Vin Rowe reaches Aussie icon status
Commencing as a single franchised New Holland dealer in 1961 the diversity experienced by Vin Rowe Farm Machinery based in Warragul Vic has been interesting and on occasions even profitable. Founding owner Vin Rowe realised that the company could no longer rely on a single industry (milking) to survive in an increasing changing world. With […]
Olivia Newton-John is selling Australia Farm
Olivia Newton-John’s longtime Australia farm at Dalwood NSW that she has owned for almost forty years is for sale. Olivia Newton-John was first introduced to the world in the 1970s with a string of #1 hit songs and blockbuster movies. The super-star actress is also a four-time Grammy winner and world-class celebrity. Olivia bought her […]
Honda 50 year milestone in Australia
Honda Australia celebrates its 50th birthday in 2019, marking half a century since the company was first established locally on 4 February 1969. Honda products have been distributed around Australia by a variety of private companies since the 1950s. But the brand’s official local presence began when Honda Motor Company in Japan sent Mr. Hidehiko […]
Titan is a one-stop supplier of OTR wheels and tyres
In an Australian marketplace where most tyre lines are being imported and former local makers are moving their operations to more cost-effective overseas locations. There are still some tyre ranges being made in Australia. And one of the people building OTR wheels for Titan Australia is Iain Stillie. Titan is a one-stop supplier of OTR […]
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 […]