The Brandt Group of Companies has acquired the assets of Wairarapa Machinery Services in New Zealand. Source: Timberbiz
“We are excited to welcome our 18th location in New Zealand, uniting the entire North Island under one dealer brand for Agriculture, Construction and Forestry equipment,” said Shaun Semple, CEO of Brandt.
“This will ensure customers have access to the industry’s broadest support infrastructure, delivering the products, parts and service they need, wherever they are operating.”
This acquisition marks 139 dealerships, owned and operated by Brandt, a private, family-owned business headquartered in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, across New Zealand, Australia, and Canada.
The deal comes on the heels of the company’s acquisition of AGrowQuip in late January of this year. In addition to gaining the distribution rights for the John Deere Agricultural and Golf lines in AGrowQuip’s operational area, that deal granted Brandt the exclusive rights to sell and service John Deere Construction & Forestry equipment across the entire North Island.
Adding this location in Masterton will immediately provide Brandt’s Construction & Forestry customers across the Greater Wellington region with improved access to parts and service.
“Brandt’s focus remains our customers, our people, and our communities,” Mr Semple said. “And that will continue beyond this acquisition with business as usual, featuring the same great support that customers have come to know and trust over the past 40 years.”
Since arriving in New Zealand two years ago, Brandt has made its presence felt in communities across the North Island. Through its Thanks A Billion (TAB) philanthropic program, Brandt has made significant contributions to a variety of national and community-based charitable organizations to help ensure the success of communities across the island, including a joint donation with John Deere and Waratah of NZ$160,000 to the New Zealand Red Cross to support communicates impacted by Cyclone Gabrielle.
Brandt also directed NZ$75,000 into several New Zealand organizations including the Cancer Society of New Zealand, The New Zealand Rural Support Charitable Trust, and Heart Foundation New Zealand. The company entered a partnership with Surf Life Saving New Zealand in which they support the organization by providing the John Deere equipment necessary to their operation.
Over the past decade, Brandt’s TAB program has distributed more than NZ$24 million to disaster relief and community development initiatives in 250+ communities around the world. The company remains committed to delivering ongoing support for the communities in which they operate worldwide.
The Brandt Group of Companies is a privately owned manufacturing and distribution company that serves a growing international audience in industries such as agriculture, construction, forestry, rail, mining, steel, transportation, material handling, and energy. The company has 6000+ employees and more than 180 locations in New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and the USA.
