Agricultural machinery manufacturer producing a range of trailers, spreaders and tankers. Built for today, driven by tomorrow.
Charles J Marshall (Aberdeen) Ltd was founded in 1952 by Charles J Marshall. By 1956 the first part of the present factory building was completed, named Chapel Works, and it gave Charles the ability to create the relatively new concept of a production line. Then as today, Charles invested heavily in his business and purchased vast stocks of steel and other components. This gave him the added advan
tage of being able to buy at very competitive prices and so produce a more cost effective trailer. Production output had also rocketed up from a mere 46 units built in 1952 to supplying well over 1,600 units per year by the mid-sixties. Rotary spreaders and slurry tankers were added to the product line in the 1980s and Chapel Works was producing over 2,000 machines a year. In 1982 the bright new talent of Charles Richard Marshall started his apprenticeship within the firm, taking up his present position as managing director in 1998. In 2012 the company welcomed the third generation into the fold - grandsons Charles Peter and brother David. Today we are still proud of our original premises and continue to invest annually to ensure we stay ahead of our competition. We predominantly use robot welders, CNC plasma cutters and presses alongside recently installing a huge state-of-the-art shot blasting and paint facility. The entire business and production process is controlled by bespoke SAP software giving us insights and data to enable constant improvements. Combining all these factors enables us to offer the highest levels of product consistency, quality, dependability and value to our customers at every turn. We now produce on average 46 units per week (a years production in 1952!). Marshall machines are sold throughout the world and we can proudly claim to be the UK’s oldest and largest trailer manufacturer.
2022 is yet another milestone in the history of our company as we celebrate 70 years in the business. Perhaps what is more remarkable is the fact that we are still owned and operated by the same hard working, approachable family; we’re still as utterly passionate about the business and the machines we produce for our customers as we were back in 1952.
