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HDD Workforce Gaps & Rising Job Demand

HDD Workforce Gaps & Rising Job Demand

The question that is glaring at every HDD contractor that is already struggling to find labor to do the jobs they have...who will step in to fill the...
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Melfred Borzall Marks 75 Years

Melfred Borzall Marks 75 Years

“The biggest thing that’s changed [over the years] is people’s perception of the need for specialized tooling,” says Eric Melsheimer....
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Effects of the Pandemic on HDD

Effects of the Pandemic on HDD

Not all impacts of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic have been negative. Here are three possible opportunities oncovered...
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HDD Embraces eCommerce

HDD Embraces eCommerce

Experts are talking about what has pushed the HDD industry from a technological-laggard into full adoption of online supply chains and fulfillment.
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HDD and the Environment

HDD and the Environment

When you think of our industry and the environment, do you think of HDD's impact positively or negatively? Learn about the positive relationship...
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Horizontal Directional Drilling Through the Years

Horizontal Directional Drilling Through the Years

While HDD proper didn't emerge as a viable technology in construction until the 1970s, the seeds of innovation were sown well before that.
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21st Century Advances And The Future Of Buying HDD Equipment

21st Century Advances And The Future Of Buying HDD Equipment

It's only natural for HDD equipment to continue changing and growing. Technology, particularly of the digital variety, continues to advance...
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2018: The Year We Pushed HDD Even Further

2018: The Year We Pushed HDD Even Further

Our engineers have been busy designing and tweaking some exciting new HDD equipment that has finally made its way into the hands of drillers. We’d...
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What We Learned After 70+ Years in HDD

What We Learned After 70+ Years in HDD

Our founder (and for some of us, our grandfather), Fred Melsheimer introduced the first horizontal directional drilling system in 1946. Here are some...
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Happy 100,000th Blade Day!

Happy 100,000th Blade Day!

On July 7, 2017, we achieved a milestone that has been twenty-six years in the making: our 100,000th Melfred Borzall blade rolled off the assembly...
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