Xiamen ProDrill Equipment Co.

What Xiamen ProDrill Equipment Co. does

Xiamen ProDrill Equipment Co., Ltd is a privately-held Chinese manufacturer of rock drilling tools and consumables, founded in 2008 and headquartered in Xiamen, Fujian. The company operates vertically integrated production covering forging, metal processing, heat treatment, and CNC machining, with proprietary hollow steel rolling production lines and patent-protected valve-less DTH hammer and bit designs. Its product portfolio spans 13 categories including button bits, DTH hammers and bits, top hammer consumables, rotary/tricone bits, RC drilling tools, overburden casing systems (ODEX, Symmetrix, Concentric), pneumatic and hydraulic breakers, drill rigs, grinding equipment, expansive mortars (CrackMax, FJELLSPREKK SUPER), and underground trackless equipment. Products are engineered to be 100% compatible and interchangeable with Atlas Copco, Sandvik, and Epiroc equipment, marketed at approximately 60% of incumbent OEM pricing while delivering roughly 90% of performance.

ProDrill targets primary vertical segments of mining and quarrying (granite and dimension stone), with secondary presence in water well, geothermal, foundation, tunneling, construction, and demolition. Revenue is generated through one-time hardware sales of drill bits, hammers, rods, casing systems, rigs, and demolition equipment, with substantial recurring demand from replacement consumables (buttons, rods, carbide inserts, grinding consumables). Distribution occurs through direct export from China plus a network of exclusive sole-agent channel partners (Galfer Import SL in Spain since 2003 reaching $3M annual sales by 2015; Forbuk Import A.S in Norway since 2004; ProDrill Chile), with sales engagement via Skype, WhatsApp, and WeChat and 15-day fulfillment for stocked standard sizes. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, supported by free replacement on quality failures and refund guarantees.

The company sells into 30+ countries across Asia (India, Saudi Arabia), Europe (Spain, Norway), North America (USA), Africa (South Africa), and increasingly South America (Peru since 2023), with named enterprise accounts including KSG (world's largest Black Galaxy granite quarry operator in India), SMG-Saudi Granite and Marble, Saudi granite quarries (No. 1 brand position for 15+ years), MCL California, and Galfer/Forbuk. Certifications are limited to ISO 9001 quality management. The company is founder-led under Director Simon Hu, with no disclosed external investors, no funding rounds, and 11-50 employees.

Name

Xiamen ProDrill Equipment Co.

Legal name

Xiamen Prodrill Equipment Co., Ltd

Website

https://rock-drill-bits.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Xiamen ProDrill Equipment Co., founded in 2008 and based in Xiamen, China, manufactures rock drilling tools, DTH hammers, button bits, casing systems, and demolition equipment at roughly 60% of OEM pricing, serving mining, quarrying, water well, construction, and demolition companies across 30+ countries via direct export and exclusive agent partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Rock Drilling Tools Manufacturing

NAICS

Mining Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing (333131), Mining and Oil and Gas Field Machinery Manufacturing (33313), Agriculture, Construction, and Mining Machinery Manufacturing (3331)

SIC

Mining Machinery & Equip (No Oil & Gas Field Mach & Equip) (3532), Construction, Mining & Materials Handling Machinery & Equip (3530)

akta.pro primary industry

Drill Tools, Bits & Downhole Equipment (IMAHAMAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Drilling & Rock Excavation Equipment (Rotary/Top-Hammer, Jumbos, Raiseborers) (IMAKANAC), Wear Parts & Consumables (GET, Liners, Drill Bits, Grinding Media) (IMAKANAH), Rock Drilling & Blasthole Drilling Equipment (IMAHAMAC), Wear Parts & Consumables (Liners, Mantles, Hammers) (IMAHAMAK)

Keywords

• Rock drilling tools
• DTH hammer bits
• Button bits manufacturing
• Mining drilling equipment
• Tricone drill bits

Headquarters

HQ city

Xiamen

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Rock Drilling Tools Manufacturing and Sales: ProDrill generates revenue through manufacturing and selling a full range of rock drilling tools and equipment. Products are sold directly and through international distribution partners. Revenue is derived from one-time product sales of drill bits, hammers, rods, casing systems, and grinding equipment, with repeat orders from established customer relationships spanning years.
2. Replacement Parts and Consumables: Ongoing revenue from replacement consumables including button bits, drill rods, tungsten carbide inserts, grinding equipment, and spare parts for rock drilling machinery.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Xiamen ProDrill Equipment Co. manufactures and supplies a comprehensive range of rock drilling tools, including DTH hammer bits, button bits, tricone roller bits, top hammer consumables, DTH and casing systems, RC drilling tools, grinding equipment, rock drill machines, quarrying consumables, and demolition equipment. The company sells to mining, quarrying, water well drilling, construction, and stone processing industries worldwide, with products engineered to be 100% compatible and interchangeable with world-leading brands such as Atlas Copco, Sandvik, and Epiroc.

Product overview

Xiamen ProDrill Equipment Co. is a manufacturer of rock drilling and demolition equipment and tools serving the mining, quarrying, water well, construction, and stone processing industries. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of products organized into 13 main categories: Small Hole Consumables (integral drill steel, tapered rods/bits for hand-held drills), Threaded Button Bits (R22-R51, GT60 thread types for bench drilling), Top Hammer Consumables (extension/drifting rods, shank adapters), DTH Drill Bits (multiple shank types: DHD, COP/QL, SD/MISSION for down-hole drilling), DTH and Casing Systems (overburden drilling with Symmetrix, ODEX, Concentric systems), RC Drilling Tools (reverse circulation bits and hammers for exploration), Rotary Drilling Tools (tricone roller bits, PDC bits, drag bits), Grinding Equipment (button bit grinders, diamond grinding cups for tool maintenance), Rock Drills Machines (mobile, hand-held, excavator-mounted drills and drilling rigs), Quarrying Consumables (expansive mortar CrackMax, diamond wire, steel grit), Demolition Equipment (hydraulic/pneumatic breakers, rock splitters), Underground Trackless Equipment (LHD scooptrams, mining trucks), and Air Hose Accessories. The products are compatible with world leading brands including Atlas Copco and Sandvik, and are used globally in mining, quarrying, water well drilling, and construction applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ProDrill: Rock drilling tools manufacturer specializing in button bits, DTH hammer bits, tricone bits, and related equipment
• CrackMax
• FJELLSPREKK SUPER

Products and services

• Small Hole Consumables Small hole drilling consumables including integral drill steel, tapered drill rods, tapered drill bits, tapered chisel bits, tapered cross bits, and electric hammer bits for use with air leg or hand held jack hammer drills in stone quarrying and mining.
• Threaded Button Bits Threaded button drill bits available in multiple thread types (R22/R25/R28, R32, T38, T45, T51, GT60/CT67) with various diameters for benching and long-hole drilling in mining and quarrying applications.
• Top Hammer Consumables Consumables for top hammer drilling including extension drill rods, drifting drill rods, shank rods, shank adapters, coupling sleeves, and fishing pike tools.
• DTH Drill Bits Down-the-hole drill bits compatible with various shank types (CIR, DHD, COP/QL, SD/MISSION, BR, NUMA, SP) available in sizes from 3 to 8 inches for drilling through rock formations.
• DTH and Casing System Overburden drilling systems including DTH hammers, drilling pipes, sub adapters, Symmetrix casing, ODEX eccentric casing, casing tubes, double casing drilling systems, and concentric casing for simultaneous drilling and casing operations.
• RC Drilling Tools Reverse circulation drilling tools including RC drill bits, RC drill hammers, RC drill pipes, and accessories designed for exploration drilling and sample collection.
• Rotary Drilling Tools Rotary drilling equipment including tricone roller bits, drag bits, PDC bits, rock reamer drill bits, and auger teeth for various drilling applications.
• Grinding Equipment Equipment for maintaining rock drilling tools including integral steel grinders, rod repair equipment, button bit grinders, grinding stones, grinding cups, and grinding wheels.
• Rock Drills Machine Drilling machines including mobile rock drills, hand held rock drills, air-leg rock drills, gasoline rock drills, excavator drill attachments, water well drilling rigs, DTH drilling rigs, top hammer drill rigs, solar PV drill rigs, and Epiroc drifter parts.
• Quarrying Consumables Quarrying materials including expansive mortar (CrackMax), soundless cracking agent, diamond wire, steel grit, gang saw blades, and diamond tools for stone processing.
• Demolition Equipment Demolition tools including integrated drill and splitter, hydraulic breakers, pneumatic splitters, paving breakers, electric breakers, gas rock cracking systems, hydraulic rock splitters, breaker/hammer steel, and shims and wedges.
• Underground Trackless Equipment Underground mining equipment including LHD scooptrams, electric scooptrams, and underground mining trucks for trackless operations.
• Air Hose Accessories Compressed air system components including air hose couplings and air compressors for rock drilling operations.
• FJELLSPREKK SUPER Soundless Cracking Agent High Range Soundless Cracking Agent (HSCA) for non-explosive demolition in granite quarrying, rock demolition, and concrete cracking applications.
• GT60 Threaded Button Bits Heavy-duty threaded button bits with GT60 thread for large-diameter holes (92-152mm) in hard rock applications, used with Sandvik Pantera DP1500i heavy duty top hammer systems for bench and surface mining.
• Patented DTH Bit QL60-171mm Patented down-the-hole drill bit with QL60 shank, featuring valveless design with carbide on backhead, 19mm x 24mm carbide buttons, designed for iron ore mining applications achieving 10-15% cost reduction.
• Tricone Roller Bits Tricone and bicone drill bits available in steel tooth and tungsten carbide insert configurations, sizes from 3-3/8 inches to 26 inches for mining, oil well, water well, and thermal drilling applications.
• G200 Hand Held Button Bit Grinder Pneumatic hand held button bit grinder for sharpening carbide buttons on tapered, threaded, and DTH button bits, operating at 5-7 bar with 1.8kW power and 22,000 rpm idling speed.
• Reverse Circulation Drill Bits RC drill bits in various models (PR52, PR54R, RE545, RC45) with diameters from 133mm to 143mm, featuring different face designs (flat, convex, concave) and carbide designs (spherical, ballistic, parabolic) for mineral exploration drilling.
• Concentric Casing System Concentric overburden drilling system designed to drill and case simultaneously through unstable ground conditions, available in multiple models (COD168, COD280, 553, 460) with full face head design for improved penetration rate.
• Double Casing Drilling System Double head rotary system with independently controlled outer casing and inner drill string, enabling drilling of straight deep holes with crown reaming bits for geothermal, water well, and foundation drilling applications.
• Pneumatic Breakers Pneumatic demolition equipment including B10, B37, B47, B50, B67C, B87C, RB777, TPB-40, TPB-60, TPB-90, TCA-7, G7, SL80, Air Shovel ML33 models for concrete breaking, rock demolition, and construction applications.
• Extension Drill Rod MF T51 Male/Female extension drill rods with T51 thread, available in lengths 1830mm, 3050mm, 3660mm, 4270mm, made from 23CrNi3Mo steel using mechanical drilling and hot penetration rolling technology.

Quantifiable outcome

• 10-15% drilling cost reduction in iron ore mining with patented QL60-171mm DTH bit
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered major, flagship/critical and regional.

• Forbuk Import A.S (Norway)majorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2004Forbuk Import A.S is a Norwegian supplier of non-explosive demolition agents. Partnered with ProDrill since 2004 to supply the FJELLSPREKK SUPER brand High Range Soundless Cracking Agent (HSCA) for granite quarry, rock demolition, and concrete cracking applications. After 6 years of partnership, Forbuk became Norway's largest supplier of non-explosive demolition agents.
• Galfer Import SL (Spain)flagship/criticalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2003Galfer Import SL is a diamond tools distributor based in Vigo, Spain, established in 2002. From 2003, ProDrill started supplying mining and construction tools including DTH hammer, DTH bit, tapered and threaded button bits, MF Rod, and Shank Adaptor. By 2015, annual sales reached $3 million. Galfer now serves as sole agent partner exclusively managing the Spain market.
• ProDrill ChileregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional subsidiary/partner entity managing distribution in Chile and broader South American market.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Mincon Group: Irish-headquartered designer and manufacturer of rock drilling tools including DTH hammers, RC hammers, and rotary consumables. Mincon directly competes with ProDrill's DTH, top hammer, and reverse circulation product lines across mining, quarrying, and water well segments.
• Robit Oyj: Finnish manufacturer specializing in drilling consumables including button bits, top hammer bits, and DTH bits for mining, construction, and well drilling. Robit is a direct peer in rock drilling consumables with similar product breadth and global distribution, competing head-to-head with ProDrill in mid-tier accounts.
• Boart Longyear: Global drilling services and consumables provider offering diamond core bits, DTH bits, and rotary tools. Boart Longyear overlaps ProDrill's RC drilling tools and consumables portfolio and serves similar mining and exploration customers worldwide.
• Boart Drilling Products: Drilling consumables business associated with Boart Longyear offering button bits, DTH products, and rotary tools. It is a direct peer in mining and exploration drill bits, sharing ProDrill's focus on consumable replacement revenue and OEM-compatible fit with major rig brands.
• Halco Rock Tools: UK-based manufacturer of DTH hammers and bits, RC hammers, and rotary tools serving mining, quarrying, and water well markets. Halco is a direct peer in rock drilling consumables with overlapping product categories to ProDrill's DTH, RC, and rotary lines.

Broad incumbents

• Epiroc: Swedish mining and infrastructure equipment manufacturer offering DTH hammers, drill bits, and rock drills. Epiroc is a named compatibility partner for ProDrill (ODEX 240W-G2 and Drifter Parts) and represents one of the premium incumbents ProDrill positions against on cost-performance grounds.
• Atlas Copco: Global industrial group with a major Power Technique and mining consumables business covering DTH bits, hammers, and rock drills. Atlas Copco is one of the three named reference brands for ProDrill's 100% interchangeability claim, defining the premium benchmark ProDrill targets at 60% of price.
• Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions: Division of Sandvik AB and the global leader in rock drilling tools, DTH hammers, and drill bits. Directly competes with ProDrill at the premium tier across DTH, top hammer, and rotary drilling consumables, and is one of the named reference brands (Sandvik) for ProDrill's 100% compatibility claim.

Emerging players

• Center Rock Inc. US-based manufacturer of DTH hammers and bits with focus on construction, quarry, and mining applications. Center Rock is a niche direct peer that competes with ProDrill in pneumatic and DTH drilling consumables, particularly across smaller quarry and construction accounts.

Regional players

• FUNVESA: Peruvian manufacturer of tricone bits, DTH bits, and rock drilling tools primarily serving the South American mining market. FUNVESA is a regional peer that overlaps with ProDrill's rotary and DTH bits and is notable given ProDrill's 2023 expansion into Peru via the international mining exhibition.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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