Founded 1946 | ||
DCD GROUP (Pty) Ltd (formerly DCD-Dorbyl (Pty) Ptd) is a South African manufacturer and supplier of engineering solutions to the rail, mining & energy, defence and marine sectors.
DCD was originally established in 1946 as DCD Dorbyl (Pty) Ltd, a merger of Dorman Long and Vanderbijl Engineering Corporation. It rebranded in 2012 as "DCD GROUP (Pty) Ltd". (DCD is not in any way affiliated with the JSE-listed Dorbyl Limited.)
The Company specializes in engineering projects, including rail and military defence vehicle engineering, roller manufacturing, marine engineering and mine engineering. The current CEO is Mr Digby Glover following up from previous Managing Directors Mr Rob King and his predecessor Mr Louis Taljaard.
In February 2010, Westinghouse and DCD- Dorbyl announced cooperation on creating a plant for building modules for AP1000 reactors.