Gill Engineering has been in business from the same premises at 19 - 25 York Street Airport West in Melbourne, Victoria since 1956. The fabrication and maintenance business has and does cover industries as diverse as aviation, rail transport, road transport and paddle steamers, the oil / gas petrochemical industries, Department of Defence, wineries, sand blasting, canneries, packaging, recycling, car makers and many other general manufacturing industries. The range of products include pressure vessels, pipe work and valving, gantries, sandblast cabinets, pressure pots, wine vats, food grade stainless steel pipe work, robotic support frames, safety guards and rails, stainless bench tops, machinery shafts and bushes, aircraft tow bars etc. Materials used in fabrication include carbon steel in all its forms of hardness and tensile strength, stainless steel, aluminium, phosphor bronze and perspex.
Our range of expertise includes welding, in steel, stainless steel and aluminium, milling and machining, steel cutting, bending, pressing and rolling, sand and bead blasting, painting, galvanizing and powder coating.
Initially formed to provide a service to the petrochemical industry in particular in retail petrol outlets and as support to the local Airports, Tullamarine and Essendon. We continue to maintain our longstanding relationship with Qantas in the maintenance / re-manufacture of ground support parts and equipment. The business soon grew to encompass fabrication in all areas of industry including the design and manufacture of farming implements. We provide a quick turn around emergency service to many manufacturing companies in the event of machinery breakdowns.