HMG Hardchrome

HMG works with companies in Australia and Asia Pacific to improve the uptime of their heavy equipment and machinery. HMG started life as a small surface finishing shop in 1959. Today, we are a global leader in the design, manufacture and refurbishment of components and assemblies used in heavy industries. With 9,700m2 of under cover workshop floor... space, our capabilities span engineering and manufacturing, blasting, stripping and inspection, surface finishing, assembly and testing, and painting and packing. HMG makes things to last. We rely on business practices and work methods honed over more than 50 years to deliver products and services of superior quality. We increase the productivity, performance and profits of leaders across mining, oil and gas, energy, defence, construction, shipping, lift and shift, transport and agriculture by reducing their downtime and maintenance costs. HMG starts life as Hardchrome Pty Ltd, a small surface finishing shop based in Albion, which was a first for the Brisbane area. The modest facility consisted of one 100 amp rectifier, chrome tank and a staff of one. Larger chrome tanks and rectifiers are installed at the shop in Albion, along with an overhead travelling crane. Due to the growth of the business and customer demand, Hardchrome fabricates and begins construction of a new workshop at 41 Lavarack Avenue in Eagle Farm. With construction complete, Hardchrome moves operations to the new facility at Eagle Farm. Electroplating capacity is increased with the addition of 2,000 and 6,000 amp rectifiers. Staff levels reached 10. An 84" capacity Churchill Cylindrical Grinder is commissioned for the new facility at Eagle Farm. Expansions begin at Hardchrome to include the addition of a new machine shop, which was constructed on the adjoining block of land. Additional extensions to the new machine shop permit Hardchromes first Honing Machine to be commissioned, which enables the business to finish machine internal diameters. Staff level of 28. To increase the capacity and ...Read More