Boart Longyear diamond drilling firm; Brainard-Kilman, a maker of civil engineering devices, such as well monitoring and test equipment; and ChemGrout a mfg of cement grouting equipment. Longyear acquired Slope Indicator Company, the nation's largest producer of geotechnical instruments, and Northern Air Supply in 1988, followed by the Campbell Pacific Division in 1989 and WTD Environmental Drilling in 1990. Then in 1994, North Star Drilling Company, specializing in sonic drilling was acquired. On January 2, 1995, Boart International and the Longyear Company officially merged into a single company and changed its name to Boart Longyear Limited. At this point the two companies
Vitaly Bort Vitaly Bort Vitaly Bort is a former People's Deputy of Ukraine and a member of the Party of Regions (since May 2006). Vitaliy Petrovych Bort was born on 1 September 1972 in Donetsk. In 1994 Bort graduated from Donetsk Polytechnic University (Horlovka branch) in the faculty of the Construction of Roads and Bridges. In the 2014 parliamentary election Bort sought re-election to parliament for a constituency seat in Makiyivka; this time as a non-partisan candidate. At that time the constituency was held by pro-Russian insurgents during the War in Donbass and the elections did not take place. Bort is married;