It is unusual in Australia for a company to still be proudly manufacturing after such a long history. The company has adapted to manufacturing challenges by finding new markets to emerge into as others get dominated by cheaper, and often inferior, imports. H.E Brehaut Pty Ltd was a key supplier to the Australian Army and Air Force during WWII manufacturing such goods as ammunition boxes, bomb tail
s, and lead detonation caps for bombs. After WWII ended, the company expanded into producing electric motors and at one stage was proud to be the largest manufacturer of electric motors in the Southern Hemisphere. These motors were manufactured as foot mount motors as well as being integrated into a range of products sold under the company's 'Hebco' brand name. The list of products that were manufactured included bench top and pedestal grinding machines, polishing machines, linishing machines, and a successful range of Vertical Hollow Shaft motors for driving deep bore turbine pumps. Despite a design age of almost 60 years and a manufacturing age almost as old, second hand "Hebco" machines are still regarded as some of the best machines around to handle their intended workload and are preferenced by many over new machines. Brehaut Pty Ltd started a close business relationship with Amarillo Gear Company in Texas, USA. This business relationship is still just as strong now as it was when it started some 30 years ago. Amarillo's range of Right Angle Gearboxes for pumps and cooling tower use allowed H.E Brehaut Pty Ltd to augment its product offerings to farmers and irrigators and giving them a choice between electric, or diesel drive for their pumps. Around the same time, H.E Brehaut Pty Ltd began manufacturing mudguards for box trailers as a side business using equipment and knowledge left over from, of all things, the manufacture of ammunition boxes for the Australian Army. Today, our trailer mudguards are shipped into every state of Australia.
