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Davis & Shirtliff is one of East Africa’s largest suppliers of water related goods. It focuses on five principal product sectors, namely; water pumps; water treatment; swimming pools; power generation; and, renewable energy products. The company headquarters are in Nairobi, but has built a local and regional network of branches, pump centres, subsidiaries, stockist agents and outlet stores.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2010-10-01 )〕 These include branches in several major cities in Kenya, a number of appointed Pump Centres situated in smaller cities, and approximately 50 stockist agents. The company also has subsidiaries in Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Southern Sudan.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2010-10-01 )〕 The company distributes water and sustainable energy related equipment from a number of manufacturers from Europe, Japan, Australia and China as well as carrying out the manufacture and assembly of various water related products. The Davis & Shirtliff Group is equipped for fibreglass production and steel fabrication and has a number of repair workshops, mobile service teams and training facilities for both internal and external training courses.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2015-06-12 )〕 The owner and chairman is Alec Davis.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2010-10-01 )〕 == History == The Davis & Shirtliff Group was founded in 1946 as a partnership between EC ‘Eddie’ Davis and FR ‘Dick’ Shirtliff after Dick Shirtliff purchases 50% of the equity of RH Paige & Co., a small plumbing and water engineering firm founded in 1926 and which was bought into by Eddie Davis in 1945. Soon after its establishment, in 1947, it became a founder member of the Kenya Association of Building and Civil Engineering Contractors (KABCEC) and, in 1955, after purchasing two new plots of land and constructing new offices and workshops, moved its operations to its new site. In 1965 it took delivery of the first consignment of pumps from Grundfos in Denmark and, in 1968, imported a consignment of Davey pumps from Australia. In 1982 the range of Grundfos products was expanded to include solar pumps. 1985 saw the appointment of Butech Limited as the Mombasa distributor of their products and the commencement of fibreglass filter production. In 1992, the group & Shirtliff purchased a 20% shareholding in Butech Limited; which was finally bought out in 2000, becoming the Mombasa Branch of Davis & Shirtliff. In 1993 they imported their first Linz pumps from Pedrollo, Italy. In 1995 they introduced the ‘Pump Centre’ and the establishment of a countrywide range of dealers. 1995 also saw the opening of a Branch in Eldoret. Subsidiaries opened in Kampala and Dar-es-Salaam in 1996 and 1998 respectively. The business has recently expanded. Throughout the first decade of the millennium, Davis & Shirtliff opens branches and subsidiaries in Lusaka; Kigali; Nakuru〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2010-10-01 )〕 and Arusha; Zanzibar and Kitwe; Malindi; Addis Ababa, Mwanza and Diani; and, Juba in, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2010 respectively, thereby expanding the distribution of its products and its consumer base. In 2001, Davis & Shirtliff was appointed the regional distributor for Pedrollo Pumps; in 2003, the firm's Solar division was established as a regional distributor for Shell Solar. Also, in 2004, it became a Certikin distributor and, in 2005, was appointed as a Lister Petter engine generator distributor for the region.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2015-06-12 )〕 Furthermore, in 2004, after months of preparation, Davis & Shirtliff was awarded the Certification for ISO 9001.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2010-10-06 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Davis & Shirtliff」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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