 New investments and opportunities at Dormer's Product Development Centre and Composite Competence Centre at the AMP would provide a strong foundation for future development activities of High Performance Drilling and Specialist Applications.The Research and Development Centre has the ability to provide greater understanding of drilling and its dynamics.The investments included the building of a state-of-the-art research and development laboratory, with the purchase of a number of DMG machines for testing of new product developments in metal and composite drilling.