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Welcome to Parkburn

Parkburn Precision Handling Systems is an engineering company specialising in the design, manufacture & installation of product handling systems. Operating from its base in the UK, Parkburn supports the worldwide onshore and offshore markets.

Parkburn’s in-house design engineering capability includes all required mechanical, electrical, hydraulic and software disciplines. The latest Inventor 3D design and modelling facilities are used, within our DNV-GL accredited quality, environmental and health and safety system, to ensure all client requirements are fully satisfied.

Parkburn is proud both to supply and fully support a wide range of technically advanced, high performance, systems and equipment to the world’s leading constructors, installers and operators.

Parkburn provides quality product handling, drive & control systems to worldwide markets, including:

  • Offshore Oil & Gas
  • Saturation Diving
  • Deep Water Lifting
  • Power & Telecoms Cable Lay
  • Naval Ships and Submarines
  • Seismic Exploration
  • Oceanographic Research
  • Renewables


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Innovation

“The goal isn’t innovation. The goal is effectiveness. We strive for innovation because we want to be effective.”

Tim Stevens



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Encompassing the Dowty
50 Year Heritage

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Parkburn Precision Handling Systems was established in 2002, but it’s experience dates back much further. In 1968 a small team of Dowty Boulton & Paul engineers was tasked by the British Post Office, to develop a high speed & highly controllable machine for laying analogue telephone cables on the sea bed. In 1970, the Linear Cable Engine was born and from this market 1st technology the creation of Dowty Precision Handling Systems soon followed and became the world’s leading provider of marine telecoms handling systems and equipment.

The story now moves to the late 1980’s with the emergence of electrically driven systems and the beginning of the Parkburn / Dowty relationship. This culminated in the development and supply of another market 1st – the AC electric drive linear cable engine in 1999. This moved the entire marine telecom cable lay market from hydraulic to electric drive, as the demand for new high capacity digital subsea (internet) cables gained momentum.

Parkburn’s leading edge drive and control technology provided the heartbeat of these new electric, PLC-controlled high specification systems, and so most of the world’s leading subsea cable owners, operators and installers, benefited from the previously unseen levels of control, performance and reliability provided and continue to do so today.

For Equipment, Service & Lease Hire

Tel: +44 (0) 1952 236040
Fax: +44 (0) 1952 236041

For Drives Systems & Controls Systems

Tel: +44 (0) 1698 828957
Fax: +44 (0) 1698 828948

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Case Studies

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Parkburn is Now Employee Owned
Parkburn is Now Employee Owned

Parkburn Precision Handling Systems Announce Move to an Employee Ownership Trust

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Team Development
Team Development

Parkburn Design Engineers, Craig & Roberto successfully completed Beckhoff Twin CAT 3 PLC & Motion training.

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Parkburn Successfully Pass The Cyber Essentials Plus Certification Audit
Parkburn Successfully Pass The Cyber Essentials Plus Certification Audit

Parkburn are delighted to announce they have successfully passed the Cyber Essentials Plus Certification audit for another year.

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Parkburn Delivers Suite of Cable Handling Equipment
Parkburn Delivers Suite of Cable Handling Equipment

Parkburn is very pleased and extremely proud to be providing another suite of Cable Handling Equipment to the subsea telecoms market.

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Parkburn Continues to Deliver its Worldwide Service Thanks to Remote Commissioning
Parkburn Continues to Deliver its Worldwide Service Thanks to Remote Commissioning

Parkburn has successfully completed it's first 'remote commissioning' operation for an overseas customer

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Parkburn are Cyber Essential Plus Certified
Parkburn are Cyber Essential Plus Certified

Parkburn are pleased to announce that we have received our Cyber Essentials Plus Certification.

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Parkburns Lift-line Management System awarded ‘qualified technology status’ by DNVGL
Parkburns Lift-line Management System awarded ‘qualified technology status’ by DNVGL

Parkburns patented LMS has been awarded 'qualified technology status' by DNVGL under the DNVGL - ST- 407 rope based Deployment and Recovery Systems (DRS).

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Airborne Wind Energy System To Be Manufactured By Parkburn
Airborne Wind Energy System To Be Manufactured By Parkburn

Parkburn Contracted By Ampyx Power To Manufacture Landing Deck With Rotation System For Airborne Wind Energy System

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Parkburn Launches Self-Fleeting Cable Drum Engine
Parkburn Launches Self-Fleeting Cable Drum Engine

Parkburn is pleased to introduce its self-fleeting cable drum engine to the subsea telecoms market.

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Parkburn Meet DSM Dyneema Asia Pacific
Parkburn Meet DSM Dyneema Asia Pacific

Shon Laird (Parkburn Business Development - Asia Pacific) was pleased to visit the Singapore test centre of DSM Dyneema.

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Parkburn Appoints New Engineering Design Manager
Parkburn Appoints New Engineering Design Manager

Parkburn has appointed Peter Hall as Design Engineering Manager

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Parkburn Announces New North America Appointment
Parkburn Announces New North America Appointment

Dennis Sherman, has been appointed to the new role of ‘Business Development’ (Americas) assisting with Parkburn’s growth strategy.

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Website Update & Launch
Website Update & Launch

Our goal was to create a website with a modern design whilst being user friendly, improving our existing and potential customers experience and journey with Parkburn.

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MacGregor FibreTrac 1500 Crane Event
MacGregor FibreTrac 1500 Crane Event

Parkburn will be attending the first demonstration of the MacGregors FibreTrac 1500 crane which features Parkburn’s own DeepWater Capstan.

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Parkburn Announces New Asia-Pacific Appointment
Parkburn Announces New Asia-Pacific Appointment

Shon Laird, has been appointed to the new role of Business Development (Asia Pacific) adding further strength to Parkburn’s expansion plans.

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Asia Pacific Office Location
Asia Pacific Office Location

As part of its investment planning for future significant growth, Parkburn Precision Handling Systems has opened an office in Singapore.

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