Tracmaster celebrates 30 years of landscape machinery innovation

Tracmaster, the leading UK manufacturer and supplier of landscaping and groundcare machinery, celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, with the launch of a new video showcasing the company’s increasing manufacturing capabilities.

Founded in 1984, this family-run business, based in Burgess Hill, West Sussex, has developed two major brands over the past three decades, Camon and BCS, which are both highly respected within the landscaping and hire industries for their performance and durability.

"Innovation is key," said director Alex Pitt. "Our business will grow from constantly communicating with our existing customers and establishing from them what style or type of machines they would like us to improve and supply them with. If our customers have a need, we must be receptive and respond to it."

The sole UK distributor of BCS since 1984, Tracmaster’s original aim was to sell the BCS two-wheel tractors into horticultural outlets, but it soon diversified into supplying hire companies and then conservation organisations and professional landscapers.

As the market and technology continually evolved, Tracmaster has added numerous new machines to its range. It also constantly upgrades and improving its key productss, with for example more powerful engines, as well as researching, and developing new products to bring to market.

Today Tracmaster offers a wide BCS machines, implements and accessories in total, from bank commanders, professional mowers and power scythes to two wheel tractors and snow-clearing equipment.

Camon is Tracmaster’s own brand and is synonymous within the UK hire industry for ground-cultivation, chippers and shredders and lawn care machinery that are built to survive the rigours of continuous use without compromise of performance.

The company uses the range as a platform to improve, develop and innovate and currently five key products from Tracmaster’s own-brand Camon range are designed and manufactured in-house. These include the scarifier, aerator, turf cutter, rotavator and wood chipper, and in the past 12 months manufacturing output has risen by an impressive 82%.

Tracmaster has plans to increase the number of products it designs and manufactures in-house too; this allows the company to offer a very high-quality of build and innovation, plus control over the production process.

As a result of the surge in demand for these products, Tracmaster has increased its production capabilities by expanding its workshop space to over 2,800ft and has recruited more skilled staff.

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