Forgacs Group is a major Australian engineering and shipbuilding company. It has facilities at Newcastle, Sydney, Brisbane and Gladstone. The company employs 700 people.

The Forgacs Group acquired Ullman Engineering in 1962 and in 1987, it acquired the Newcastle Floating Dock.

Shipbuilder Carrington Slipways

Forgacs Shipyard Tomago

Forgacs Shipyard is a shipbuilding company located at Tomago, New South Wales on the Hunter River. The shipyard was opened in 1957 by John Laverick at Carrington and was known as Carrington Slipways. By 1972 the business required larger premises and moved to Tomago...

 was acquired in 1997, and the Cairncross Dockyard facilities in Brisbane

Brisbane

Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...

 in 1999. Cairncross is used for commercial ship repair and includes one of the largest graving docks in Australasia. The dockyard can accommodate ships up to the Panamax

Panamax

Panamax and New Panamax are popular terms for the size limits for ships traveling through the Panama Canal. Formally, the limits and requirements are published by the Panama Canal Authority titled "Vessel Requirements"...

 sized class.

Forgacs conducts refit and maintenance work for the Royal Australian Navy

Royal Australian Navy

The Royal Australian Navy is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force. Following the Federation of Australia in 1901, the ships and resources of the separate colonial navies were integrated into a national force: the Commonwealth Naval Forces...

, including the repair and extensive conversion of the Kanimbla-class LPAs following their purchase from the United States Navy

United States Navy

The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...

. They had constructed hull blocks for the Anzac-class frigates

Anzac class frigate

The Anzac class is a ship class of ten frigates; eight operated by the Royal Australian Navy and two operated by the Royal New Zealand Navy...

 and in 2009 they were contracted to build 30 hull blocks for the Hobart-class destroyers being constructed in Adelaide for the Royal Australian Navy.