Davis & Shirtliff, the leading water and power equipment provider in East Africa is celebrating its seventy fifth Anniversary, a serious milestone in its corporate historical past. This is a most unusual achievement for any organisation, though particularly one that has the identical household shareholding and essentially the same market focus since its founding. There are few corporations wherever with this claim and D&S is therefore extraordinarily happy with the achievement with varied events being held in celebration.
The firm was founded in 1946 by ex-soldiers Eddie Davis and Dick Shirtliff after leaving the military, initially being based at Westlands, in Nairobi, their neighbour being Westlands Motors that rose to prominence with the Toyota franchise.
It grew rapidly as the country recovered after the war specializing in boreholes, water provides and the coffee industry. One notable early project included the water provide for Karen Estates, the whole initial water provide infrastructure being installed by the company as well as for lots of other of the residential estates that had been developed at the moment.
เกจวัดแรงดันแก๊สlpgรถยนต์ &S grew with the nation and in the mid-1950s the base was moved to new larger premises at the moment Dundori Rd location in the industrial space. An added activity was swimming pools, both residential and industrial and heaps of were constructed which would possibly be nonetheless in use today. Water Treatment was one other diversification, lots of the KenGen Tana River stations having D&S designed and built equipment.
In 1970 associate Dick Shirtliff retired and after a period with one other companion, Devji Shingadia, the Davis household, then represented by Eddie’s son Alec assumed control. The 70’s and 80’s noticed slow however steady progress because the nation grappled with numerous economic and political challenges, though there was a particular concentrate on building the pump business for which the company is so well known, notably via representation of the Danish producer Grundfos.
1993 was a big year for both Kenya and D&S because of economic liberalisation which was the catalyst for the company’s rapid development since. It was additionally the 12 months that Pedrollo pumps from Italy had been first introduced, now the Group’s largest provider. These two developments enabled a distribution technique to be developed as supply constraints were eliminated and the department community was then established, initially with Kenya branches being opened in Westlands, Eldoret and Kisumu and subsidiaries in Uganda and Tanzania soon adopted by establishing activities at the Coast though the merger with partner Butech. The pump enterprise grew hugely with Pedrollo and the now well-established Solar and Power Generation actions were then added.
Since the Millennium progress has greatly accelerated, income increasing many times to KShs10 Billion right now. Major initiatives have included a complete redevelopment of the Dundori Rd website with expansion into adjacent plots, the opening of subsidiaries and associate companies in Rwanda, Zambia, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Zimbabwe and DRC, appreciable development of the branch network, introduction of the successful Dayliff range of own-brand products and a huge enlargement of the product range with Solar being especially successful as the corporate developed its concentrate on renewable vitality. More recently a significant improvement has been institution of a massive 10,000m2 Distribution Centre at Tatu City that gives the resource for elevated stockholding and has remodeled distribution effectivity throughout the region, this facility being completed in 2020. Staffing has additionally grown correspondingly, the Group now using over a thousand dedicated staff operating from over 70 areas.
It is commonly stated that success is transitory and typically unsustainable, though D&S has managed to maintain unbroken progress for an exceptional time period. This has been achieved by commercial focus, manageable ambition, steady physical and organisational funding and, importantly, dwelling the values established by the founders of Quality, Integrity and ‘Altiora Peto’, which interprets to embracing steady change. D&S is now a extensively recognised company in the area and is happy with the contribution it has made, summarised by its slogan ‘Improving Lives’ which is demonstrated each by the necessary nature of its activities and likewise by an lively programme of community assist that focuses on offering water to underprivileged communities, many 1000’s of individuals having benefited.
Of course, the 75-year milestone is only a moment in a continuous journey and the Group continues to develop with a quantity of ongoing initiatives and great plans for the longer term. Ably led by CEO David Gatende and supported by dedicated and committed executives and employees driving this development, the company is fortunate that the third generation of Davis’s, Edward and Henry, have joined the enterprise so continuity is assured. The Group continues to broaden in product and markets with a specific concentrate on digital business and looks forward to keep serving the area with essential products that certainly Improve Lives and likewise to reveal that an indigenous African firm can compete internationally and be a world-class organisation.
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