Twose of Tiverton is to merge with its sister company McConnel, combining the skills and resources of the two well-known names in British agricultural engineering.

The move, which will take place on 1 May 2016, will see Twose’s range of cultivation and farm machinery added to McConnel’s arable and seeding machinery portfolio – enabling the company to offer a one-stop shop for all of its agricultural and green maintenance machinery products.

McConnel said that the major benefits to its distributors, dealers and customers will be:

  • The creation of a one-stop shop for Twose and McConnel products within a newly created grassland and arable machinery division.
  • Newly formed specialist sales and technical support teams to assist customers.
  • An increase in dealer coverage across the UK and Ireland, along with additional overseas distributors for sales, service, and spare parts.
  • Additional investment in research and development to ensure a steady flow of new products into the future.

    • McConnel said that these changes will be seamless for distributors, dealers and customers. All grassland and arable machinery will be produced at the Alamo Manufacturing Service’s production facility at Salford Priors, while the hedge- and verge-cutting machinery will continue to be manufactured at the Ludlow factory.

    Christian Davies, Alamo Group Europe’s UK agricultural division general manager, said: “The establishment of a new grassland and arable machinery division is an exciting development for our agricultural group. The bringing together of two of our famous brands, adding in new products, the establishment of new specialist sales and technical support teams and increasing the availability of our products more locally will bring huge benefits to all of our customers worldwide.”