Brown Brothers Engineers gets an offer they cannot refuse
Brown Brothers Engineers has sold their pump companies to AxFlow, a Swedish based family owned Group. The companies affected by this changeover include Brown Brothers Engineers and Kelair Pumps Australia. AxFlow is the fluid handling solutions business group within Axel Johnson International. They specialise in marketing and distribution as well as complete sales and engineering […]
Case IH powers a local hire business to great success
Trying to make a decision about whether to buy farm machinery versus hiring is an ongoing dilemma for many farmers. So much so that Mooroopna Vic local Tim Gaffy has built a successful business on that very quandry. Gaffy’s Tractor Hire offers dry hire of both tractors and farm machinery and, according to Tim, it’s […]
Rebel kicks export goal with sale from Forbes to Sweden
Family owned machinery manufacturer, Rebel Equipment recently dispatched its first order to Europe in 2018 from its Forbes NSW workshop in central west New South Wales. Rebel Equipment’s Nic Rebellato said the sale was not the company’s first export, but was a milestone, as many more orders from overseas are expected to follow. It came […]
Trufab becomes Grain King to reflect its growing market share
Agricultural machinery manufacturer Trufab Farm Machinery has made a decision to change its name to GrainKing. Based in the Wheatbelt town of Cunderdin WA, the family-run business established in 1962 began by carrying out mechanical repairs but through a continuing expansion process has evolved into a specialist manufacturer of farm machinery. GrainKing CEO Colin Jorgensen […]
Silvan Australia builds on its partnership with Nobili mulchers
Silvan Australia has cemented a twenty-year long association as the sole Australian distributor of the Nobili range of mulchers manufactured in Italy. Australia’s top four Silvan-Nobili dealers recently visited the manufacturing plant of Nobili in Molinella, in the province of Emilia Romagna in Italy’s northern industrial and food heartland. The four dealers in the delegation […]
Massey Ferguson celebrates 60 glorious years
Born from the merger of farm machinery companies Massey-Harris of Canada and Harry Ferguson Ltd of the UK, 2018 marks the 60th anniversary of the creation of the world-famous Massey Ferguson badge. Massey Ferguson equipment is so much part of the global agricultural landscape. Wherever you are in the world, you are never far from […]
Taege to set up a wider distribution network
Taege Engineering out of New Zealand is set to vibrate more tines in our local market. Applications for a company to become the head importer into Australia are now being sought. While previously handled by Giltrap in Australia, Taege is now seeking to set-up a larger distribution and dealer network to ensure its complete product […]
CNH Industrial grabs one of Australia’s oldest farm manufacturers
In the deal of a lifetime, Peter Sweeney who turns 71 this year, has ensured the company’s continual survival by selling to CNH Industrial. The iconic Australian agricultural equipment manufacturer that began in 1838 will be integrated into CNH’s portfolio of seeding and tillage line. If CNH Industrial ever wanted to ramp up a local […]
Mahindra dealers are in the box seat
Dealers lined up for special awards at the recent Mahindra launch included Lisa Britt and Trent Martin from Lismore Tractor and Machinery Centre Lismore NSW who took out a 5 star dealer award. Mark Harris from Coast to Country Tractors Browns Plains Qld accepted a Best Consumer Tractor dealer Award. Jackie Wrigglesworth and Neale Goad […]
O’Connors and Larwoods bag Case IH Dealer of the Year awards
O’Connors takes out Case IH’s prestigious Dealer of the Year title for three branches or more and Larwoods Ag Services claiming the award for two branches or less. At a ceremony during Case IH’s dealer conference in Sun City, South Africa, O’Connors, for the second year in a row, took out the Case IH Dealer […]