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History of Dando

The roots of Dando Drilling go back to 1867 when the company founders, Mr. Duke and Mr. Ockenden, sank the first tubewell to ensure a clean water supply in Littlehampton, England following a cholera outbreak. In the ensuing years, Dando supplied tubewells for a number of military campaigns and developed and spread their operations globally, supplying drilling services, equipment, waterwells and windmills.

It was during this time that Dando became one of the foremost drilling contractors and drilling rig manufacturers in the world. In 1980 the decision was made to cease the contracting operations in favour of manufacturing, with efforts concentrated on the creation of a range of drilling rigs and equipment that became second to none. Dando is active on every continent, with many rig’s working lives stretching into four decades. Applications for Dando equipment include mineral exploration, waterwell drilling, geotechnical investigation and seismic exploration.

The company’s long history has given Dando the opportunity to accumulate a large body of knowledge and expertise in all areas of the drilling industry. This experience enables Dando engineers to advise customers on selection of equipment and on all aspects of drilling operations. In addition to the supply of cable percussion and modern rotary hydraulic drilling rigs, Dando also offer a comprehensive range of ancillary equipment and services such as commissioning, training and project implementation.

1867
DANDO sank the first Tubewell to ensure a clean water supply in Littlehampton, England, following an outbreak of Cholera.

1868
DANDO supplied Tubewells for Abyssinia (Ethiopia).

1869 to 1914
DANDO operated worldwide, supplying drilling services, equipment, waterwells, windmills and pumps.

1914 to 1980
DANDO became one of the foremost drilling contractors and drilling rig manufacturers in the world. Emphasis gradually moved towards equipment design and manufacture.

1980 to Present Day
Contracting operations ceased in favour of manufacturing. From this time onwards, DANDO concentrated its efforts on the creation of a range of drilling rigs and equipment that became second to none.
The DANDO philosophy of Reliability and Ruggedness, combined with our commitment to continuing development and flexibility of design, ensures that the products supplied are the best and most suitable for the application.

Yobe State Government Invests in Dando Waterwell Rig

A 20,000kgf pullback drilling rig was recently shipped from Dando in West Sussex, UK to Yobe State, Nigeria.
This powerful water well drilling rig is capable of drilling wells to supply many thousands of people with clean, safe, renewable water.

Dando Drilling At Geodrilling 2008

After massive successes in 2005 and 2006, Dando will be attending Geodrilling2008 exhibition to showcase it’s equipment from consumables and equipment to British designed and built drilling rigs. On display will be rigs from the Dando range including the all new MTec 6 Mk2 which, among other changes, features radically new safety guarding and […]

40,000kg pullback drilling rig heading to Costa Rica

The Dando Watertec 40, the largest mobile land based water well drilling rig to be manufactured in the UK for some years has left our factory in Ford, West Sussex. The Watertec 40 bound for Costa Rica features 1200CFM 350PSI XRV12 Atlas Copco compressor, 10″x7 1/2″ Gardner Denver mud pump and a Dando 1000 Power […]

Dando makes progress in UK consumables market

Dando Drilling, the rig manufacturer and equipment supplier increases domestic sales of drilling consumables.

In the last 5 years the breakdown of Dando’s sales has shifted from in excess of 90% outside of the EU to over 30% of business now being conducted in the UK and Europe. Much of this boost in domestic growth is […]

Dando takes the initiative with drilling rig safety.

New control system opens doors for Dando.
From the design office of the UK’s most innovative rig builder comes the new Dando Geotec 10EH. Developed in conjunction with drilling contractor, Soil Mechanics, this machine addresses some of the safety concerns that both our customers and the wider market have voiced recently.
The rig features hydraulically actuated […]

Rigs for Africa

Dando Drilling has supplied and commissioned many dozens of drill rigs of all sizes to many African countries.
Rigs for Africa
There are numerous and profound differences between the equipment required for domestic markets (UK & Europe) and overseas markets (primarily African and other developing countries). This does not mean, however, that machines destined for the developing […]

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