Rio Tinto half-year profit meets estimates, expects good demand in China
The world's largest iron ore producer reported underlying earnings of $5.8 billion for the six months.
In July, the AllightSykes Western Australian production facility completed the final 12 of 24 MineSpec lighting towers for international customers, Schlumberger. With a one-piece-flow process, built using Lean Manufacturing principles, the team completed the machines on budget and on time. As the customer requested a staged delivery of 6 months for the project, it was vitally important that all machines were built to the same exacting standards – facilitated by standardising work into repeatable activities ensuring consistency across the whole order.
July also saw the first delivery of 2 ALLIGHT SuperSkid lighting towers to Vale, via the AllightSykes international Barloworld Power distribution network. Whilst these machines are a static build, the Lean principles of creating standard work were essential to the successful on time delivery of these machines. Production flexes the principles to the situation – the machines are big – too big to move easily, but they are made up of a number of assemblies that can be standardised and built off line. This has enabled work to be carried out in parallel, minimising our throughput time on the shop floor. These 2 are the first of a batch of 5 machines, to be built over July – September.
AllightSykes CEO Paul Thompson said: “Despite a depressed market globally for mining and resources capital equipment, the quality, reliability and short lead times for our mining specification lighting towers has resulted in another round of export orders to support Multi-national customers”.
ABOUT ALLIGHTSYKES
AllightSykes emerged following the acquisition of Sykes in November 2010 by Allight Holdings Pty Ltd. The pump specialist sits comfortably alongside our other world class brands; Allight and SMC mobile light towers, FG Wilson generators and Perkins diesel engines.
ABOUT ALLIGHT
The science of mobile lighting has sat at the heart of the Allight brand for more than 20 years. From worldwide headquarters in Perth, Western Australia, design, engineering, procurement and assembly teams produce almost 3,000 lighting towers a year.
Powered by either a CAT or Perkins engine, each tower features the world’s most reliable components as well as a unique mast design and light assembly which makes sure the maximum output reaches your work platform for optimum productivity and safety.
