Ellicott Dredge Enterprises (EDE) has announce that its subsidiary Rohr International Dredge Holdings has acquired the main business assets of IDRECO GmbH, including its current backlog, inventory and all associated intellectual property (IPR). IDRECO is a leader in deep digging electrical suction and cutter suction dredges serving primarily the sand and gravel and mining sectors, especially in Europe.

In addition, IDRECO has all the patterns and IPR related to the well-known Bageema dredge and pump line, associated with almost 100 delivered units. ROHR/IDRECO will continue to support those installations with parts, service, and inventory. IDRECO, which is based in Heerenberg, Netherlands, approximately 100 km from Amsterdam, will continue to remain there and operate as a newly formed subsidiary of Rohr International Dredge Holdings, named IDRECO BV. ROHR has operations in Mannheim, Germany and Wisconsin, USA.

Wim Snippe will remain as IDRECO’s Managing Director together with Joachim Seitner as Vice President of Sales and their entire management team. “IDRECO will complement ROHR’S bucketladder and clamshell dredge mechanical/hydraulic excavating technology, cementing our position as the lowest cost per ton producer for deep digging dredging for the sand and gravel and mining industries” said ROHR’S Managing Director Heiko Osterchrist. Osterchrist added that ROHR/IDRECO intends to offer this additional technical option for executing mining dredging requirements to its customers not only in Europe, but globally as well.

EDE’s President Peter Bowe said, “Having IDRECO as part of the EDE group  will increase our footprint in the European market place, as well as fulfill our continuing corporate pursuit of new dredging technology solutions for all our customers worldwide.” Wim Snippe of IDRECO said, “We are very excited about being part of ROHR Dredge and the Ellicott family. The combination will allow us the opportunity to introduce our dredges through the Ellicott / ROHR network.” IDRECO’s latest energy-efficient sand dredgers use IDRECO ‘s highly efficient pumps and dredger control systems such as the IDRECO-designed ‘Dredgercontrol’ intelligent system for automatic guidance and illustrate IDRECO’s forward-thinking approach.

IDRECO said that it will continue to approach dredge design from an operator’s perspective. For example, IDRECO now uses air shocks to minimise vibration and noise in the operator’s cab. IDRECO dredges can be delivered in standard container size to minimise freight and reduce site assembly costs. The major trends in sand and gravel mining are accommodating deeper digging, lowering operating costs per ton, especially via electric power, and achieving more environmentally-friendly excavation methods. IDRECO and ROHR dredges are all electric-driven, and assist sand and gravel miners in realising their objectives consistent with these major trends.