Gillison`s Variety Fabrication Inc.
We design, manufacture, repair, deliver, and retail all of the rugged, high tech farm machines that you need for a successful agricultural operation. That realization led to the ever-expanding line of top quality, rugged machinery Gillison’s designs and builds for farmers in over 70 countries worldwide. The popularity of our products with discerning farmers across America and around the globe has led us to expand to three locations in Michigan and to add thousands of square feet of new manufacturing space to keep up with the demand.
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- Business Type:
- Manufacturer
- Industry Type:
- Agriculture
- Market Focus:
- Globally (various continents)
This company also provides solutions for other industrial applications.
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About Us
Michigan Beginnings
Ron and Dianne Gillison, with Ron’s father Rodney and with fresh university degrees (Ron from Michigan State in Agriculture, Dianne from Northwestern Michigan College in Business Administration), opened the doors to Gillison’s Variety Fabrication in Benzonia, Michigan in 1977.
A Sturdy Idea
Not long after, engineers from Michigan State asked Ron to build them a newly designed hedger that would offer safer pruning of fruit trees. Ron adapted a flywheel design he’d seen used on Singer sewing machines for the drive system on the hedger, and thus was born the first GVF custom farm machine. Ron, a lifelong farmer himself, realized that wherever there was a gap in farm equipment capability, he could engineer a solution to fill that gap, and with his sharp eye for rugged quality, improve the lives of other farmers like himself.
Recognition from the Agriculture Industry
Ron and Dianne were honored with the Michigan State Horticultural Society’s Industrial Service Award in 2001 for Gillison’s tireless innovation and support of the agricultural industry year in and year out.
Four Decades Later, Still a Family Business
Ron and Dianne’s eldest son Matt joined the company in 2003 with a degree from Ferris State University in Heavy Equipment Service Engineering Technology. Four years later their youngest son, Craig, joined the company full time to focus on domestic and international sales.
Dedicated to Success and Stronger than Ever!
Today Gillison’s employs more than forty technicians, designers, salespeople, business staff, machine operators, and other agricultural visionaries all on the same mission to make Gillison customers the best equipped farmers in the world.
We Manufacture:
Farmers with the Highest Standards
The Gillison team has one purpose: provide you the best product and support to make your operation a success. Ron Gillison is a farmer who doesn’t tolerate any standard unless it’s the highest. If the equipment he needs isn’t ready to do the job right, Ron mobilizes his technology and manufacturing team to design and build it.
That’s where you benefit from Ron’s way of doing things.
The Gillison team has been manufacturing top quality agricultural equipment since 1977. We’ve put four decades of innovation and refinement into our designs and manufacturing techniques, so you can have the safest, most efficient and effective farm machines available anywhere.
Successful Farmers Agree: It’s all in the Details.
Customers in 70 countries say it all the time: Gillison's finishing is like none they’ve ever seen before. Not only are our welds the smoothest, but our multi-step paint finishing process leaves equipment protected and looking new for years.
Let Us Custom Manufacture for You.
If you’ve got a special challenge in the field, chances are we’ve seen it before and have engineered a solution. If it’s not something we’ve built already, we can figure it out and come up with a new design. We’ve been doing just that for better than thirty years, and every time, it starts with our team listening closely to you.
Engineered Versatility
We design and manufacture what the conditions call for.
Look at any of our products, and you can see how we think. Better operator visibility means less tree damage. Easy installation and adjustment means more productive time in the field and less time turning wrenches. Larger adjustment ranges means your equipment adapts to your farm, rather than the other way around. Take a look at our hedgers, toppers, and skirters to see how GVF designed and manufactured equipment can make your job easier.
Gillison's Speed, Power, and Maneuverability mean better, safer work.
Our customers lift thousands of pounds of valuable cargo over rough terrain. Through our design and manufacture, we provide the safety and efficiency to get it done quickly and without mishap. Drive any of our GVF heavy-duty, rough terrain lifts and you’ll understand the advantage of using the GVF brand in the field.