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Narrogin Boilermakers was first established as a general steel fabrication and construction business providing services to farmers and public on site and from their workshop.
Merv and Jill McCrystal (proprietors) opened the doors on October 27th 1994 in Narrogin Western Australia. Between then and now they have turned over five new apprentices and provided full time employment for over 15 staff.
Narrogin Boilermakers work turnover mainly consisted of farm maintenance and fabrication, new building fabrication and vehicle body building. In 1999 Narrogin Boilermakers recognised the ability to diversify and began contracting the services of boilermakers to Kalgoolie Consolidated Gold Mines, BHP and Western Mining (Kambalda and Leinster Operations).
1999 showed to be a huge year for Narrogin Boilermakers as in June the design and prototype fabrication / testing began with the now known "Nepowie" Sheep Feeder on location at the Nepowie Merino Stud Farm approximately 38km east of Narrogin. - Hence the name. The feedlot system was closely tested and remodified to result in the now widely used easy assembled system used by sheep farmers all over Australia.
In 2001 major fabrication of the feedlot system was well under way and sales began to take off in Western Australia along with the standard fabrication and construction still being carried out for the regular local customers.
Finally in February 2004 the "Nepowie" Sheep Feeder broke into the Eastern States market with farmers realising the feedlot system worked very well with food rationing in drought conditions.
On Monday 11th October 2004 the "Nepowie" Sheep Feeder became a registered design in Australia and New Zealand which made the feedlot system a legal product of manufacture to Mervyn McCrystal (Proprietor)
Today Narrogin Boilermakers is still producing steel products for the Narrogin districts, but is putting major focus into breaking the "Nepowie" Sheep Feeder into the export market through Austrade.