KUDU in the News
News Releases
June 2008 – A New Addition to the Family
January 2008 – Hot & Heavy
December 2007 – Toughen Up
March 2007 – The Buck Doesn’t Stop Here
Articles
Nickle’s Profiler (June 2010)
Founded in 1989, from day one KUDU has been dedicated to quality, performance and technical excellence. The Calgary-headquartered company provides the perfect fit for any environment, with PCP systems engineered to handle everything from heavy, medium and light oil, to coal bed methane and dewatering applications. KUDU’s more than 200 employees provide a global distribution network for clients, with offices in Canada, the U.S., Russia, Romania, Kazakhstan, Oman and Australia. KUDU has sold equipment into 32 countries worldwide, where its application experience has ensured the success of progressing cavity pumps.
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New Technology (March 2010)
How many companies get a national award as one of the country’s best-managed businesses, and then face insolvency the same month?
Calgary-based Kudu Industries Inc. found itself in this situation early in 1998 after the oilpatch went into a downturn. The Financial Post (then a separate business daily, now part of The National Post)had chosen the progressing cavity pump (PCP) maker as one of Canada’s 50 best-managed private companies for 1997.
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Nickle’s Profiler (May 2009)
When it comes to saving oil and gas producers money, KUDU Industries Inc. stands in a class of its own. Calgary-based KUDU offers specialized technologies that reduce operating costs and enhance well production, and can double recoverable reserves from an oilfield.
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Alberta Venture Export Award (April 2009)
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Roughneck Article (March 2009)
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From their residential garage in Calgary in 1989, Robert and Ray Mills have built Kudu Industries Inc. from a father-son operation into one that now employs 240 people, with a dozen locations in Canada and an international presence.
Business In Calgary (March 2009)
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Thinking outside the box led to a successful oilfield service and supply company that has become a global leader in well optimization. Chairman and founder Robert A.R. Mills was one of the first people to start working on progressing cavity pumps (PCPs) development and began exploring heavy oil applications in Canada in 1977.
Oil & Gas Inquirer (November 2008)
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When Kelly Woolsey was seven years old, his father took him on his field rounds as an oil battery operator, shooting fluid levels and making pump adjustments. Today, Woolsey is automation manager for Kudu Industries Inc., operating wells as far away as Alabama and California from an office in his home. “On a good day, an operator can physically visit 40 wells at most. If your pumping systems are fully automated, one operator can handle 200 wells from a comfortable location. That’s a decisive improvement,” the Stettler, Alta., resident explains.
A Working Relationship (September 2008)
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Build it like you own it. Those are some of the first words one sees when walking into the manufacturing shop of Kudu Industries’ Calgary headquarters. It’s a subtle reminder of father-son founders Robert and Ray Mills’ business strategy one that, among other features, seeks to allow employees a personal connection to their work.