successful outcomes are anchored in this strategy.”

Custom designing equipment for different regions and scenarios is key to Brimmond Group’s approach, as Tom continues:

“We recently won a repeat order for the design and manufacture of a Mechanically Lined Pipe Hydraulic Pressurisation Unit (MLP HPU). This second generation unit will build on the success of the first MLP HPU. The unit is capable of maintaining a constant pressure within two individual lengths of pipeline up to 8km long, and prevents damage to the pipeline’s alloy liner during spooling operations. The HPU will be permanently installed on one of the largest pipelay vessels currently in operation globally.”

The company is nothing if not versatile, a fact reflected in the variety of recent contract wins:  a recent seven-figure agreement will see them design and manufacture  equipment to assist with converting a jack-up rig into a production platform for use in the Middle East, while other recent projects include providing a 90 Tonne Meter fully foldable, knuckle boom crane to support a diver’s golden gate project in West Africa, and a 44 Tonne Meter knuckle boom crane to increase an aquaculture vessel’s lifting capacity.

Decommissioning remains key to Brimmond’s revenue, but in recognition of the sector’s finite nature the company has already embarked on an ambitious journey towards new sectors and geographies, as Tom explains: “While oil and gas remain pivotal to our core business, diversification is critical as the industry adapts to navigate the energy transition. We’re actively targeting opportunities for sustainable growth in other sectors and pleased to be increasing both our presence and product offering in markets such as renewables, marine and aquaculture.

“One of our most recent wins is a six-figure contract with a renewables client, to oversee fabrication, manufacture and testing of a subsea anchoring ROV. Once completed, one of the ROV’s first operations will be to install anchors to which a tidal platform will be secured, in the Labrador Sea off Newfoundland, Nova Scotia.”

Looking ahead, Brimmond has recently secured a UK distributorship with KAMAT, a global manufacturer of high pressure pumps, which will be a critical component to the company’s continued diversification, both in terms of product offering and new regions. With an established client base spanning the UK, Europe and Africa, Brimmond also has a foothold in the Middle East, having explored further opportunities there during ADIPEC in November. They will also be exhibiting at Offshore Europe and Subsea Expo in February 2022.

The company recently expanded its team with the addition of two apprenticeships and two workshop technicians, and is actively recruiting for three further office-based roles.

“The global demand for our range of specialist equipment has remained high over the last year as our clients have focused on operations and maintenance, and it’s fantastic to be reaching our 25-year milestone with such a variety of projects in the pipeline,” concludes Tom. “We look forward to seeing this trend continue through 2022 and beyond.”

Brimmond Group designs, manufactures, rents and services a range of hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical and electrical equipment. With a team of experts working across the sectors of energy, marine, defence, renewables and decommissioning, the company’s core equipment includes diesel and electric hydraulic power units (HPUs), marine cranes, umbilical reelers, spoolers, flushing units and pump units of all shapes and sizes.

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