| Forgacs Marine and Defence Pty Ltd | |
| Former Name: | Forgacs Group |
| Type: | Proprietary company |
| Industry: | Maritime engineering |
| Founder: | Stephen Forgacs |
| Hq Location City: | Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Hq Location Country: | Australia |
| Area Served: | worldwide |
| Products: | Ship building, ship repair, heavy engineering |
| Num Employees: | 1000 |
| Parent: | Civmec |
| Homepage: | www.forgacs.com.au |
Forgacs Marine and Defence, previously Forgacs Group and also simply known as Forgacs, is a major Australian engineering and shipbuilding company. It has facilities in Newcastle, Sydney, Brisbane and Gladstone. The company employs approximately 1000 people.
Forgacs Group acquired Ullman Engineering in 1962. Following this, in 1987, it acquired the Newcastle Floating Dock.[1]
Shipbuilder Carrington Slipways was acquired in 1997, followed by the Cairncross Dockyard facilities in Brisbane in 1999.[1] Cairncross is used for commercial ship repair and includes one of the largest graving docks in Australasia.[2] The dockyard can accommodate ships up to the Panamax sized class.
Forgacs conducts refit and maintenance work for the Royal Australian Navy, including the repair and extensive conversion of the (LPA) ships, following their purchase from the United States Navy. Forgacs constructed hull blocks for the and in 2009 they were contracted to build 30 hull blocks for the being constructed in Adelaide for the Royal Australian Navy.[3]
The company's facilities at the Cairncross Dockyard closed in 2014.[4] On 17 November 2015, Civmec announced that it would acquire Forgacs.[5] Civmec completed the acquisition of Forgacs Group on 2 February 2016[6] and renamed it Forgacs Marine and Defence.