The company, based at Newbuildings has already shipped a container load of a new design of general purpose trailers to a customer in Melbourne.

The small tractor trailers are geared at a niche market demand for a multi-purpose trailer that can be used by farmers, building contractors, waste disposal businesses, and in maintenance operations on golf courses and parkland.

The export breakthrough in Australia was announced by George Fleming, managing director of Fleming Agri-Products, and welcomed by Des Gartland, manager of Invest NI’s North West Regional Office. The company also recently secured overseas sales this year for machinery from new clients in Norway, Malta, Holland and Saudi Arabia.

Commenting on breaking into the Australian market, Mr Fleming said: “The order gives us a springboard to a huge market which we believe offers us significant scope for growth. We developed the new trailer to meet a market opportunity that we had identified for such a flexible and compact product. Invest NI’s Product and Process Development scheme was immensely beneficial in that it provided funding and practical support for the development and manufacture of the trailer.”