About Us

Sykes Group was established in Australia in 1967 to service the growing Australian mining and construction industries. Sykes is now one of the largest auto prime pump manufacturers in the world.

Today, 41 years later Sykes take great pride in offering our customers a total equipment solution to a variety of industries and a spectrum of applications.

Sykes provides an unmatched combination of application and product expertise to meet your equipment needs. We specialise in the design, manufacture and application of standard and custom built equipment for some of the most challenging applications in the world.

We offer one of the broadest selections of equipment technologies and product designs and are dedicated to helping our customers achieve the best performance, whatever the industry.

Sykes provides local service through a highly trained network of branches located throughout Australia and New Zealand along with stocking distributors throughout the world.

Sykes is an independently owned company with great relationships however holds no direct affiliation to any other corporation.

In the beginning…

Sykes was established in Australia in 1967 by UK pump group Henry Sykes Plc.  The company traded as Henry Sykes Pumps Pty Ltd importing pumps and equipment from the UK until 1974 when local manufacture commenced in Gateshead, Newcastle NSW.

Sykes Pumps manufactured pumps to suit the specific requirements of the demanding Australian mining and construction industries.

In 1977 Sykes became part of another UK group Hanson Plc.  The company traded as Hanson Sykes Pumps Pty Ltd in Australia.  In 1987 Jon Collins joined the board in Australia after more than 18 years with Hanson Plc in the UK. 

In 1988 Jon Collins was appointed managing director of Hanson Sykes Pumps Pty Ltd and the head office was moved from Chatswood in Sydney to the manufacturing plant in Gateshead, Newcastle.

In 1992 the ownership of the business changed when Jon Collins was part of an MBO thus ending the association with all UK companies allowing the company to focus on its Australian operations. Shortly after, the company changed its name to Sykes Pumps Australia Pty Ltd when manufacturing operations moved to Cardiff, Newcastle.

In early 1997 Sykes sold its hire division to Coates Hire Ltd and focused on manufacturing and selling pumps worldwide. In 1998 Jon Collins became the sole owner of Sykes Pumps Australia Pty Ltd.

In 2003 the company changed its name to Sykes Group Pty Ltd, the purpose of this change was to reflect the company’s global market focus as well as to show that ‘The Group’ were more than just a pump company.