Rebadged toppers

[D14]

Following on from the ‘which topper’ thread, it looks like many are identical bar the colour scheme and badge. So who’s actually making them? Poland?

 

[Rob Holmes]

I was told a lot of flail topper are made in Italy

 

[nick...]

Mostly Italian made and badge engineered
Nick...

 

[topcat2006]

Mostly Italian made and badge engineered
Nick...

You only need to wander around EIMA to see how many Italian companies make toppers and ploughs. A work colleague did tell a story about mafia involvement which allowed there to be this many small firms making the same thing.

 

[Pheasant Surprise]

You only need to wander around EIMA to see how many Italian companies make toppers and ploughs. A work colleague did tell a story about mafia involvement which allowed there to be this many small firms making the same thing.

Sounds like a bit of tale there with the mafia. They have always lot of very good small companies with good mechanical engineering capability, especially in the north. Similar to England in a lot of ways...they just seem more protective of this industry than us.

 

[8100]

The Mafia in the Italian job did a bit of that spraying a Cat 944a fiat orange

 

[Nearly]

@Dave W

 

[Dave W]

@Dave W

I don't make any

 

[Pistonbroke]

I was pricing a McConnell heavy duty flail at the Royal Welsh ten years ago and the same machine was there in Twose,Bomford and Ino colours aswell. Ino were the manufacturer and still the dearest

 

[principal skinner]

I was pricing a McConnell heavy duty flail at the Royal Welsh ten years ago and the same machine was there in Twose,Bomford and Ino colours aswell. Ino were the manufacturer and still the dearest

You can buy parts direct from Ino too that McConnell can’t or won’t supply

 

[Lincsman]

I was pricing a McConnell heavy duty flail at the Royal Welsh ten years ago and the same machine was there in Twose,Bomford and Ino colours aswell. Ino were the manufacturer and still the dearest

That not surprising, to get "branded" uk names to sell it they keep their own price higher otherwise they wouldnt bother, in another country it would be different, its getting more common now we are a badge/ colour conscious society... still plenty of money in farming to enable this.

 

[TripleSix]

You only need to wander around EIMA to see how many Italian companies make toppers and ploughs. A work colleague did tell a story about mafia involvement which allowed there to be this many small firms making the same thing.

Not Mafia, government.

Big grants and incentives in Italy for engineering and production.

Most motor gearboxes are Italian made etc etc