Sigrist Design – A Brief History of an Australian owned manufacturing business….

Established in 1989 by Robert Sigrist the business focused on installing and refurbishment of imported ventilation and dust management systems.
Within about 10 years the business expanded to design, manufacture and installation of fans, ventilation and dust management solutions.

Diversification into the higher volume production of fans for the building construction HVAC market commenced about 10 years ago and led to the recruitment of a full design engineering team.
In 2018 the business was taken over by private investors when Robert Sigrist retired from daily operations and continued as a consultant for several years.

The new owners invested in the transition of the business from 2D CAD to 3D CAD for all products and focused the engineering team on design for manufacture.  The new management team recruited key senior staff and engaged LEAN improvement specialists in 2019 to develop and implement substantial improvements in production systems and efficiency.  Improvements like the full digitisation of the production control systems has resulted in strong gains in production capacity and operating efficiency.

The strategic objective of the new management has been to strengthen the foundation of the core business and seek acquisitions that add value to this core operation in related business segments. This was delayed by COVID and the supply chain challenges immediately following.

In 2024 the focus of the LEAN improvements shifted to the sales and administrative functions with the expansion of the in-house software development team.  This has brought substantial gains in sales team efficiency and quoting ability.

Sigrist Design has built and sustained a reputation over more than 30 years for high quality, robust and well engineered equipment manufactured in Queensland, Australia.