Machinery
Trade focus: Manufacturing in Meath...no machine too big or too small
Ireland is currently enjoying a small industrial renaissance; certainly in the agricultural sector where there are many small and medium-sized...
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Trade focus: Family-owned German giant marries big machines and 'big data'
We may never hear it said publicly, but there is a growing awareness within the trade that the agricultural machinery...
Machinery
Trade focus: 'Self-propelled foragers are great for maize, but not always best for grass'
It has been six years now since Pottinger brought the distribution of its products in Ireland back in-house. The move...
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Trade focus: The tractor 'trapped' in Kerry that trades parts to the world
“It’s only a mannequin really,” noted Colm Clifford – describing the Massey Ferguson 240 tractor (pictured above) that sits proudly...
Machinery
Trade focus: Building a machinery manufacturing business in Co. Limerick
Stepping out of the comfort and routine of secure employment to concentrate on creating a new business is something that...
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Trade focus: Charting an 'independent' path with a tightly-run ship
Few people have ever accused the machinery trade across the entirety of the 32 counties as being a bland, homogenous...
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Trade focus: How a Westmeath man can get an 'edge' on your machinery
It was an invoice amounting to nearly €4,000 which set James Geoghegan on the path to building his own knife...
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Trade focus: What doesn't a Wexford 'breaker' know about these tractors?
The image of vehicle breakers has not always been the most glamorous or environmentally friendly. Visions of grease-covered and indifferent...
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Trade focus: New stock arrives; but who or what is Pronar?
It was Poland that led the fall of European communism in the 1980s and, in doing so, opened up the...
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Trade focus: Is a quad the best 'tractor' a stock farmer could have?
Each year there is always a small buzz of excitement as the tractor registration figures are released; the farming world...
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Trade focus: 'Looking for more power from three-cylinder engines is a mistake'
John Deere has rarely, if ever, been noted for any lack of confidence in either its products or its future....
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Trade focus: No hiding from big-brand takeovers on home turf
Heading into Kilrush from the Limerick side, there is what you might assume to be a modest local tractor dealer...
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Trade focus: Stretching right across the 'sunny' south-east
Agriculture is constantly evolving; trying to discern the future is a question of picking out trends. Although ‘digitalisation’ of just...
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Trade focus: 'It’s great to just press a button and it works'
“Tumosan will be in the top ten best-selling brands in 2018.” That’s the confident prediction of Michael Brogan – founder...
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Trade focus: Doing the 'deal' in the 'Kingdom'
It would be unfair to refer to Valtra as ‘oddball’, but being a little different from the rest is one...
