Dando Drilling

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Dando Drilling International Ltd.

Type	Limited
Founded	1867
Headquarters	Littlehampton, United Kingdom
Key people	Martin Fitch-Roy (Managing Director), Adrian Scott (Overseas Sales Director), Erik Dalley (Operations Director), Mark Simpson (Works General Manager)
Industry	Manufacturing
Products	Land based drilling rigs and equipment.
Employees	46
Website	http://www.dando.co.uk

Dando is a British manufacturing company founded in 1867. It manufactures and supplies drilling rigs and equipment. The Name "D.AND.O" is a contraction of the names "Duke AND Ockenden". In 2000 and 2003 Dando won a Queen's Award for Enterprise.

Dando manufacture and sell a range of drilling rigs for land based drilling including:

- Waterwell drilling rigs
- Site investigation drilling rigs
- Mineral exploration drilling rigs
- Geotechnical and environmental survey drilling rigs

Dando also manufacture or supply a very large range of ancillary tooling, equipment and consumables.

[edit] Company history

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

1868: Supplied Tubewells for Abyssinia (Ethiopia).

1869 to 1914: Operated worldwide, supplying drilling services, equipment, waterwells, windmills and pumps.

1914 to 1980: Emphasis gradually moved towards equipment design and manufacture.

1980 to 2005: Contracting operations ceased in favour of manufacturing. From this time onwards, Dando concentrated its efforts on the creation of a range of drilling rigs.

2006 Acquisition of primary manufacturing subcontractor Southern Drilling Services, based nearby in Ford, near Arundel (press release).