Derwent Industries Pty Ltd

Derwent Industries is a 100% Australian owned and operated business, and prides itself on providing its customers with products, service and solutions to meet their expectations. Derwent has offices located across Australia and New Zealand, to help us service our customer base efficiently. Derwent incorporates the following well-known brands: Mackay Rubber, Keech Castings, Heinehard, AVFI, Kawandah and Derwent Foundry.

The company is committed to a strong business relationship, which provides our customers with leading edge product, underpinned by our commitment to consistency, efficiency, and innovation. We maintain a sales team who are located around Australia, who regularly visit our clients and discuss product performance, improvements, and satisfaction. Derwent is extremely proud of our well-trained and loyal workforce who are the cornerstone of our continued success.

Kawandah - Clamps & Couplings
History - Derwent Clamps™ and Derwent Couplings™ have been added into the Derwent range with a new manufacturing facility being established in Wodonga - North East Victoria. The 316 Stainless Steel Clamps and Couplings trade under the Kawandah logo and have been developed for the Australian and export markets.
The range of Australian Made products produced in Wodonga includes, 316 SS Repair Clamps, Tapped Clamps, Sewer OB Junctions, Flanged Offtakes & Variable Couplings.
Derwent’s facility in Wodonga prides itself on providing solutions for its customers and being able to provide fast turnaround for emergency repairs.

Derwent Foundry (Est. 1840)
Derwent Foundry™ was originally established in Hobart in 1840, though in the mid 1900’s the name was changed to Montpellier Foundry. Montpellier was then purchased in the mid 1980’s by Rex Garner and was re-established as Derwent Foundry®.
The Tasmanian Foundry was purchased by the Evans family in 1997 and since then has been upgraded and modernised on a continuing basis.

Bendigo Foundry - KEECH (Est 1934)
The Bendigo facility formerly Keech Castings currently produces a range of ground engaging tools, tillage implements, rolling stock components and custom casting products which are manufactured to Australian and ISO 9001 quality standards. Our products are supported by sales of?ces across Australia and are staffed by experienced ?eld engineers. The facility also has a network of distributors in Australia and around the world to support our products. Our employees are proud of their role in developing, manufacturing and marketing a diverse range of high-integrity steel castings. The Bendigo facility also produces the Heinehard range of products for Quarries which was established by John Heine in 1886.

Mackay Australia (Est 1932)
Mackay was acquired by the Derwent Group in March 2023, Mackay commenced operations in 1932 as a small but ef?cient supplier of OEM automotive parts, since this time Mackay has grown to become Australia’s largest and most trusted designer, manufacturer, and distributor of a diverse range of engineered rubber and rubber composite products. The Mackay products service the Automotive, Defence, Transport, Rail, Marine, Mining, Construction, and Industrial markets globally.

AVFI - (Est 1995)
AVFI was acquired by Derwent Industries in 2023. Since 1995, AVFI has manufactured and imported products that meet Australian Standards, Watermark, WSAA Standards or where none exist British Standards or ISO Standards. AVFI provides a specialised range of high-quality manual valves and actuated valves for the water, wastewater industries. AVFI’s highly trained and experienced customer service and sales team have a thorough understanding of the scope of valve product applications. Team members work closely with our customers to ensure a valve solution for their application is found.

New Zealand
Derwent Industries NZ Ltd commenced operation in 2019, with CNC capability and warehousing in Auckland, adding to Derwent’s existing Australian footprint.

Mission Statement
To provide our customers with the highest quality product and professional service at all times whilst maintaining wherever possible Australian Made in our product offering.