Photo Credit: Valmar Airflo

Agricultural equipment manufacturer Salford Group has announced that it has acquired Valmar Airflo, based out of Elie, Manitoba.

Valmar designs and manufactures granular applicators for fertilizer, herbicide, insecticide, seed, seed inoculant and forage preservatives.

The company was founded in 1976 by Charles Balmer, a Swiss immigrant who moved to Manitoba in 1953.

"This next step in our cooperation with Salford Group is very exciting for us," said Mercedes Caron, Valmar President. "Salford Group has the capital, additional core expertise and access to markets that will bring Valmar’s existing product lines to more farms in North America and a greater global market."

As a new unit of Salford Group, Valmar will continue to produce equipment from its Elie manufacturing facility.

Valmar, which employs about 35 people, will also become a parts distribution centre for the complete Salford Group product line.