Darling Irrigation

Darling Irrigation commenced life in 2004 as a creative
transformation of a rural merchandise store in Bourke, Darling
Fertilisers. This business, owned by the Maroulis family since 1972, was
operated by Theofanis and Bill Maroulis. The millennium drought hit all
agricultural related businesses particularly hard on the Western Plains
of New South Wales, and it was this catalyst that sparked the
reinvention of the business at the hands of Sam and Phoebe Maroulis into
today's "Darling Irrigation".


Darling Irrigation started installing small drip irrigation
systems and quickly added stockwater pipelines to its list of
competencies. In 2005 ‘Kings Hire and Sales’ was purchased in Narromine
and quickly transformed into a water shop, bolstering retail sales. A
few years later the business moved into design and installation of
centre pivot, linear move irrigators and boom irrigators for broadacre
customers.


The business joined forces with Australian owned agribusiness,... [Details]