MLM TAKES OVER

PICTURED ABOVE: MLM Engineering dealer principal Alan Muir, left, with business partner David Linkletter

MLM Engineering at Orphir has taken over sales, service and distribution of Kverneland equipment on Orkney and the Shetland Islands, following a change in the business structure of previous dealer, Kirkwall-based J&W Tait.

“We’ve had a good relationship with J&W Tait over many years and it was a mutual decision that led to us taking over the franchise when the Tait family decided to stop,” explained MLM Engineering’s dealer principal Alan Muir.

With an established team of 11 in total - six of which are workshop-based - MLM say they are pleased to have added Kverneland to its portfolio, alongside its main tractor franchise, John Deere.

“There’s a lot of beef cattle, dairy herds and sheep on the islands, with crops mainly grown for animal feed, and some barley grown for the distilleries. So we’re expecting ploughs and grassland equipment to be our biggest selling implements from the Kverneland range,” said Alan. 

"We’re looking to build on the good work that J&W Tait had achieved with its customers during its 28 years as a Kverneland dealer,” he added.