Ag Implements Merredin (AIM) is a family owned agricultural machinery business with its foundations firmly grounded in the eastern wheat-belt of Western Australia.
With the demise of ‘Carson's of Merredin’ (part of the Agro Holding group) in 2001, Merredin and surrounding areas were left with no John Deere dealer, nor service for their existing machines.
Local farmer and business man, John Nicoletti identified the gap in sales and service in the area and commenced negotiations with John Deere Limited. A commitment was made to establish a new dealership in Merredin - and ‘Ag Implements Merredin’ was born.
• In April 2003 AIM moved operations from rented facilities, into new premises at East Barrack Street in Merredin and subsequently evolved into the "state of the art" dealership which you see today - operating out of offices, workshops and storage facilities covering over 20,000 square metres in the Merredin dealership alone.
• In November 2004, the business grew with the acquisition of ‘Mukinbudin Tractor and Implement’ providing a springboard into the central wheat-belt.
• In May 2008 the AIM group purchased ‘Avon Tractor & Implement’ – providing two new John Deere dealerships in Northam and Cunderdin. This decision further increased the AIM footprint into the western wheat-belt and Avon Valley
• 2009 was another expansion year with two new acquisitions to improve service and reliability for our customers in the eastern wheat belt. An allied industries business in Southern Cross was purchased in July, followed by the purchase of a further John Deere dealership – ‘Aquip Machinery’ (Narembeen) in October.
AIM now employs 75 local staff in five dealerships and allied industries. We service over 30,000 square kilometres in 20 shires and consider ourselves to be long term service providers to rural Western Australia.
The management team of John Nicoletti (owner), Jan Cooper (General Manager) and Graeme Pember (Dealer Principal), are committed to innovative, customer driven service to wheat-belt communities – not only in the form of sales and service of John Deere farm equipment, but also in providing training and long term employment in the rural communities we service.
“AIM is all about the customer” … and their family, and the community where they live!
