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Schlam names new CEO, CFO as it focuses on three-year growth plan

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Mining products and services provider, Schlam, has appointed a new Chief Executive Officer, Matt Thomas (pictured), and new Chief Financial Officer, Ron Kurniadi. Current CEO and Founder, Ryan Schlam, will continue as Executive Director on the Schlam Board.

Thomas is an experienced CEO who has previously held similar positions with Coffey International, ASCO Group and hard-rock mineral seismic exploration company HiSeis, Schlam said.

Ryan Schlam said: “Matt brings to Schlam the capacity to lead and drive our three-year strategic plan with a heightened level of organisational governance and operational discipline. His experience building and mentoring high-performance teams, knowledge of the mining and minerals industry and a commitment to our ideology, makes him a great fit for a company on the growth trajectory such as ours.”

Kurniadi joins Schlam as CFO having gathered extensive experience from similar roles in both Australia and Southeast Asia at companies such as Clough, AGC and UGL. In his role, Kurniadi will act as Company Secretary for all Schlam entities.

Ryan Schlam said: “While Schlam already has products on six continents, we believe that to achieve our goal of being on every mine site in the world we need a CFO with international exposure and knowledge. Ron gives us this and more in spades.”

The new CEO and CFO will focus on Schlam’s three-year strategic growth plan, allowing Ryan Schlam to concentrate on efforts beyond this timeline, the company said.

“Schlam has grown from a small manufacturing business in Western Australia’s south to a company of global significance. While I am immensely proud of our achievements to date, I also believe that Matt and Ron are the right people to steer us into the future,” Ryan Schlam concluded.

Schlam Engineering, DT HiLoad and The Pilbara Clean Machines unite

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The Schlam Group – Schlam Engineering, DT HiLoad and The Pilbara Clean Machines (TPCM) – has been amalgamated under one name, Schlam.

The move, which will unify the three companies under the one banner, purpose and set of principles, the company says, was initiated to better to reflect Schlam’s status as a “globally relevant company wholly focused on making mining equipment more productive”, it said.

Schlam Chief Executive Officer, Ryan Schlam, said the move would provide a stable platform for future growth.

“Bringing the group together under the one name will better position us to achieve our purpose of ensuring that the customer experience is exceptional,” he said.

“How we will do this is by solving the whole of equipment maintenance and payload challenges that keep our customer’s mines from being better tomorrow than they were today.”

The new brand has been partitioned into three distinct but related divisions covering Payload Solutions, People Solutions and Engineering Solutions.

According to Ryan Schlam, the roots of the company are secured deep within the People Solutions division.

“For almost 25 years we have been providing the industry with superstars in equipment maintenance, rebuilds and shutdowns,” he said.

“Be it mechanical, electrical or fabrication, our people are ready to join your team for as long as you need them, or to bring their expertise and field equipment to your site at a moment’s notice.”

Previously known by the name DT HiLoad, the Payload Solutions division will continue to manufacture and develop products such as the Hercules and Bullant trays, and Barracuda buckets for Tier 1 clients on six continents. Hercules truck trays are currently in place on the Cat 793s at BHP’s Eastern Ridge (Newman East) operation in the Pilbara. These trucks have just started to move to autonomous mode.

Ryan Schlam says the company’s growth was only possible due to its engineering mindset and holistic view of equipment productivity.

“Engineering is at the heart of everything that we do,” he said.

“Productivity problems don’t solve themselves and our Engineering Division will give customers access to people and technology that will enable them to help them rethink and reinvent how they’re currently doing things.”

The three divisions will be headquartered at the company’s offices in Forrestfield, Perth, in Western Australia.