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DECEMBER 2012 / JANUARY 2013
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HALF CENTURY FOR WESSEX Manufacturer celebrating anniversary
Wessex, the farm, groundscare and ATV machinery company is celebrating fifty years of manufacturing in the UK.
Started in 1962, by Henry Browning, the company was originally based in Upper Somborne, near Stockbridge, Hampshire and took its name from being in the Winchester area, the old capital of England and the county of Wessex. The original aim of the business was to provide robust and reliable farm machinery and it soon found success with the first products it made, the Wessex Scrubmaster, as well as the Fieldmaster agricultural toppers it brought in from New Zealand.
Wessex attributes its success to the relationships with the dealers and the company ethics to provide reliable machinery and bespoke after sales care. In more recent times the development of ATV equipment and the ProLine series roller mowers have made a major contribution to the growth of the Wessex brand, together with the groundscare machinery and Wessex Country range.
In 2008 the original Wessex Farm Machinery Sales Co. merged with Broadwood International because it was decided that working with Broadwood would allow the company room for further growth. In turn, Broadwood was already distributing Wessex machinery, sold predominantly throughout the summer months, and SnowEx products for the winter.
To celebrate fifty years in the making of this iconic brand the livery has been re-designed to incorporate green and orange, bringing together the colours representative of the two key sides of the business.
