{"id":197,"date":"2022-08-19T14:17:20","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T12:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trioliet.co.za\/?page_id=197"},"modified":"2025-09-12T12:30:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T10:30:58","slug":"our-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/smithpower.co.za\/trioliet\/our-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Our History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[section]\n\n[title text=”Our History” tag_name=”h1″ size=”128″]\n\n[ux_slider]\n\n[ux_banner height=”501px” bg=”200″]\n\n[text_box width=”46″ padding=”20px 20px 20px 20px” position_x=”5″ position_y=”95″ bg=”rgb(205, 11, 19)”]\n\n

1950<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

Trioliet was founded by three brothers from the Liet family in Purmerend in the Netherlands<\/span><\/p>\n\n[\/text_box]\n\n[\/ux_banner]\n[ux_banner height=”501px” bg=”201″]\n\n[text_box width=”46″ padding=”20px 20px 20px 20px” position_x=”5″ position_y=”95″ bg=”rgb(205, 11, 19)”]\n\n

1958<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

Takeover of Mullos in Losser (a manufacturer of hay conveyors) and move to Losser. The company was renamed to Trioliet Mullos.<\/span><\/p>\n\n[\/text_box]\n\n[\/ux_banner]\n[ux_banner height=”501px” bg=”203″]\n\n[text_box width=”46″ padding=”20px 20px 20px 20px” position_x=”5″ position_y=”95″ bg=”rgb(205, 11, 19)”]\n\n

1973<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

Development of paved silos and introduction of the first scoop-type silage cutters<\/span><\/p>\n\n[\/text_box]\n\n[\/ux_banner]\n[ux_banner height=”501px” bg=”205″]\n\n[text_box width=”46″ padding=”20px 20px 20px 20px” position_x=”5″ position_y=”95″ bg=”rgb(205, 11, 19)”]\n\n

1978<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

Development of an improved version of the saw-type silage cutter<\/span><\/p>\n\n[\/text_box]\n\n[\/ux_banner]\n[ux_banner height=”501px” bg=”209″ bg_pos=”44% 61%”]\n\n[text_box width=”46″ padding=”20px 20px 20px 20px” position_x=”100″ position_y=”95″ bg=”rgb(205, 11, 19)”]\n\n

1983<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

The revolutionary U-type silage cutter was developed<\/span><\/p>\n\n[\/text_box]\n\n[\/ux_banner]\n[ux_banner height=”501px” bg=”211″ bg_pos=”44% 61%”]\n\n[text_box width=”46″ padding=”20px 20px 20px 20px” position_x=”0″ position_y=”95″ bg=”rgb(205, 11, 19)”]\n\n

1990<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

Introduction of the multifunctional silage processing machines machines (self-loading feeder distributors & feed distributors<\/span><\/p>\n\n[\/text_box]\n\n[\/ux_banner]\n[ux_banner height=”501px” bg=”213″ bg_pos=”44% 61%”]\n\n[text_box width=”46″ padding=”20px 20px 20px 20px” position_x=”0″ position_y=”95″ bg=”rgb(205, 11, 19)”]\n\n

1997<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

We moved from Losser to a new factory in Oldenzaal<\/span><\/p>\n\n[\/text_box]\n\n[\/ux_banner]\n[ux_banner height=”501px” bg=”215″ bg_pos=”44% 61%”]\n\n[text_box width=”43″ padding=”20px 20px 20px 20px” position_x=”0″ position_y=”95″ bg=”rgb(205, 11, 19)”]\n\n

2005<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

Introduction of the self propelled mixer feeder wagon Triotrac. Capacity 17-24m\u00b3 \/ 610 – 860 cu ft<\/span><\/p>\n\n[\/text_box]\n\n[\/ux_banner]\n[ux_banner height=”501px” bg=”221″ bg_pos=”61% 16%”]\n\n[text_box width=”43″ padding=”20px 20px 20px 20px” position_x=”0″ position_y=”95″ bg=”rgb(205, 11, 19)”]\n\n

2006<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

Introduction automatic feeding system Triomatic<\/span><\/p>\n\n[\/text_box]\n\n[\/ux_banner]\n[ux_banner height=”501px” bg=”221″ bg_pos=”61% 16%”]\n\n[text_box width=”43″ padding=”20px 20px 20px 20px” position_x=”0″ position_y=”95″ bg=”rgb(205, 11, 19)”]\n\n

2010<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

Introduction of self-propelled mixer feeder wagon Smartrac. Capacity 10-12 m\u00b3 \/ 350 – 430 cu ft<\/span><\/p>\n\n[\/text_box]\n\n[\/ux_banner]\n[ux_banner height=”501px” bg=”224″ bg_size=”original” bg_pos=”50% 22%”]\n\n[text_box width=”43″ padding=”20px 20px 20px 20px” position_x=”0″ position_y=”95″ bg=”rgb(205, 11, 19)”]\n\n

2011<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

Introduction of the world’s largest 3 auger mixer feeder with direct drive. Capacity 52 m\u00b3 \/ 1860 cu ft<\/span><\/p>\n\n[\/text_box]\n\n[\/ux_banner]\n[ux_banner height=”501px” bg=”226″ bg_size=”original” bg_pos=”50% 29%”]\n\n[text_box width=”43″ padding=”20px 20px 20px 20px” position_x=”0″ position_y=”95″ bg=”rgb(205, 11, 19)”]\n\n

2013<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

Introduction of the Triomix P, self loading mixer feeder with straw blower<\/span><\/p>\n\n[\/text_box]\n\n[\/ux_banner]\n[ux_banner height=”501px” bg=”230″ bg_size=”original” bg_pos=”51% 59%”]\n\n[text_box width=”43″ padding=”20px 20px 20px 20px” position_x=”0″ position_y=”95″ bg=”rgb(205, 11, 19)”]\n\n

2014<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

Move to our new headquarters at the Kleibultweg<\/span><\/p>\n\n[\/text_box]\n\n[\/ux_banner]\n[ux_banner height=”501px” bg=”233″ bg_size=”original” bg_pos=”56% 68%”]\n\n[text_box width=”43″ padding=”20px 20px 20px 20px” position_x=”0″ position_y=”95″ bg=”rgb(205, 11, 19)”]\n\n

2015<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

Additional assembly hall and new logistics centre. The total premises covers 51000 m\u00b2<\/span><\/p>\n\n[\/text_box]\n\n[\/ux_banner]\n[ux_banner height=”501px” bg=”236″ bg_size=”original” bg_pos=”55% 90%”]\n\n[text_box width=”43″ padding=”20px 20px 20px 20px” position_x=”0″ position_y=”95″ bg=”rgb(205, 11, 19)”]\n\n

2018<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

Installation of 4400 solar panels. This makes Trioliet virtually self-sufficient in electricity<\/span><\/p>\n\n[\/text_box]\n\n[\/ux_banner]\n[ux_banner height=”501px” bg=”238″ bg_size=”original” bg_pos=”49% 93%”]\n\n[text_box width=”43″ padding=”20px 20px 20px 20px” position_x=”0″ position_y=”95″ bg=”rgb(205, 11, 19)”]\n\n

2019<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

Energy-saving powder coating installation<\/span><\/p>\n\n[\/text_box]\n\n[\/ux_banner]\n\n[\/ux_slider]\n\n[\/section]\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-197","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smithpower.co.za\/trioliet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smithpower.co.za\/trioliet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smithpower.co.za\/trioliet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smithpower.co.za\/trioliet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smithpower.co.za\/trioliet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/smithpower.co.za\/trioliet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":480,"href":"https:\/\/smithpower.co.za\/trioliet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/197\/revisions\/480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smithpower.co.za\/trioliet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}