NEW KRAMP STORE OPENS

The family-run agricultural parts supplier, Independent Agri Parts (IAP), has opened a new Powered by Kramp store in Filey.

It becomes the 11th Powered by Kramp store to open in the country. The store provides the local agricultural community with spare parts and products from a range of brands. 

IAP is an agricultural parts and wheels business, sourcing and selling replacement and wearing parts for all agricultural and plant machinery models and makes. The Durkin family took over, re-located and re-launched the business in April 2022 and have since continued to develop and grow the business. Now supplying Aztec Oils, Exol Oils, LWC agricultural attachments and Marshall Trailers, they have expanded the company with the addition of the Powered by Kramp retail store. The new store will offer locals over 3000 agricultural parts and accessories in stock, plus access to the entire online Kramp range.

Steven and Jay run IAP alongside the family farm with the support of their parents, Paul and Debbie Durkin. Having a lengthy background in agriculture and currently rearing 4000 pigs, doing contract work for other local farmers as well as restoring and repairing machinery, the family have an intimate knowledge and understanding of the demands of agriculture.

“We celebrated the store opening with an open day,” says Jay. “Since then, we have seen an increase in footfall. It has been a mix of our regular customers and new ones introduced to IAP on the open day. There is not anything like this in the area. 

“We chose to partner with Kramp because of our relationship with our account manager and the service and support we receive from them. If we ever have issues, there is always someone to talk to. Even if our account manager isn’t available, we can call their head office, and nine times out of ten, we speak to the same person we always do. 

Kramp retail consultant John Sumner added, “Our job is to identify businesses with lots of retail potential and to support them to grow their retail offering. We love getting to know the business owners and look forward to seeing the IAP shop develop. The team there are incredibly knowledgeable and ambitious. We look forward to continuing to support them in their venture.”