Bradken Pty Limited was founded in the 1920's. At the time of CHAMP’s ownership Bradken was a leading Australian manufacturer of steel consumables and capital equipment and associated maintenance services for the mining, mineral processing, industrial and rail sectors, with annual sales of more than A$500 million. “CHAMP encouraged and enabled my team to accelerate our capital expenditures to capture the extraordinary profit improvement opportunities available to Bradken” Brian Hodges CHAMP exited Bradken in August 2004 via an IPO on the Australian Stock Market. |

