Magazine - Trimax Mowing Systems Sweeps Awards

By Press Release in Industry News on 30th Jun 2010 15:00

Trimax Mowing Systems, one of the Bay's leading exporters over the past 25 years, last night celebrated one of its finer moments.

The Tauranga manufacturer and distributor, which makes tractor-mounted rotary mowers, captured a double at the Bay of Plenty Export Awards gala dinner - winning the Innovation category and its general manager Graeme Boyd taking the Service to Export tribute.

Trimax, which exports to Australia, United States, Britain and Europe, has twice before won the Supreme Exporter of the Year. But even though the company has been on the exporting landscape for more than two decades, it stole the show again - through innovation providing an edge for increasing sales in the international marketplace.

In August Trimax will begin producing a new Merlin mower specifically designed for golf courses and other playing fields. The compact mower, with three mowing decks, will be cheaper and more flexible than customary greenkeeping machines.

Normally, a golf courses has up to five different mowers to trim the rough and cut fairways, tees and greens. The Merlin mower doubles up for the fairways and rough, reducing the maintenance costs for golf clubs. Already Trimax has forward orders for the Merlin and it is eyeing a global market that has 34,000 golf courses around the world, including 2300 in Britain and 1700 in Florida, in the United States, alone.

The Merlin is the results of a five-year development programme. It began when managing director Bob Sievwright and technical manager Jim McEwen were on a golfing trip to southeast United States and England, and decided they could produce a better, simpler machine for mowing fairways. "We called it Merlin because it transforms a grass space into a magical space," said Mr McEwen.

Mr Boyd was "absolutely gobsmacked" at receiving the Service to Export award.  An Export Institute member for 10 years, he has provided plenty of impetus to Bay exporting since arriving in Tauranga in 1992.

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