COMPANY PROFILE
Walk the Talk
TEI Rock Drills is committed to
quality and performance
By Kelly Gray
Drilling rock is hard work. Harder still can be making
the equipment that has to pass the test in the field.
Since 1980, TEI Rock Drills has been passing this test
thanks to winning technology, a custom approach
and a “get-‘er-done” attitude born from founder Bill Patterson’s
desire to do things better. Today, Patterson’s family business
is a world-leading manufacturer of drilling attachments,
limited access drills and drill rig components.
It all started off with single-boom underground machines
and consulting services for the mining sector, says TEI Rock
Drills president Sue Frank.
TEI Rock Drills relies on a customized manufacturing
process to cater to their customers’ needs
“When my father started the company, he was more
interested in noise control for mines and was consulting to
agencies like the U.S. Bureau of Mines. Then he had an idea
for a new feeder system as well as a hydraulic drifter drill
(TE300). He saw the benefits of hydraulic over pneumatic and
so did industry. We have been growing steadily ever since.”
The company has been based in Montrose, Colorado since
1988 following a move from Denver. Today, TEI Rock Drills
operates a 38,000-square-foot manufacturing facility and
employs 24 highly skilled workers in the shop and 18 support
staff in the company’s corporate head office.
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