A ROSS firm is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a new management team.

Incorporated in 1971, ABT Loadmac started its existence as a livestock feeding equipment manufacturer. However, it fast outgrew its agricultural origins to become the UK’s leading manufacturer of cabs, chassis and safety structures. Following a similar trajectory, the company has evolved again producing Loadmac, Britain’s only truck mounted forklift, designed and manufactured at its factory on Ashburton Industrial Estate.

The company has gone from strength to strength, achieving record sales over the past few years, selling worldwide, with their largest markets being the U.S., Australia and Canada.

2022 is looking to beat all previous sales targets, an exciting challenge for the new management team.

Tim Morris, Managing Director, said: "In these difficult trading times, it is vital for a company to have strong experienced management driving the business forward, and I am very proud of the team of people we have in place to achieve such unprecedented demand for our product."