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Sy Van Dyk

Sy Van Dyk's lessons for leaders of companies on the growth path

Lessons learnt from heading off Austin Engineering's problems in Chile

06 October 2025

Austin is taking steps to turn around its Chile operations.

Austin learns a hard lesson of success

Big deal a major learning opportunity for mining suppliers

01 September 2025

Truck trays at Austin Engineering's La Negra facility.

Chile kick for Austin's margins

Large order there had detrimental effect on operations

29 August 2025

Sy Van Dyk is to be Austin Engineering's next managing director and CEO. Photo courtesy Austin Engineering

Sy to be the new Austin boss guy

Brings a strong METS pedigree to the role

26 July 2024

Drilling future looks bright

DDH1 expecting the future to stay positive.

30 August 2022

DDH1 rig utilisation rises

Cost pressures starting to bite though.

26 July 2022

DDH1 to transform through Swick acquisition

Growth spurt sees fleet expand exponentially.

12 October 2021

DDH1 expands fleet

Taking fleet to 103 rigs in FY22.

31 March 2021

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