{{Short description|British engineering and metalwork fabrication company}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} [[File:Lifeboat Launch and Recovery System.JPG|thumb|right|Blackhill Engineering is involved in the manufacture of SC Innovation's lifeboat Launch and Recovery System (L&RS)]]
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'''Blackhill Engineering''' is a British engineering and metalwork fabrication company. The company is based in Devon and has been trading for over 60 years.<ref name="Blackhill Engineering Services Ltd">{{cite web |url=http://blackhillengineering.co.uk/|title=Blackhill Engineering |publisher=Blackhill Engineering |accessdate=2016-05-03}}</ref>
==Description== Blackhill Engineering Ltd has existed in various forms since the 1950s, its main role was originally to be an engineering support services provider for English China Clays PLC (Quarries Division), looking after capital and revenue repairs, modifications, projects and servicing, for sites all over the United Kingdom and Channel Islands. English China Clays was acquired by Imetal (Imerys) in 1999.<ref name="The Provider of Choice">{{cite web |url=http://www.joomag.com/magazine/manufacturing-and-engineering-magazine-volume-425-january-2016/0133695001454414574?short|title=The Provider of Choice|publisher=joomag |date=2016|accessdate=2016-05-03}}</ref>
Early in 1995 the company became privately owned, and with traditional markets declining,<ref name="Big is beautiful for Blackhill Engineering">{{cite web |url=http://www.francisclark.co.uk/news-views/case-studies/big-is-beautiful-for-blackhill-engineering/|title=Big is beautiful for Blackhill Engineering|publisher=Francis Clarke |date=2015-03-09 |accessdate=2016-05-03}}</ref> has since then expanded its portfolio of work considerably. Blackhill now serves a number of key industries including defence, marine, quarrying, construction, petrochemical and renewables, with the nuclear sector a target for future business development.<ref name="The Provider of Choice"/>
Blackhill currently operates from four workshops covering 28,000 sq ft<ref name="About Us">{{cite web |url=http://blackhillengineering.co.uk/about-us/|title=Blackhill Engineering About Us |publisher=Blackhill Engineering |accessdate=2016-05-03}}</ref> across a two-acre site,<ref name="Blackhill">{{cite web|url=https://www.regensw.co.uk/directory/item/blackhill-engineering-ltd/|title=Contact Owner|publisher=regensw.co.uk|accessdate=2016-05-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604125622/https://www.regensw.co.uk/directory/item/blackhill-engineering-ltd/|archive-date=2016-06-04|url-status=dead}}</ref> the workshops divided between fabrication, assembly and large and small machine shops.
Blackhill currently has one of the largest physical machining capability within the South West of England,<ref name="The Provider of Choice"/> capable of handling 60-tonne units in a single lift by workshop cranes. Capabilities also include machining envelopes of up to five cubic meters in size.<ref name="Blackhill Engineering Services – The Provider">{{cite web |url=http://www.memuk.org/construction-infrastructure/fabrication/featuring-blackhill-engineering-services-interview-dan-baker-business-development-manager-6039|title=Blackhill Engineering Services – The Provider of Choice|publisher=MEM.UK.org|accessdate=2016-05-03}}</ref>
Blackhill Engineering Services Limited filed for voluntary liquidation in June 2014, and was acquired by Supacat Limited in July 2014.<ref name="Blackhill Engineering Services – The Provider"/> Following a rebranding by Supacat, Blackhill Engineering Limited is now part of the SC Group. Following acquisition by Supacat [SC Group] Blackhill achieved ISO 9001 certification and ISO 1090 certification to execution class 3, this allowing further diversification by the company.<ref name="The Provider of Choice"/><ref name="Resolutions for Winding-up">{{cite web |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/2159835|title=Blackhill Engineering Services Limited |publisher=The Gazette |accessdate=2016-05-03}}</ref>
Production of SC Group's SC Innovation's Lifeboat Launch and Recovery System (L&RS) for the RNLI is now undertaken by Blackhill Engineering. The company has also been contracted by Supacat to manufacture replacement chassis frames for the Supacat Jackal vehicle. In a further award via Supacat, Blackhill carried out refurbishment work for the BOLT wave energy converter "Lifesaver" for Fred. Olsen Ltd.<ref name="Big is beautiful for Blackhill Engineering"/><ref name="Blackhill Engineering Services – The Provider"/>
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File:Blackhill Machining1.jpg|Blackhill currently has one of the largest physical machining capability within the South West of England,<ref name="The Provider of Choice"/> capable of handling 60-tonne units in a single lift by workshop cranes File:Blackhill Machining2.jpg|Following acquisition by Supacat [SC Group] Blackhill achieved ISO 9001 certification and ISO 1090 certification to execution class 3 File:Blackhill.jpg|Blackhill Engineering is involved in the manufacture of SC Innovation's lifeboat Launch and Recovery System (L&RS); this is the engine bay File:Jackal 2a.JPG|Blackhill Engineering is involved in the manufacture of Supacat's Jackal
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== External links == <!-- Per WP:ELMINOFFICIAL, choose one official website only --> *{{Official website|http://blackhillengineering.co.uk/}}
Category:Engineering companies of England Category:Companies based in Devon