TIW Industries Ltd. of Toronto has signed an agreement with DredgeMasters International, Inc. (DMI) of Hendersonville, Tenn., to cover the manufacturing of portable dredges for Canadian and international markets. The agreement covers complete manufacturing and assembly of a minimum of three DMI dredges per year at TIW's Central Bridge Limited plant in Trenton, Ontario.
TIW Industries Ltd., is a broad-based Canadian metal fabricator, specializing in oilfield and petrochemical equipment and satellite tracking antennas. The company has already produced two dredges for DMI, which are now in use in Columbia and Mexico.
DredgeMasters International, Inc., a subsidiary of Valley Industries, Inc., is a world leader in the design, manufacturing, and marketing of portable dredges for the marine construction, mining, pulp and paper industries, and a wide variety of industrial applications. The agreement will make the complete range of DMI dredges — in pump sizes from 4 to 30 inch—available in Canada, under Canadian manufacture.