TIC's 40 yearToday is a celebration of continuity. And change.
Congratulations from TIC’s Managing Director:
TIC is proud to be Toshiba Corporations’ regional centre for Power generation, Transmission & Distribution and Industrial & Social Infrastructure. During the past 40 years, we have established and maintained our brand name and reputation with our customers – even in difficult business circumstances. I want to express my personal appreciation to the employees and contributors of TIC (past and present) for your achievement in reaching this 40 year milestone. Loyal and dedicated employees are the foundation to any successful company. So, to all our employees, contributors, customers, stakeholders and friends – I thank you for your ongoing commitment to TIC.
Mr Osamu Seki – Managing Director
TIC’s History over 40 years
| 2nd Feb 1978 | Establishment of TIC at Goldfields House, Sydney, NSW |
| 1978 | Melbourne Operations started |
| Oct 1981 | Acquisition of Maddrell Brothers. Establishment of Industrial Division at TIC |
| 1987-88 | Perth and Brisbane local Industrial Operations started |
| 1988 | Moved to Lane Cove premises combining Power & Industrial Divisions |
| Jun 1988 | Established Computer Software Development Centre. Closed in Mar 2000 |
| 1993 | First QA certificate to ISO Standard |
| Feb 1998 | Move to newly built site in Parramatta, NSW |
| 2007 | Beresfield Industrial Operations started |
| 2012 | Opened New Zealand Branch Office for Power Division |
| Jun 2013 | Established TIC’s first wholly owned subsidiary, PGSR Pty Ltd |
| Jun 2015 | Relocated to new premises in Winston Hills, NSW. |
TIC Achievements
Power and T&D Divisions
| 1979 – 1994 | Supply & install 12 x 660MW Steam Turbine Generators for Vales Point, Eraring, Bayswater and Mt Piper Power Stations |
| 1998 -1999 | Order for supply of supercritical Steam Turbine Generators for Callide C and Tarong North power stations |
| 2001 | Supply and Install the first underground Gas Insulated Transformer in Australia for Transgrid at the Haymarket Substation. |
| 2003 – 2012 | Awarded Hydro runner uprate supply contracts from Snowy Hydro for 30 runners at 6 power stations. |
| 2006 | Contract awarded from AGL Southern Hydro for supply of two hydro turbine generators for Bogong Power Development. |
| 2006 –2007/08 | Award of Contract for supply and installation of HV transformers for Transgrid 500kV line upgrade including 21, 500/132kV transformers and five 500/23kV generator transformers for Bayswater Power Station. |
| 2008 | Order received for supply of two, 85MW geothermal turbine generators for Contact Energy in New Zealand |
| 2011-2013 | Awarded contracts for upgrade of four units steam turbines for Yallourn Power station |
| 2015 | Awarded 5 year relationship Agreement for Turbine outage maintenance at Bayswater Power station for AGL. Awarded T&D divisions first SCiB battery storage project for Ergon Energy in Qld. |
Industrial Division
| 1981 – 83 | Supply & install 12 x 660MW Steam Turbine Generators for Vales Point, Eraring, Bayswater and Mt Piper Power Stations |
| 1995 | BHP (now BSL) Western Port hot strip mill modernisation project. |
| 1996 | Development of the largest dual drive variable speed grinding mill for grinding copper bearing ore. |
| 1997 | Supplied motors to the Tasman pulp and paper (TMP project) in New Zealand which was the largest TMP plant in the world. |
| 1999 | Engineering Excellence Award from Institute of Engineers, Australia for Western Port project. |
| 2001 | Started Service Dept and introduction of 3 energy efficient products |
| 2004 | Apprentice program started. TIC has trained 15 apprentices and received over 15 training awards. |
| 2005 | Awarded the Storage Ring RF system (including Accelerator Cavities, Klystrons and power supplies & control systems) for the Australian Synchrotron project in Victoria. |
| 2006 | First industrial general purpose active converter variable speed drive to the Australian market. |
| 2015 | TIC’s new head office was completed with 100% Toshiba LED Lighting solutions. At that time one of the largest 100% LED lit buildings in Australia. |
| 2016 | Awarded first e-bus supply contract for public transport system. |
| 2017 | Completed Australia Post project for CFCP (Culler Facer Canceller Processing) mail sorting equipment. Capable of processing over 7 million letters per day. |
Employees
For a company to keep on growing and prospering, it requires hardworking, dedicated and committed employees. This is something that TIC has been very fortunate to have found. There are a number of employees with over 20 years or more of TIC experience and many others coming up to the 10 year mark.
It is the contribution of employees that has enabled TIC to achieve its success over the past 40 years. This contribution has required team work, dedication to customer needs, persistence, attention to detail and commitment from our employees. During the past 40 years of business, it is the talents and efforts of employees that have helped TIC to succeed in a changing and often volatile market.
It is the contribution of employees that has enabled TIC to achieve its success over the past 40 years. This contribution has required team work, dedication to customer needs, persistence, attention to detail and commitment from our employees. During the past 40 years of business, it is the talents and efforts of employees that have helped TIC to succeed in a changing and often volatile market.
Future direction
The regional and export business is growing expanding from the Oceania region and beyond. In response to customer needs, TIC is developing its capabilities to add value and support a competitive portfolio of products, systems and solutions.
Power and T&D Divisions' focus in the current buoyant energy market is to utilise Toshiba’s advanced technologies and commitment to strong customer service. This has led us to exploring the capabilities of battery and hydro pump storage and continued expansion of its aftermarket service business both in in Australia, New Zealand and globally.
Industrial Division continues to perform strongly in its core business of motor, drive and controls, and is moving ahead with new social infrastructure business related to mass transport. This business opportunity involves supplying Toshiba SCIB batteries to e-buses and establishing fast charging systems to service these batteries.
Overall, TIC will continue to innovate and cultivate products and systems that allow us to provide long term solutions and services that enhance the value of the customer’s business.
Power and T&D Divisions' focus in the current buoyant energy market is to utilise Toshiba’s advanced technologies and commitment to strong customer service. This has led us to exploring the capabilities of battery and hydro pump storage and continued expansion of its aftermarket service business both in in Australia, New Zealand and globally.
Industrial Division continues to perform strongly in its core business of motor, drive and controls, and is moving ahead with new social infrastructure business related to mass transport. This business opportunity involves supplying Toshiba SCIB batteries to e-buses and establishing fast charging systems to service these batteries.
Overall, TIC will continue to innovate and cultivate products and systems that allow us to provide long term solutions and services that enhance the value of the customer’s business.
Congratulations to TIC on reaching this milestone 40th anniversary.