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| Address: | Smith Street Industrial Estate, Gympie QLD 4570 (PO Box 31) |
| Principals: | Kerren Smith - Managing Director |
| Main Phone: | 07 5482-1166 |
| Fax: | 07 5482-7036 |
| Mobile: | 0418 799 368 |
| Email: | kerrens@smithson.com.au |
| Web Address: | www.smithson.com.au |
| Year Established: | 1900 |
| Core Business: | Design, fabrication and delivery of truck bodies and semi-trailers. |
| Services Provided: | Transport logistics consulting Mechanical engineering design for any use Forensic reporting on mechanical failures for any engineered Finite Element analysis. |
| Industries Served: | Mining, bulk haulage, local and state government, car carriers, cranes on trucks |
| Competitive Skills: | Design capability and design transport solutions Fabrication capability Finite Element Analysis |
| Specialised Equipment: | 150 CNC brake press 3 m x 12mm guillotine lathe sandblast |
| Specialised Capabilities: | Finite Element Analysis |
| Prestige Projects: | Won Australian Material Handling Award; Power Trailer advancements; Brambles; TNT; Patricks; Tolls Supplied local, state and federal governments with truck body; Queensland Rail; Patricks |
| Proprietary Products / Inventions / Processes / Patents: | Mining trailers, car carriers, low loaders, tippers. |
| Export Capabilities: | Export anywhere using QLD State services; letters of credit |
| Capacity (productive hours available): | 118,000 hours/year |
| Engineering/Drafting Software Used: | 3D modeling SolidWorks, NASTRAND+B26 |