Australian owned, ACM Bullbars has been producing its products from its Melbourne location for over 10 years.
In recent times, the company has experienced phenomenal growth, doubling the size of its facilities. As a result, its workforce has grown as has its output.
Since coming onto the bullbar scene, ACM Bullbars has built a reputation for quality and durability.
Sales Manager Robert Scott, 67, has lived and breathed bullbars for over 30 years. His introduction to the industry came in the early 1990s. He began his career on the tools at Repco Engine Rebuilding, starting as an apprentice and working his way up to workshop manager.
As Robert explained, “When they closed that workshop, I was approached by the owner of a Wollongong based bullbar company called Herd Bullbars and asked if I wanted to join them. I’d never been involved in that part of the industry up until that point.”
This Kenworth T404 SAR looks the goods with an ACM bullbar. Image: ACM BullbarsAnd the rest, as they say, is history. Working with Herd Bullbars, the Tamworth local went from looking after sales for northern NSW and Southern Queensland, to becoming national sales manager.
When Herd Bullbars was sold to Southport Engineering, he continued on in the same role. “That business was then sold to Abcor – Advanced Herd Bullbars and they stopped making after-market bullbars. Then I was approached by Peter Smith at ACM Bullbars to join them and that’s where I’ve stayed up to this day,” Robert explained.
He’s since been with the business almost four years, bringing his wealth of experience and knowledge.
“ACM Bullbars has substantially grown in that time. It’s grown substantially in terms of the number of employees and the number of sales. From predominately making bullbars for just one brand of truck, to producing them for all brands of trucks.”
Robert says despite his three decades in the bullbar industry, the product hasn’t changed a great deal. “The only real change is in going from standard bullbars to front under-run bullbars,” he said.
However what has changed is the way they are produced. “The machinery has modernised over time. Welders have gone from hand-cutting all the parts to being able to machine-cut them,” Robert added.
ACM Bullbars predominantly supplies its bullbars to dealers and repairers, with its products found on some of the biggest fleets.
ACM produces bullbars for all makes and models of trucks. Image: ACM BullbarsThe company can also customise its bullbars where required, to suit customer requirements.
According to Robert, “ACM Bullbars makes one of the strongest bullbars on the market. I still deal with many customers that I dealt with in the very beginning. But times have changed and those businesses have grown.”
Why do customers choose ACM Bullbars? “Once they have our bullbars, they realise the strength of our product and the quality of it and they keep coming back,” Robert said. “A lot of people also rely on the fact that we can supply on time.
“With the much bigger facility, our output is much bigger than before and we’ve expanded on our product brands and range of products too.”
To find the ACM Bullbar that’s right for your truck, visit acmbullbars.com.au. For sales enquiries, call Robert on 0459 963 244, or email the sales team at sales@acmbullbars.com.au.
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