About Us
About Us
Our Team
Our Mission
Our Divisions
Our History
Established in 1979, IBS has become a leader in engineering innovation, being a driving force in the design and production of high quality agricultural and industrial equipment. IBS also maintains a repair and jobbing shop for the special needs of customers and offer a wide selection of agricultural solutions and industrial hardware through our Retail division.
Our core competency is in our ability to be innovative and understand the processes and steps that turn good ideas into practical and commercially viable solutions.
IBS works closely with its clients in developing solutions that assist them in realizing their goals.
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With a range of specialists from design engineers to boilermakers, fitters and machinists, IBS remains at the forefront of its industry by investing in its people who in turn provide the direction, knowledge and expertise to remain the industry leaders.
Innovative and lateral thinking, IBS has an excellent team; they are highly motivated and constantly willing to set and achieve high standards.
The team displays a “can do” positive attitude and is focused on “the business of doing business”, while remaining flexible and adaptable, and willing to stretch the boundaries of engineering.
“Our sales and service are backed up with our most important asset
– our people, who will always go that extra step to ensure your
needs are met and exceeded.”
Bill Seawright, Managing Director, IBS
Our mission is to provide:
Concept design and manufacture
Engineering and industrial supplies"
IBS incorporates four divisions – the Centre of Engineering Innovation, General Engineering Services, Non-Destructive Testing and Analysis (NDT&A) and Industrial Retail Supplies and Solutions (Retail).
The Centre of Engineering Innovation provides a diverse range of engineering services including 3D CAD design, manufacturing and engineering consultation.
Our General Engineering Services division provides a variety of fabrication and engineering expertise, which includes both on-site and in-house general engineering services.
The IBS Non-Destructive Testing and Analysis services allow for non-destructive tests to be performed on existing physical components and virtual models alike.
IBS Industrial Retail Supplies & Solutions prides itself in providing more than 15,000 products in its extensive range of high quality retail and wholesale industrial and engineering supplies. From industrial and safety wear, tools and welding supplies to agricultural equipment, automotive and engineering components, IBS Retail can assist in sourcing equipment and accessories.
IBS Engineering Supplies began as a father-son team with Bill Seawright and his father Ted in 1979. The company was originally located in Charles St, Innisfail and was known as Innisfail Bearing Supplies, with Bill and Ted marketing their trade experience in bearings and seals.
In 1984, utilising Bill's experience as a fitter and turner, an engineering workshop was opened at the rear of the retail outlet.
Our first product was designed and manufactured, the Supreme Fruit Picker, in 1988. This product won Bill Seawright the Inventions of the Year Award at the 17th International Exhibition of Inventions at Geneva.
It was also in this year that Bill's younger brother, Alex Seawright, joined the partnership. Alex introduced engineering services and expanded the retail products to include a much broader agricultural industry supply base.
In 1990, Innisfail Bearing Supplies became IBS Engineering Supplies to highlight the fact that hardware and engineering supplies were sold as well as bearings and seals.
IBS relocated to 163 Edith St, Innisfail in 1998 and later expanded to include Bill’s sons Damien and Adam Seawright.
It is this strong family commitment that has helped our company survive and prosper after enduring two cyclones and a flood. We lost $30,000 worth of stock during Cyclone Winifred in 1986 and $100,000 worth of stock during floods in 1999.
In 2006, Cyclone Larry caused irreparable structural damage, more than $136,000 worth of damage to equipment and machinery and more than $50,000 worth of stock was destroyed. We were forced to close for two weeks.
Despite suffering major physical damage and losing thousands of dollars worth of stock, we have overcome these obstacles to become the highly successful, innovative business we are today.
In August 2008, we relocated to our new site at 31-33 Palmerston Drive, Innisfail, a long-held dream for managing director Bill Seawright. This relocation has enabled IBS to double our floor size and increase our retail product range, as well as facilitating the development of the IBS Centre of Engineering Innovation.