Company Info
Shelbourne Reynolds Engineering Ltd Since 1972 when Keith Shelbourne purchased the business assets of Reynolds Engineering Ltd and formed Shelbourne Reynolds Engineering Ltd, Shelbourne Reynolds has been designing and manufacturing farm machinery in Suffolk, England. This remarkable achievement is in no small part down to the company philosophy of using the best technology available to produce technologically advanced, top quality, highly durable farm machinery. Shelbourne Reynolds commitment to innovation has leant itself well to the export market with over half of production being exported to over 40 countries worldwide. The business is operated from three main locations, the main manufacturing facility in Stanton, Suffolk, the US Distribution centre in Colby Kansas and the CIS distribution centre in Moscow, Russia. The Kansas base was established in 1996 and serves as a sales office, machine storage facility and parts distribution centre. It serves the Western US wheat belt stretching from Southern Texas to western Canada for both stripper header and Powermix customers. A team of mobile field support people spend most of the havesting season in the field supporting customers and dealers across the US. The Moscow base was established in 2006 to support the rapidly expanding markets in Russia , Kazahkstan and Ukraine. The 90,000 square foot factory on a 5 acre site in rural Stanton near Bury St Edmunds Suffolk now employs 105 people and utilises some of the most sophisticated manufacturing equipment including: CNC machine centres, laser steel cutting machines and one of the UK’s largest powder coat paint facilities. Most of the products currently manufactured are machines that originated in our own design office and have been evolved and improved A very high proportion of the manufacturing is done in house including all machining and gear cutting, this means that specific drives can be manufactured for specific applications rather than compromising on a mass produced "off the shelf" drive. Accountability is very much a keyword in the Shelbourne manufacturing philosophy. Shelbourne Reynolds Inc Shelbourne Reynolds Inc was established in Colby, Kansas in 1996. The aim was to provide a stable base for the sale and support of the increasingly large number of stripper headers being sold into the North American market. Shelbourne striupper headers were first sold in the US in 1990 in Kentucky. The concept quickly gained acceptance and sales took off. Initiall sales were of 20 foot machines mostly in the Eastern states where the benefits of a fast, early harvest coupled with the benefits of planting soybeans straight back into the stripped straw were quickly recognised. Machines were at the same time gaining acceptance in the rice growing states of Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi and Misouri. Here the benefits in terms of harvesting productivity were enormous. The SR6000 20 foot header was first sold in Kansas in 1993, mainly as a disaster recovery tool to assist with harvest after hail storms had ripped through the wheat belt and laid large areas of crop on the ground. The CX84 (28 foot) header was introduced in 1995 and once again sales surged of the wider machine as Western wheat belt farmers started to recognise the benefits of the stripped straw in their No-Till farming systems. It was at this point determined that a regional base was needed in order to provide parts and service advice to customers. Colby , Kansas was chosen as a location due to its geographical position at the centre of the wheat belt and due to its interstate and rail links. 2001 saw the introduction of the wider still CVS32, this represented a significant step forward with a variable speed drive and 32 foot width. Many larger American rice farmers have turned to stripper headers to boost their productivity. The RSD rice header was introduced in 2002 and features a fixed speed belt drive, this enabled more power to be transmitted to the rotor and greater output in adverse crop conditions. The RSD32 was introduced in 2007 and coupled with new class 8 combines is setting unprecedented levels in productivity. Demand for CVS machines remains strong with the the moisture retention benefits of stripped straw gaining acceptance.
