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ROBIT AND SOTREQ LAUNCH COOPERATION IN BRAZIL

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Robit Plc and Sotreq S.A. have signed a distribution agreement. Based on the agreement, Sotreq will represent Robit and its products in Brazil.

The partnership between Robit and Sotreq supports Robit’s goal to expand the company’s market coverage and strengthen its distributor network. Brazil, as a leading economy in Latin America and a major mining country, offers a huge opportunity in this sense.

Arto Halonen, Group CEO, Robit Plc: “We are delighted to start cooperation with Sotreq. Robit’s high quality products, combined with Sotreq’s strong presence, service and customer base, provide customers in Brazil with a strong partner for their drilling consumables needs.”

Marcelo Orberg, CEO, Sotreq S.A. emphasizes: “We believe in the power of collaboration and the strength that comes from companies working together towards a common goal. Through the assumed cooperation with Robit, we are ready to conquer new challenges and continue our journey of growth in the Brazilian market. We are very confident in the expansion of underground mining. For this, it is essential to add technology to the activity, with state-of-the-art accessories, which add productivity to our customers’ business.”

Robit specializes in providing top-notch drilling consumables to the global mining and construction industries, enabling its customers to achieve extended drilling capabilities with unparalleled quality. The company’s goal is to be the number one drilling consumables company in the world. The company has achieved this through its range of world-class products, including Top Hammer, Down the Hole and Geotechnical solutions, all known for their high and proven quality. In addition, expert services ensure cost savings on drilling for its customers.

Sotreq’s trajectory is marked by entrepreneurship and the conviction that the pursuit of excellence is the path to growth. With more than 80 years of innovation, Sotreq is a national company that provides solutions for new and used equipment, technology, specialized product support, in addition to leasing solutions. It is an official Cat dealership with more than 50 branches distributed in more than 90% of the national territory. It serves the Construction, Mining, Agribusiness, Energy, Forestry, Industrial and Oil & Gas and Maritime market segments with a highly qualified technical team. More information available at www.sotreq.com.br.

Further information:

Arto Halonen, Group CEO, Robit Plc, arto.halonen@robitgroup.com
Arthur Assis, Commercial Manager, Sotreq S.A., arthur.assis@sotreq.com.br

ROBIT PLC
Arto Halonen

Photo from left: Arto Halonen, Group CEO, Robit Plc and Marcelo Orberg, CEO, Sotreq S.A.

ROBIT RENEWS ITS BOARD

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Robit’s General Meeting has elected vuorineuvos (honorary title granted by the President of the Republic Finland) Lasse Aho as a new member of Robit board on 15 March 2023. He has 18 years of experience as a CEO of Olvi Plc, during which time Olvi Plc has grown strongly. Aho brings strong knowledge in managing growth company. In addition, he brings know-how of consumer business sales, marketing, and brand development to Robit, which operates in consumables sector and further strengthens its brand in the global market.

Robit board has elected Director Markku Teräsvasara as the new Chairman of the board. He has a long experience of Robit’s business area. He brings strong knowledge to defining the company’s long-term growth strategy and its implementation in the global market.

Harri Sjöholm, who has over 30 years of experience in the company, continues as a Vice Chairman of the Robit board.

With these decisions Robit ensures the company’s renewal and wants to utilize the opportunities of the global drilling consumables market even more productively.

In the picture from left: Lasse Aho, Markku Teräsvasara, Harri Sjöholm

ROBIT PLC’S ANNUAL REPORT, CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STATEMENT AND REMUNERATION REPORT FOR THE YEAR 2022 HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED

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Robit Plc’s Annual Report, Corporate Governance Statement and Remuneration Report for the year 2022 have today been published in Finnish and English in PDF format on the company’s website at https://www.robitgroup.com/investor/financial-information/.

The Annual Report contains the Board of Directors’ Review and the Financial Statements 2022. The Financial Statements includes Consolidated Financial Statements, Robit Plc’s Parent Company Statements and the Auditor’s Report.

Please read the report: Robit Plc Annual Report 2022

MEGACITY GETS A NEW METRO LINE

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Lima, the capital of Peru, is the second largest city in the Americas, with a population of just slightly under 10 million. Surprisingly, the megacity has only one metro line; the second line is now under construction. Once finished, it will make a huge impact on the city now troubled by congestion and pollution.

The project of building a metro network in Lima has been long and burdensome. The first plans were approved by the Peruvian government in 1974, but construction did not start until 1986. Due to various political disputes and economic issues, the project was stalled for several decades, until Line 1 finally started operations in 2012.

Plans for Metro Line 2 were initiated the same year. While Line 1 connects the northern and southern parts of the city, Line 2 will stretch from the eastern Ate district to the seaside city of Callao, Peru’s chief seaport, in the west. Construction work began in late 2014; it will include 27 stations and the excavation of some 27 km of tunnels.

Several of the stations will require some heavy foundation work. For stations 11 and 26, in the Breña district and Ate district respectively, the fortification work was awarded to Soletanche Bachy del Perú, a leading multinational company in civil and geotechnical engineering, and a strategic partner for Robit in Peru.

“We have worked from day one with Soletanche’s technical, commercial and engineering staff, advising on the different solution alternatives for carrying out the work”, says José Luis Cisneros, General Manager of Robit SAC.

“Since Soletanche has used our MU (Multi-use) Down the Hole systems in the past, we decided together to use Robit MU Tools for the project, including sizing equipment, pipes and accessories. Since early July 2022, we worked in close coordination with operations and logistics to meet the demanding deadlines.” Our DTH Sales Manager, Martín Rodríguez, played a key role in this coordination”.

Soletanche began micro-piling work for lateral support at Station 11 on July 20, using the Robit MU 114 system and Hyper 31 hammers.

“Supervised by Harold del Rosario, our Head of Geotechnical Assistance, we attended the operation to monitor the performance of our materials. We obtained excellent results in a very abrasive and challenging terrain”, José says.

August saw the beginning of micro-piling work for the structures of Station 11, with Robit pilots and ring bits from the MU 406 system and the HYPER 121 SD 12 hammer. Robit continued to provide assistance and monitor the performance and the drilling parameters. At the end of November, the fortification project of Station 11 of Lima Metro Line 2 was completed.

”Soletanche’s experience with our drilling tools has been very satisfactory, given the great performance of the MU 114 system, as well as the MU 406 system penetration rates achieved after the adjustments recommended by our drilling specialists. This project has further consolidated the relations between Robit and Soletanche for future projects”, José says.

As a whole, Lima Metro Line 2 is a gigantic, $5 billion project which will largely revolutionize mobility in the Lima Metropolitan area. Today, the typical trip from Ate to Callao is a two-hour ride; the metro line reduces the time to 45 minutes – a major improvement that will be enjoyed by more than 200 million passengers each year.

Picture: Harold Del Rosario (3rd from right) and the Soletanche team at Station 11.

A NEW STAR IN THE MEXICAN MARKET REPRESENTS ROBIT

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Peñasquito Mine, located in the State of Zacatecas in Central Mexico, is the second-largest silver mine in the world and also a major producer of gold, lead, and zinc. The giant has been successfully served by a fresh partnership between a new dynamic distributor and Robit.

The scale of operation at Peñasquito is so massive that it’s more like a small city than just an open-pit mine, with its own airport, a 1,900-bed camp with full dining, laundry and recreational facilities, and even a radio station. Opened in 2010, it currently produces some 31 million ounces, or almost 900 tons, of silver per year.

Mining is a thriving industry in Mexico, with several distributors competing over their share of the drilling consumable market. Peñasquito Mine is owned by Newmont, the world’s largest gold mining corporation. This did not stop Marlous Supplies and Services, a newcomer in the field, from landing a distribution deal for Robit DTH tools with Newmont.

Marlous was founded in the spring of 2020 by Martín Ocaño, who has an accomplished track record in the business.

“I have dedicated 24 years to the commercialization of products and services, in mining and public and private companies. For years I had been working on the idea of forming a company dedicated to supplying different products to the mining industry”, Martín says.

“Our key strength against the competition is that we focus completely on giving good attention and service to our clients, always covering their needs, interests and concerns, including after-sales. This has distinguished us and helped us enter and gain ground in the toughly competed mining market.”

In the search for a reliable supplier for drilling tools in their portfolio, Marlous decided the best option was Robit, given their experience and product quality. In the case of Newmont Peñasquito, Marlous was in the right place at the right time.

“Newmont’s main supplier of drilling tools was failing to deliver products in time. We had a similar product available, so we were able to help them out, and from then on we were allowed to start serious testing”, Martín recalls.

Currently, Marlous is supplying a major part of the DTH drilling tools used at Peñasquito. These include Robit D88 and WH4 hammers as well as QL80 and TD40 drill bits.

A key factor in their success at Peñasquito has been the technical personnel working on-site in close cooperation with the Newmont staff. This includes monthly meetings where the results of the previous month are analyzed and points of improvement can be identified.

“We are always open to feedback and encourage our customers to comment on any detail, anomaly or possible improvement. They appreciate it when their comments and observations are taken into account and implemented as soon as possible”, says Martín.

Still a young and small company, Marlous has already established a firm foothold in the Mexican mining sector. Growing steadily, the company is building on a balanced synergy between the quality of products and impeccable customer service.

Picture: The Marlous team, from left; Martín Tapia, Erik Coronado, Guadalupe Rivera, Ignacio Beltran, Carlos Tapia, Rodrigo Aravena. Martín Ocaño, Narciso Beltrán and Miguel Beltrán were out on business.

GROUNDBREAKING DTH CONTRACT IN PERU

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Rich in copper, silver, gold, and lead reserves, Peru is a global giant in the mining industry. Iron ore is also a significant export, although known deposits are limited to a single region.

Antonio Raimondi was an exceptionally versatile scientist. Born in Milan, Italy in 1826, he emigrated to Peru in 1850. A year later he became a professor of natural history at the National University of San Marcos in Lima. In the following years, he founded a medical school and a chemistry department there. Raimondi was also a passionate geographer, traveling extensively across the country conducting geological, botanical, and zoological studies. It was on one of these journeys that he discovered a vast iron ore deposit in the Marcona District in the Nazca province, some 500 km south of Lima, in 1870.

It wasn’t until the 1950s that the exploitation of iron ore in Marcona began. Since 1992 the open pit operation has been run by the Chinese-owned company Shougang Hierro Perú, during which time the production of iron has grown sixfold.

A large share of the drilling and earthmoving operations at Shougang Hierro Perú is conducted by Cosapi Mineria, a subsidiary of Cosapi S.A., one of Peru’s biggest construction and engineering companies. Cosapi Mineria specializes in massive earthworks and the development of open pit mines.

An open pit operation typically makes extensive use of Down-the-Hole tools for pre-split and buffer drilling. That’s why Shougang Hierro Perú was an attractive target for Robit SAC to approach with their offering.

“The iron deposit at Shougang Hierro Perú consists of very hard and abrasive materials. You can find competent soils with compressive strengths of 250 to 300 MPa”, says José Luis Cisneros, General Manager of Robit SAC.

“We contacted Cosapi Mineria and carried out the first test in early 2020 with 7-inch bits and a D65 hammer. Since then, we have been working ever more closely with Cosapi, providing them with material innovations to increase performance.”

“In recent months we have been working together with Cosapi in a testing process of the main DTH providers in the market. Thanks to the constant monitoring by our Assistance Engineer Kevin Salas, and the development of the right products through our DTH Sales Manager, Martín Rodríguez, we have been able to generate new ways of improving the operation and proposing drilling targets with higher standards”, José says.

The open pit operation requires a lot of double bench pre-splitting, performed with D45 HD hammers and 5-inch bits, ballistic buttons, and a convex face. The bits have obtained an average duration of 1,400 meters, and an average speed of 32 m/h.

Recently, Cosapi signed an extension contract for their operations in two of the open pits at Shougang Hierro Perú. Impressed by the tests conducted with Robit, they granted a consignment agreement, trusting Robit with 60% of the consumption of drilling tools over the competition.

“This is the first contract of consumption for DTH tools in Latin America where we will provide assistance and stock for the client’s operation, including technical service, maintenance of hammers and management of drill bits”, says José.

“We hope to show Cosapi Mineria and the market that Robit SAC has the necessary resources to keep exceeding the expectations of our strategic partners.”

Welcome to visit us at the booth #221 in 49th Annual Conference on Explosives & Blasting Technique

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Welcome to visit us at the annual conference on Explosives & Engineering Technique, sponsored by the International Society of Explosives Engineers in San Antonio, Texas, USA on 4-8 February 2023. You will find us at the booth #221.

Get a firsthand look at our new products, comprehensive services and integrated solutions. Get familiar for our new Top Hammer Rbit series as well as tubeless DTH WH TL hammer family and DTH bits.

Meet the Experts in Drilling Consumables – Robit Blasting Team

NEW TRAM LINE CONSUMES 100 KM OF STEEL PILES

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A project is underway in Helsinki, Finland to build a completely new tram line, along with new municipal infrastructure and green spaces. The contractor Destia is using a wide range of Robit wear parts for soil and rock drilling in the project.

The alliance model project will involve the construction of approximately 4.5 kilometres of tramway and associated street areas and municipal engineering between Nihti and Pasila. The project will also include the renovation of street areas as well as improved pedestrian and cycling connections. Preconstruction started in Nihti in July 2021.

A massive groundwork project

An alliance group led by Destia is working in challenging street conditions in the middle of urban Kalasatama. The group’s share of the construction work on the new line comprises some three kilometres of road, the entire cross-section of which will be rebuilt in the course of the project.

“The section will be built on a pile slab structure, covering a total area of over 36,000 square meters, or about the size of five football pitches. During the project, about 100 kilometres of individual piles 15 to 20 meters in length will be used for road foundations,” says Alexei Kesonen, Project Manager for Foundation Engineering at Destia Oy.

At the same time, a ramp will be built for the possible future construction of a tunnel to Sörnäinen.

“The support structures of the ramp and tunnel walls combine three techniques: pipe pile wall, sheet pile wall and combi wall. Based on excavations, each was chosen to save time and, of course, to achieve a highquality result. The ground on the site varies widely from soft clay to hard rock to bouldery fill.”

“A wide variety of drilling equipment, sheet pile drivers and piling rigs are needed on site, allowing the choice of optimal working methods. With skilled workers, the right equipment and careful planning, even the largest projects can proceed on schedule,” says Kesonen.

Using domestic wear parts is an asset

Destia has a long history of solid cooperation with Robit on wear parts for soil and rock drilling.

“You can always trust the quality of Robit’s products and their service level as a domestic manufacturer. Speed of delivery is also excellent, which is an absolute must, as the schedules are tight, and work cannot stop because of missing parts. Robit supplies us with drilling consumables directly from their factory in Lempäälä. Of course, we also store them onsite, which ensures there is no downtime.”

“The pipe piles are installed using Robit’s 18″ DTH hammers, 508 mm SR XL2 ring bits, 508 mm SR pilots and L-model impact shoes, which arrive on site pre-welded to the pile ends. For the installation of combi wall piles, Robit Prime ring bits and pilots are used. For the supporting wall anchors, we are using Robit’s DT (Drill Through) technology, which allows us to drill the pilots into the rock through the ring bit assembly,” Kesonen says.

Construction of the new tramway line started in the summer of 2021. If all goes according to plan, the line will be operational by the end of 2024, greatly streamlining cross-town traffic: you can get from Kalasatama to Pasila by tram in 15 minutes. The route will also conveniently link trams to trains and the metro at several transport hubs.

Picture: Construction Engineer Alexey Selivonchyk of Destia presenting the Robit SR pilot.

GIANT PROJECT IN SAUDI ARABIA TAKING FIRST STEPS

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One of the world’s largest construction projects is currently underway in Saudi Arabia near the northern end of the Red Sea. It is the future site of Neom, an ambitiously futuristic city planned to cover a total area of 26,500 km2 – more than twice the New York metropolitan area.

Still mostly on the drawing board, Neom is planned to comprise various high-profile regions, each catering to different needs. By late 2022, the plans for four regions have been publicized. Sindalah, a luxury island resort on the Red Sea, is expected to be the first physical showcase of Neom, scheduled to open in early 2024. Trojena will be a mountain destination for year-round skiing, while Oxagon is going to be a coastal clean industry hub.

The region that has attracted the most press coverage and provoked discussion worldwide, is called The Line. It is planned to consist of a single structure that is 500 m tall, 200 m wide – and no less than 170 km long, stretching from the Red Sea coast deep into the desert.

The Line is planned to house nine million residents, all with access to their basic services within a five-minute walking distance. Eliminating the need for cars, it is planned to use high-speed trains for transport within the city.

The transport system of The Line will consist of two separate railroads: one for the high-speed passenger trains and the other for freight services. The rail system will require the excavation of some 28 km of tunnels.

The tunnel construction bid was won by the Korean consortium of Hyundai E&C and Samsung C&T. The value of the order is estimated at no less than US$1 billion.

In the summer of 2022, the bidding for jumbo drilling and rock tools in the tunnel project was won by Jinyang R&S, one of the largest jumbo drill rental companies in Korea. Jinyang manages some 35 jumbo drill units, renting them with operators to tunneling and mining sites, mostly within South Korea.

Rock tools for the tunnel jumbos will be supplied by Robit. Since their distribution deal struck in 2017, Robit has supplied Jinyang with rock tools for several domestic job sites in Korea; the Neom deal, however, is unprecedented in scope.

“This is a huge project and a major deal for Robit for the coming years”, says Sales Manager Sunyong Choi of Robit.

At the future tunneling job site, the first test drillings using Robit’s tools started in November 2022. Still in its infancy, the entire Neom project is guaranteed to keep drawing widespread attention.

Read more about the project here: NEOM

Season update 2022-2023

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Hilla Niemelä is one of the rising young stars in Finnish skiing. A corporate supporter of sports, Robit signed a sponsorship and cooperation agreement with Hilla in late summer 2021.

The collaboration between Robit and Hilla is based on shared values and jointly produced media content that gives glimpses into Hilla’s training, racing career, goals, current affairs and future expectations. Hilla put the season opening update together:

The season has now progressed to the point that it is time for a little Christmas holiday. While this won’t really be a break from exercise, I will still have time to relax and recover at home and to prepare for my main objective for this season.

In May, I had to put practice on the backburner, when studying for the university entrance exams required a lot of energy. I did train even then, but in freeform, completely without a program and without stress. That same month, I also moved officially to Tampere, which has felt like the right choice ever since.

With the entrance exams over in June, I headed to Otepää for a training camp with my skiing club. And at the end of the month, I had this training season’s first U23 (Under 23) national training camp.

In July, I clocked over 100 hours of training. I had plenty of successful practice sets and even managed to break a few personal records during the test in the final days, despite considerable stress from all the training.

At the beginning of August, I attended yet another camp in Vuokatti, together with the U23 group. During that month, I also finally started my studies at Tampere University. All the studying for the entrance exams in the spring bore fruit as I managed to secure a study place, and now I am studying environment and biotechnology while training and competing.

I attended university regularly in September and October, but also managed to train a fair bit. At the end of October, I had a snow camp in Vuokatti and started accumulating the first skiing kilometers on snow.

November arrived with the start of the competition season at the Finnish Cup in Vuokatti. I got up to a good speed on both competition days and it started becoming evident that I was in good condition for competitions. The first races of the season have always been a bit more difficult for me, but I continued with a good flow at Olos the following weekend. Success at the high-level, traditional-style race on 10-kilometer distance guaranteed me a spot representing at the World Cup in Ruka. In a race in Taivalkoski, one week after Olos, I secured a spot for the sprint race in Ruka as well.

My first World Cup weekend started well, and I made it all the way to the Quarter Finals, finishing as 25th. I was also happy with my results in the 10-kilometer traditional race in Ruka. These successes gave me the opportunity to participate in the World Cup in Lillehammer in the 20-kilometer, traditional-style mass-start race. I had a couple of peaceful days at home after Ruka, before heading off to Lillehammer, where I had a clean race and loads of great experience. In the final listings I was 37th.

Having participated in races five weekends in a row, I was in dire need of a training break after Lillehammer. For me, this means a weekend without a race to attend to. After the training break I headed to Östersund for Scandinavia Cup, which is in practice a B-Class World Cup. I reached the 6th place in the qualification round of the traditional-style sprint, meaning that in the Quarter Finals I was up against the Olympic winner of last winter’s sprint, among others. High performance in the Quarter Finals netted me a spot in the Semi Finals with a lucky loser time, and there I achieved the 11th place in the final rankings.

Now I have some time to rest and recover again, gaining some energy from Christmas food. The next important races are in January of 2023. The plan is to head over to the United States at the start of January, in order to participate in the Winter Universiade, or the World Championship for students, in Lake Placid. The competitions will run for a couple of weeks, after which I will transfer from the US directly to Canada. This is where my main competition for the season, the U23 World Championship, will be held. I am now in a better condition than ever before and I am eagerly looking forward to finding out, just how far that will get me this year.

Best Regards, Hilla

ROBIT AND VELJEKSET TOIVANEN HAVE SIGNED A LONG-TERM COOPERATION AGREEMENT

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Robit Plc and Veljekset Toivanen Oy have signed a long-term cooperation agreement of supplying drilling consumables to Sotkamo Silver mine in Kainuu. The deliveries of Robit drilling consumables start along with the first mining project in January 2023. Veljekset Toivanen works as the prime contractor in Sotkamo Silver mine based on a three-year-agreement with two option years. Robit also supplies its consumables to Endomines’ Pampalo gold mine for opening the open pit mine in Ilomantsi.

Arto Halonen, Group CEO, Robit: ”We are extremely pleased to start building a long-term cooperation with Veljekset Toivanen. This agreement strengthens Robit’s position as the leading drilling consumables supplier in Finland.”

Ari Keskitalo, Mining Manager, Veljekset Toivanen: “Our previous cooperation with Robit run smoothly. Thus, the new agreement of drilling consumables supply to Sotkamo Silver mine creates a natural continuum. In addition, one of our company’s values is locality, so Robit as a domestic actor was an easy choice.”

Since 1983, Veljekset Toivanen has been known as a reliable and innovative company providing mining, infra-building, and industry services. The company provides its customers among others with mining support services in underground and open pit mines. Further information is available at www.toivanengroup.com.

Robit is the expert focused on drilling consumables for mining and construction markets. Through the high and proven quality Top Hammer, Down the Hole and Geotechnical products, and the expert services, Robit delivers saving in drilling costs to the customers. Robit has its own sales and service points in eight countries and an active distributor network through which it sells to more than 100 countries. Robit’s manufacturing units are located in Finland, South Korea, Australia and the UK. Robit’s shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. Further information is available at www.robitgroup.com.

Picture from left: Kimmo Kangas, Sales Manager Finland, Robit and Ari Keskitalo, Mining Manager, Veljekset Toivanen

Further information:

Arto Halonen
Group CEO, Robit Plc, arto.halonen@robitgroup.com

Ari Keskitalo
Mining Manager, Veljekset Toivanen Oy, ari.keskitalo@veljeksettoivanen.fi

Agnico Eagle Finland Certificate

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Robit Finland Oy received a diploma “Our Best Suppliers 2021” from Agnico Eagle Finland on 2 November 2022. We are very proud of being acknowledged of our customer-oriented work and safety matters. The diploma was received by Kimmo Kangas, Sales Manager Finland, Robit and Mervi Kallioinen, Grinding & Drillmaster Service.

Robit Rbit™ Button Bit Series for drifting and tunneling available

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Summarizing all the essential drilling features, we are going deeper with more speed and force, driving the development of the drilling consumables industry. As an established global company, we continuously need to reinvent ourselves. Across the globe, our cases are more versatile, our knowledge base wider, our questions and tools for finding answers smarter. We fight hard every day to be the strongest and smartest when it comes to the space between drill and rock so that we deliver only the best to our valued customers. That is the true spirit of Robit® Rbit™.

At the beginning of last year Robit launched bigger diameters, over 60 mm sizes of Rbit™ series. Now we have the complete series with 32 mm (1¼”) up to 57 mm (2¼”), which full-fill the needs of drifting & tunneling.

With the Rbit™, our commitment is to help our customers reduce the total drilling costs by achieving faster rate of penetration and the lowest cost-per-meter.

New features of Rbit™  series (sizes 32 mm – 57 mm) are:

  • An optimized button layout configuration to ensure maximized rock contact and energy transmission.
  • Optimized placement of flushing holes allowing improved flushing and even improved rate of penetration (ROP).
  • Redesigned wider flushing grooves, that allow more space delivering a better flow for the cuttings.

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation images show the efficient flushing properties of new Rbit™ series.

Robit® Rbit™ Series – New Innovations for Drifting & Tunneling Bits

1. Optimized button layout maximizing rock contact

  • Smart button configuration → Optimized rock breaking dynamics

2. Wider flushing grooves allowing better flow of cuttings

  • Improved flushing → Maximized flushing efficiency

3. Optimized placement of flushing holes allowing better flow of cuttings

  • Improved flushing → Maximized flushing efficiency

You can watch the video at our Youtube channel: Robit Rbit Series for Drifting and Tunneling

Please download the catalogue: Robit Top Hammer Product Catalogue 8-2022

Welcome to visit us at 47th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations

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October 4–7, 2022 – National Harbor, Maryland, USA – Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center

Join us for our 47th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations in National Harbor, MD, and network with the largest gathering of international practitioners specializing in cutting-edge technologies and risk management for deep foundations, ground improvement, earth retention and excavation support.

Through Robit’s technologies and support, we are pleased to help the major construction sector with all their drilling needs and offer the solutions to even the toughest projects. We will introduce the brilliant solutions and technologies of geotechnical applications. Come and meet our experts to hear more about the competitive offering in top-quality drilling consumables at our booth #507!

Warmly welcome, Robit team

The new Robit Top Hammer Product Catalogue has been published

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Explore the competitive full-set offering in top-quality consumables for Top Hammer applications like drifting & tunneling, long hole drilling, reaming and surface drilling:

  • New Rbit™ button bit series
  • Reaming equipment
  • Shank adapters
  • Drill rods
  • Couplings
  • Auxiliary tools

We offer You:

  • The highest quality in drilling consumables – Our focus is 110 % in drilling consumables.
  • Excellent drilling results and performance – We have a lot of references.
  • We emphasize short and precise deliveries from 4 factories – Robit also has comprehensive storages in every continent.

Robit is following together with its key customers the development steps of more powerful hydraulic drifters. Robit is modelling and simulating the dynamic forces and stresses, and innovates new solutions to meet the best performance, efficiency, and lifetime to fulfill drillers’ needs.

Please read and download the new catalogue here: Robit Top Hammer Product Catalogue 2022

Robit supports Tampere Eagles Cricket Club

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Robit has sponsored the jersey kit for Tampere Eagles Cricket Club based in Tampere, Finland. Tampere Eagles Cricket Club, founded in 2015, plays in the National League Twenty20 Division 2 of Cricket Finland. They have already secured second position for this year’s tournament in their division, and they have their final game of the season this weekend which will determine their promotion to the National League Twenty20 Division 1. Robit would like to congratulate them for their success so far, and wishes the club all the very best for their promotion to Division 1.

“Robit Group supporting our club and cricket in general is quite an encouragement for the club and its members to perform well. We really are grateful for this gesture.”, acknowledged Mohibullah Moradi, Chairman of Tampere Eagles Cricket Club during the kit handover event.

Picture: Mohibullah Moradi, Chairman of Tampere Eagles Cricket Club receiving his jersey from George Apostolopoulos, VP Global Sales, Robit Group

VISÍTANOS – PERUMIN 2022 – DEL 26 AL 30 DE SEPTIEMBRE, AREQUIPA, PERÚ

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Welcome to visit us at Perumin 2022. The exhibition will take place on 26-30 September 2022, Cerro Juli – Centro de Convenciones de Arequipa, Peru.

Get a firsthand look at our new products, comprehensive services and integrated solutions. Get familiar for our new Top Hammer Rbit series as well as tubeless DTH WH TL hammer family and DTH bits.

We serve You at our booth 414, Pavilion 3. You are more than welcome!

Robit team

World Tunnel Congress 2022

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Dear friends and colleagues of the tunnel society,

it is our great pleasure to invite you to visit us at the World Tunnel Congress 2022. The conference will be held September 2-8 in Copenhagen, Denmark, focusing on underground solutions for a world in change. You will find us at our stand A1-07 during the exhibition dates, September 5-7, 2022.

Robit’s products are known world wide. We’ll introduce you our patented Robit® RoX Casing Systems series for forepoling. It allows easy driving of the casing tubes into the ground with low torque demand. In modern forepoling also fiberglass casings can be used for ultra-long facebolts. We’ll introduce also our new state of the art – Robit® Top Hammer Rbit™ button bit series.

Robit team will be delighted to tell you more about our unbeatable tunneling products and also the other world-class products in our assortment.

Welcome to meet us at WTC 2022 in Copenhagen!

Robit Team