| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Heavy vehicle manufacturing |
| Founded | 1975 |
| Founder | Dale Elphinstone |
| Headquarters | , Australia |
| Products | Explosives delivery trucks Mining equipment |
Number of employees | 2,500 (2017) |
| Website | elphinstone |
Elphinstone Group is an Australianprivately held company that manufactures and assembles heavy equipment for the mining industry. It has facilities inBurnie,Tasmania and inVictoria.[1][2] The corporate group includes the William AdamsCaterpillar dealer in Tasmania and Victoria.[3]
Elphinstone Sustainable Energy & Engineering Solutions is a division of Elphinstone Group, formed by the acquisition of Southern Prospect. It provides design, manufacture and installation of electricity generation for remote sites.[4]
Elphinstone was one of the bidders to supply new armoured vehicles to theAustralian Defence Force through project Land 400. If successful, the vehicles would have been built in Tasmania.[5] However their vehicle was not selected for phase two of testing by theDepartment of Defence.[6]
In 2018 Elphinstone commenced assemblingBustech bus bodies forMetro Tasmania.[7][8]
Founder, Dale Elphinstone, started his working life as an apprentice at William Adams. He later bought the company.[9] According to theAustralian Financial Review, in 2016 Elphinstone was assessed as Tasmania's wealthiest person bynet worth[10] and remained so as of 2019[update].[11]
Dale Elphinstone's brother, Graeme, ownsa similarly named company based atTriabunna, on the east coast of Tasmania.[12]