Netherton Tractors is to take on the Maschio Gaspardo, Strautmann and SKY brands via importing specialist, Opico.

The deal includes selling Maschio's range of tillage, seeding equipment and flail mowers, SKY grain drills and Strautmann forage and feeding wagons.

Netherton had previously been a long-standing and successful Opico dealer, selling and servicing the HE-VA range of cultivation machinery and its range of grassland maintenance equipment and grain dryers.

Netherton will cover the area from the M8 north, with branches located in Forfar, Glenrothes and Perth, as well as two depots to be opened in the Turriff and Nairn areas – a recent expansion which has extended its reach into the North of Scotland.

Charles Bedforth, Opico's sales director said: “We couldn’t be more delighted that our full line-up of brands will be represented by Netherton Tractors. They enjoy an excellent reputation for supporting customers and they are ideally positioned to grow the Opico portfolio across the Perthshire, Turriff and Nairn areas. We are confident that all our customers, new and existing will receive excellent support.“

For Netherton, dealer principle, Harry Barclay added: “The Opico range of brands enables us to offer our customers a wide range of arable, forage, feeding and grassland products.

"Our sales, service and parts teams are busy getting up to speed with the excellent new range and we look forward to being of service to our local customers.”