AF Gason Pty Ltd, was founded in 1946 at Ararat in Western Victoria, Australia, as a one man motor trimming business. The Founding father was Mr Frank Gason and the Company remains a family owned business today with third and fourth generation family members occupying key roles within the business. From the early 1960s to the early 1980s, Gason grew to be a national market leader in Australia supp
lying retro-fitted cabins for major tractor manufacturers and importers including Massey Ferguson, John Deere and Ford. As factory fitted cabins became standard equipment on imported tractors, Gason evolved into its current role as a world class designer and manufacturer of broadacre farm machinery, wood heating products and much more. Today Gason is a significant regional employer, has a highly skilled workforce, and are very active in training apprentices through an in-house training program in addition to other staff development programs. Gason Farm Machinery and Woodheating range is distributed through an extensive network of dealers throughout Australia. In addition to the Gason branded proprietary products the company offers a multitude of industrial services such as laser cutting, powder coating, welding and assembly to a broad range of industry sectors supplying customers in major capital cities and other regional areas. The Company operates a world class engineering production facility of around 20,500 square metres (220,000 square feet) on its 3.24ha (8 acre) site.
