Flemings celebrate 150 years trading with new ÂŁ1.1m Expansion leming Agri-Products have been at the forefront of the agricultural machinery industry for almost 150 years, delivering engineering solutions to the agricultural industry in the form of quality products to withstand the toughest farming tasks, ranking as one of the longest established firms in the agricultural machinery manufacturing market, with its origins routed in Donegal in the north of Ireland from as far back as 1860. In 1983 the Fleming family moved to its current location in Newbuildings Industrial Estate near Londonderry in Northern Ireland, a tribute to the quality of the machinery developed by Flemings over the years has been the demand for Fleming products, leading to several expansion developments culminating with the most recent ÂŁ1.1m expansion which will bring the company up to 60,000 sq. ft factory space on an 8 acre site creating a state of the art manufacturing facility with an even greater emphasis on efficiency, quality & finish as well as allowing ample room for finished product storage and dispatch. The recent expansion will be fully functioning from early
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November 2012. The new investment incorporates water harvesting system, increased welding capacity and capability including robotic welding to cope with the higher volume of products coming through the factory as well as accommodating the larger machines that are continually being added to the Fleming Range. A large proportion of the project cost has been dedicated to upgrading the product finishing process with a major factor in the factory design for the new facility being more modern processes for product preparation for cleaning, spraying, heat curing and finishing too further improve the finished machine quality and durability. New Stores department - Over the past few years the demand on our store/spare parts department has grown at a phenomenal rate. The new stores department will increase in size by over 400% with direct e-mail, fax and phone communication. The Fleming stores now have their spare parts catalogue available on-line and hardback form. Parts are available on a next day delivery service.
For further details on Fleming stores, contact; David Nutt at david@fleming-agri.co.uk
CRADOCK TRACTORS WESTBURY
Cradock Tractors have been suppliers to the farming, equestrian and ground care community for over thirty years. Based between Westbury and Trowbridge in West Wiltshire, near Somerset but serving the whole of the South of England (and in some cased abroad!) we are a family run company with a strong and loyal customer base. Many of our customers have been with us for a good number of years. Our business is based on good value and excellent service.
Woodside, Yarnbrook Road, Heywood, Westbury, Wiltshire BA13 4LW
T: 01373 826403 F: 01373 824414 M: 07802 373730 07525 258110 E: chris@cradocktractors.co.uk W: www.cradocktractors.co.uk
Fleming design room
Royal Welsh Show 2012
Young Farmers visit 2012
New products and innovations in recent years have been End Tow Landroller- Designed to maximize the effective rolling width on the land but with the capability of travelling along narrow country roadways and lanes and accessing narrow gateways. (3.7m rolling width with a transport width of less than 2m)
Export Flemings now export 82% of production outside N. Ireland, with increasing sales to Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Australia, New Zealand and France. As a result of recent sales trips to the southern hemisphere and export trips planned for Norway and Switzerland in the near future, the company hopes to continue this trend of
Exporting load to Switzerland
increasing export sales over the next few years. This past year has seen Fleming-Agri-Products successfully negotiate sales in several different countries in Europe and the southern hemisphere; the most recent was a deal to supply Grass Toppers to a multi dealer outlet in France. The customer was attracted to the Fleming range by the quality, strength and reliability of the Fleming products. George Fleming and Jonathan Lecky visited the region to explore the possibilities and after long discussions on what were required for the market, with some redesign work to suit the requirements of the customer’s market as well as French legislation, a deal was struck to supply a substantial quantity of Fleming Grass Toppers into the French Market.
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5m Folding Aerator
Tub Diet Feeder Designed to suit smaller cattle units with narrow passage ways, producing a fast and efficient mix with the capability of taking round bale silage. Initially the range was developed for 6.5cu m. 8 cu m. 10cu m. with a new 12 cu m. model added to the range for 2012. All Tub Feeders produced in 2011 are now out working and feedback from the end users regarding speed of mix, speed of delivery feed-out, ease of maneuverability and power requirement have all been very positive.
Slurry tankers Due to customer demand Flemings have increased their range of vacuum Tankers in both directions; the initial range included 1300 gal, 1600 gal and 2000 gal. Tanks. For 2012 an 1100 gal tanker and 2300 gal recessed tanker will be available. All tankers have a high specification Battioni pump, all tanks are welded internally as well as externally with internal surge baffles and an anti-corrosion coating applied to the inside of the tank for longer life. All tanks above 1600 gal are available with sprung drawbar with extra baffles 11000L Battioni pump, sprung drawbar and internally painted for extra life.
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The ever increasing cost of fertiliser has prompted the Farming world to look for a more natural way of promoting grass growth. Rolling, Aeration and Scarifying has long since been the natural way to prepare the land for good grass growth, combine this with the natural use of readily available cheap fertilisers like slurry and manure and you have the ideal recipe for good grass growth with the minimal use of expensive fertilisers. This allows for a firm germination bed with good aeration and drainage as well as allowing the nutrients and heat to feed into the roots of the grass for quicker growth, with the scutch and moss scarified away to allow the grass to grow unhindered for a good sward. The Fleming name is already synonymous with their successful wide range of Land-rollers and Grass Harrows. With Fleming’s ongoing success in recent years of the 2.5 and 3m model Aerators, customer demand has prompted Flemings to develop their latest model, the 5m hydraulic folding Aerator. After extensive research and development, the Fleming 5m Aerator has the quality and strength in the design which is synonymous with all Fleming products to be introduced into the market. Incorporating features such as Boron steel blades, unique bolt in socket placement for blades, easy Hydraulic folding, bolt in weight facility, simple lock down wings, optional shattering angle for variable aeration, bearing protective skids, parking stand.
TRACTORS, MACHINERY & SPARES
Fleming Staff The staff at Flemings is the heart and soul of the company, staff turnover is very low, with many employees having been with the company for more than 15 – 20 years. There are a number of team building events that take place throughout the year such as go karting, paint balling, staff BBQ’s, charity cricket matches, Christmas parties, the raft race in Portrush. The company support the local area through sponsorship of quite a few sports clubs and activities including, cricket, rugby, Golf, tennis, football as well as being sponsor too many different sporting charity events and contributing on a corporate basis annually. Today Fleming-Agri Products use their 150 years of experience to continue providing engineering solutions to the agricultural industry through the design and manufacture of value for money machinery for the farming world to a quality and strength that is synonymous with the Fleming brand.
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Patrick Edwards Ltd Langley Farm, Langley Lane, Clanfield, Bampton, Oxfordshire, OX18 2RZ Telephone: 01367 810 259 Mobile: 07836 353549 Website: www.patrickedwardsmachinery.co.uk
Edwards Machinery Ltd, conveniently located in Bridgend, South Wales are specialists in the sale of Used Tractors, New Agricultural Machinery, Used Agricultural Machinery, Plant Machinery and Agricultural Parts from leading Machinery Brands such as: Kverneland, Bailey Trailers, Nugent Engineering and Trailers, Opico, He-Va & Maschio, Shelbourne Reynolds, FarmGem, Conor, Major Equipment, Albutt, Evans & Reid, William Hackett Chains, Fleming, Suton and more. Unit 2 Main Avenue • Brackla Industrial Estate • Bridgend • South Wales CF31 2AL Contact Robbie Edwards:
Mobile: 07855 301107 • Telephone: 01656 664155 www.edwardsmachinery.co.uk