In 1999, we set up Brevini Service is an operational division of Brevini Australia. Brevini Service provides after-sales service and support for the expanding number of gearboxes currently in service, installed since the 1970s.

In line with that expansion, we announce the recent re-location of their WA branch and works to the Perth suburb of Bibra Lake.

The purpose-built 1,200 square metre facility is fully equipped with a state-of-the-art workshop and has a 20 tonne crane for lifting use. The warehouse section has more capacity and has an expanded holding of components and parts.

The move allows the Brevini Australia to better serve our customer s'needs in the west, not only for service and spares needs, but also for engineering and design support.

The new address is: 106 Discovery Drive, Bibra Lake WA  6163. Contact numbers are: phone 08 9418 2766 and fax 08 9418 4277.

I am happy to announce to new members of our team at  Brevini Australia. They are Ivan Mauko and Peter Basso, who are now Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Technical Support Officer, respectively.



Ivan will be responsible for leading the finance team. Coming in with a wealth of finance and accounting experience, he is a CPA and has a Bachelor of Commerce degree. Starting as a Trainee Accountant, he has held several positions in a accounting and finance in his 22 year career. His last position was as Financial Controller & Shared Services Manager for Merck Sharp & Dohme (Aust) Pty Ltd (MSDA).

In his current position, Ivan will also be holding the post of Company Secretary, looking over all corporate governance requirements. He is looking forward to help develop strategic plans and policies to grow the company and face the financial challenges of the coming years.



Peter, with over 22 years experience in the fluid power industry, holds a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering. Starting as an apprentice Plant Mechanic, he combines hands-on fluid power experience, with face-to-face selling. He was Product Manager at an OEM company in the agriculture industry, prior to joining Brevini Australia. In that role, Basso did a lot of technical support and training for the dealer network.

His joining the Technical Support Group, strengthens this division. He will be responsible for technical and product support, training, application and documentation management for both the fluid power and power transmission product groups. He specially looks forward to beefing up the training on the fluid power range, which is his forte.

On behalf of all of us at Brevini Australia, we welcome Ivan and Peter and look forward to working with them for many years to come.

It give me great plesaure to announce the formation of a new joint venture company, Leonessa Brevini Yancheng.

Co-owned by La Leonessa and Brevini Power Transmission Group, the joint venrure company is currently constructing a dedicated manufacturing centre in Yangcheng, China.

The plant, which is slated to open and start manufacturing in early 2012, will increase the production capacity of La Leonessa slew ring bearings, to concentrate on larger units from 400 mm to 4,000 mm.

Brevini Australia has been supplying slew ring bearings from La Leonessa of Italy since 2001 to the Australian market.

La Leonessa slew rings easily take axial and radial loads and are available in a heavy duty range, in diameters ranging from 300 to 2100 mm. Larger units will be available from 2012, with the opening of the new plant.

The bearings come in different configurations, with external or internal gear, or without gear. As well, according to the type of load, La Leonessa slew rings are available with one row of balls, two rows of balls and one row of rollers.

The slew rings are used in a wide range of applications, including stacker machines, cranes, excavators, access platforms, forestry machinery and more.

When the Yancheng facility comes on stream, we should be able to provide the local market with larger bearings which are ideal in applications like cranes and drill rigs.

Here in Australia, we are  looking forward to the opportunities of new markets that will be made available with the larger bearings.

Brevini Australia is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Brevini Power Transmission Group.

When we released thei Brevini S Series n 2003, the planetary gear range raised the bar for high torque applications that require smaller dimensioned gear units. Typically, the range offers an improvement of 40-60% in terms of space and weight compared to more conventional units.

The range has been expanded with the release of four larger gear units, increasing the capacity from 500,000 Nm to a maximum of 2,000,000 Nm of continuous torque. The expanded range also allows for greater versatility, with more output shaft options than the previous range.

The S Series units use enhanced planet bearings, with improved rollers, designed to provide greater bearing life than previous models. Other features include a more substantial sealing arrangement, larger oil ports and a more robust adaptation system for large electric motors.
The S series is highly interchangeable with previous models. Output shaft versions cover female splined, hollow cylindrical for shaft-mounting, male keyed cylindrical and male splined shaft.

The gear units can be supplied with a wide variety of input and output accessories for use in many applications, including mixers for any type of material, extruders, all types of conveyors belts, industrial and port lifting equipment, grinders and mills, machines for working sheet and rod, large iron-making plants, sugar and food oil production plants, plants for quarries and mines, and purification plants.

The expanded S Series also extends the Brevini high power range, which is an S series gearbox, combined with a PIV Posired series right angle gearbox. These units are ideal for high power, low speed industrial applications. The combined units are more efficient, quieter, more compact and offer a better price / performance ratio compared to ordinary gear units.

Brevini Riddutori manufactures S Series gearboxes at a dedicated facility in Italy. The latter company, PIV Drives and Brevini Australia are all part of the worldwide Brevini Group.

It gives a lot of pleasure to announce a recent addition to our team.

Michael Donnelly is now National Sales Manager.

Michael takes over the position previously held by me. A 25 year veteran in the power transmission field, Donnelly started with Brevini Australia as Regional Sales Manager, responsible for project and OEM sales for the east coast of Australia.

I am sure the rest of the team are with me when I welcome you to your new job. We all wish you the best of luck on your new position.

It's been only a month or so on the new job and I am really looking forward to the challenges of the coming year.

We've just moved to our new head office and have go that pretty much the way we would like it.

It took a while, but finally our signs are up, including the logo on the front facade. You can see the sign in the photo on this post (below)

Which brings me to the main reason for my post, Happy Christmas and Have a Safe and Prosperous 2010 from all of us at Brevini Australia.
 


Looking forward to posting some interesting material for you in the new year.

Until then....

Welcome to my blog.

I look forward to sharing my thoughts, product information, safety hints and so on in the coming posts.

First of all, I thank the team at Brevini Australia for their support in my new job..

The company has always had a great teamwork culture. I would like to assure the guys at work that this will continue under my leadership. And, I look forward to working with them in growing the business.

It is a very exciting time at Brevini Australia because of our financial position as left by Chris Bayliss. This includes the purchase of our new Sydney facility and the current economic situation, especially in the mining field.

Until my next post.