WESTHILL-based Sub-drill is expanding its head office to assist with “global demand” for its products.
The tool and drilling manufacturer is currently building a new 6900 sqft extension which is expected to be completed by the end of this year.
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It will feature a fully temperature-controlled environment for quality control and testing, and additional coating plant facilities, providing an overall increase in production efficiency.
As part of the development, the firm will be meeting its ongoing mission to lower its carbon footprint by installing a solar panel array on the existing facility.
Jim Inglis, Sub-drill commercial director, said: “The new facility will allow Sub-drill to increase production efficiency across its range of products.
“The additional space for stock and a second coating plant will give us the capacity to maximise production in a safe and regulated environment.
“Interior temperature-controlled zones and an exterior solar panel array, help to established Sub-drill’s carbon neutral vision for the future.”
Last year, Sub-drill achieved a world-first by qualifying a Sub-X subsea wellhead and BOP gasket with silver plating to API 6A PR2 including Annexe F. The company said it’s the only fully qualified metal to metal subsea wellhead and BOP subsea gasket technology in the world to date.
