Boart Longyear Expands Service Network Locations

Boart Longyear Expands Service Network Locations

Boart Longyear’s new Utah parts and service center, shown here, will enable a higher level of support for
the company’s customers in the western U.S

Drilling products and services provider Boart Longyear opened a new parts and service center in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, in early October. The new facility, accord-ing to the company, will provide aftermar-ket equipment support for Boart Longyear’s third-party customers in the mining indus-try through technical support, repair and rebuild services, preventive maintenance, and training programs. The 20,000-ft² (1,858-m^{2) facility includes a 15,000-ft²
shop and 5,000 ft²
of office space.
The Salt Lake City location was chosen
for a parts and service center due to the
large number of customers in the area. “By
opening the Salt Lake City location, we are
better able to service the mining industry
in the Great Basin region of the U.S.,” said
Michael Norris, senior manager of after-market products.

Boart Longyear said it has recognized
the need to have the right spare parts and
services available in more convenient
regional locations. Expansion of their parts
and service centers globally, along with an
enhanced global distribution network,
allows regional centers to service Boart
Longyear rigs faster than before.

The Salt Lake City location adds to the
existing parts and service centers in
Adelaide, Australia and Nottingham,
United Kingdom. Global expansion of Boart
Longyear parts and service centers also
includes the further development of the
North Bay, Ontario and Lima, Peru markets.
Facilities at those locations will be upgrad-ed to full-capacity parts and service cen-ters. The company said it also plans to open
new parts and service centers in Santiago,
Chile; Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Johannes-burg, South Africa; and Khabarovsk,
Russia, by the first quarter of 2013.

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