COMPANY PROFILE

History

Partmaster started business over twenty years ago as an engineering firm and manufacturer of agricultural machinery, trading as Falcon Engineering. As the manufacturing division expanded, the company was renamed Falcon Equipment.

Whilst creating an efficient parts logistics system for its own machines, Falcon recognized a growing need in the farming community for a reliable source of supply that could provide the parts required for other brands of farm equipment. Eventually a separate parts division was formed as Falcon Agriparts. An extensive Dealer network was established and the variety of parts grew to cover a wider and wider range of equipment.

In 1994, Falcon Agriparts entered into a partnership with international parts suppliers, the Kramp Group, which meant that the venture now had access to the enormous range of agricultural parts supplied by Kramp, sourced from the Worlds leading manufacturers. The scale of the Kramp operation meant that the best quality parts were available at very competitive prices. The parts business had, by now, grown to be considerably bigger than the manufacturing division and was renamed Kramp South Africa.

In 2003, Kramp South Africa became 100% South African owned and the name was changed to Partmaster. In 2005 Partmaster joined forces with ARG Transmission in Benrose specialising in industrial parts. ARG is now known as Partmaster Industry and has a dedicated sales team to assist customers with their special requirements The Benrose office offers the same logistical services as the head office.

The current news of Partmaster is that early in 2008, the company relocated to Bethlehem in the Freestate. The reason for this relocation was;

a) increase the warehouse capacity for stockholding facilities and future projects,
b) position ourselves, geographically, closer to our dealer network, and
c) combat ever increasing fuel prices which add pressure to distribution costs and other relevant service levels.

The relocation process was a success and the team still includes the same product specialists available for information on their particular areas of expertise and the same representatives calling on the countrywide dealer network - ready to help with advice and eager to provide the excellent service that had come to be expected of this unique company.