Category: 2016 Archive

Waterloo, Belgium – Limerick-based Doosan Bobcat dealer, Adare Machinery, will be showing a wide array of Doosan and Bobcat equipment at the 2016 National Ploughing Championships, taking place in Screggan, Tullamore, Co Offaly in Ireland from 20-22 September 2016.

The National Ploughing Championships is the largest Outdoor Exhibition and Agricultural Trade Show in Europe, showcasing a huge range of new agricultural and construction equipment for the Irish market and further afield. Attended by over 281,000 visitors in 2015, last year’s show was host to Adare’s biggest ever stand, but the stand for the 2016 show promises to be even bigger and busier, with several new Doosan and Bobcat products being shown for the first time in Ireland, including the new Doosan Stage IV compliant DX140LCR-5 15 tonne reduced tail swing crawler excavator and the Bobcat T450 compact tracked loader.

Other Doosan products on the stand include the DX140LC-5 14 tonne crawler excavator and the Doosan DL450-5 wheel loader. The Bobcat display will include the TL358+ telehandler for the farming market and the larger T35130S 13 m telehandler for the construction and rental industries. These will be joined on the stand by a wide selection of Bobcat compact excavators running from the E10 to the E26 models and Bobcat skid-steer loaders including the S70, S530 and S770 models. All of the Bobcat compact loaders will be equipped with different attachments from a choice of over 60 types of Bobcat attachment for use with the Bobcat compact loader range.
Higher Power – Lower Fuel Consumption

The new Doosan DX140LCR-5 excavator offers increased performance, durability and fuel efficiency, with a focus on greater power, robustness and versatility. Power is provided by the Perkins 1204F engine, which combines reduced fuel consumption with the power and torque of larger engines with a smaller displacement. The new Perkins 1204F engine provides a 6% increase in power with an output of 85.9 kW (115.3 HP) at 2000 rpm and a 3% increase in torque. Swing torque has also been boosted by 28%.

Fuel consumption has been lowered by up to 10% compared to the previous generation machine. As well as the Stage IV engine, new systems and functions have been incorporated to achieve this significant result.
Filling the gap in the range between the T110 and T590 models once occupied by the discontinued T140 loader, the new Bobcat T450 compact tracked loader offers a massive increase in power combined with hydraulic and hydrostatic efficiency improvements that translate into significantly increased productivity.

Manufactured at the Bobcat plant in Dobris in the Czech Republic, the T450 is powered by the Bobcat D24 45.5 kW (61 HP) turbocharged diesel engine, providing 25% more power than the T140 model, ensuring the T450 has the best performance and engine power to weight ratio in its class.

Equipped with radial lift boom arms, the rated operating capacity of the T450 has also increased from 642 kg to 665 kg, while the operating weight has been reduced from 2990 kg to 2789 kg. Thanks to its compact dimensions and lower weight, the T450 is even easier to transport on a trailer towed by a light truck, 4 x 4, or all-terrain vehicle.
Award-winning Family-run Dealership

Adare Machinery is an award-winning machinery dealership established by David and Marian Cuddy in 1984, which has developed into a fully-fledged family enterprise, with son, William, and daughter, Caroline, involved in the running of the business. Together with an excellent team of staff, the Cuddys continue to innovate, expand and grow the business.

As an Authorised Dealer for Doosan Bobcat EMEA, Adare Machinery has exclusivity for sales and service in Munster and Connacht for Doosan crawler and wheeled excavators from 3 to 53 tonne and the Doosan range of wheel loader models with bucket capacities from 1.9 to 4.8 m3. For the Bobcat range, Adare Machinery is the Authorised Dealer for the whole of Ireland.

Operating out of state-of-the-art premises at Patrickswell near the city of Limerick, Adare Machinery is also offering service and warranty work on all existing Doosan and Bobcat machines in its area, backed by a full selection of genuine accessories and parts.

For more information about Doosan construction equipment, visit the website www.doosanequipment.eu

For more information about Bobcat and Bobcat products, visit the website www.bobcat.com

650,000 worth of sales generated by small businesses at Local Enterprise Village last year
The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Ms. Mary Mitchell O’ Connor T.D. has unveiled plans for the ‘Local Enterprise Village’, which will be home to 84 small businesses from around the country for the three days of the National Ploughing Championships.
Managed and funded by the Local Enterprise Offices, the Local Enterprise Village opens its doors from September 20th to 22nd at Screggan in Tullamore, offering Irish start-ups and small businesses a launch-pad for new products and services, giving them the chance to impress the 280,000 visitors expected at European’s largest outdoor event.
Last year, small businesses inside the Local Enterprise Village generated sales and orders worth €650,000 to the Irish economy, according to figures from the Local Enterprise Offices. Among the 84 companies, the food and drink sector is well-represented this year, alongside fashion, toys, giftware, craft and agri-services.
The plans for the 2016 Local Enterprise Village include a new product launch and demonstration area, where small businesses and start-ups can invite visitors to preview and sample new Irish brands. A new award scheme, the Local Enterprise Village Awards, is also being introduced for the first time, to highlight ‘up-and-coming’ brands and companies.
The Minister unveiled the plans at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in Dublin with Kieran Comerford of the Local Enterprise Offices, Anna May McHugh, President of the National Ploughing Association, Paul Reid, Chair of the Local Government Economic, Enterprise and Tourism Committee, Mark Christal of Enterprise Ireland and six of the small businesses that will be re-locating to the Local Enterprise Village in September.
Kieran Comerford, Chair of network of Local Enterprise Offices said that the Local Enterprise Village is fast becoming a “must visit” destination. He said: “By having the right mix of appealing products and services in place with a series of high-profile product launches over the three days, we will be encouraging as many visitors as possible through the doors of the Local Enterprise Village, to support Ireland’s small business community. With fashion, food, craft, homeware and gifts from all over the country under the one roof, we’re expecting record crowds this year.”

The National Ploughing Association Chairman PJ Lynam said “There is no doubt that the entrepreneurial spark is alive and well in Ireland with an unprecedented number of diverse and exciting businesses, exhibiting at the “Local Enterprise Village”, at this year’s Ploughing Championships. This is a unique opportunity for these small businesses, with 281,000 visitors in attendance last year, to showcase their products to the large number of visitors that Ploughing attracts.”
The entrepreneurs that met with Minister Mitchell O’ Connor at this week’s announcement included the founders behind ‘Toby Wagons’ in Wicklow, ‘Celtic Gent’ in Fingal, ‘De Mad Food Company’ in Offaly, ‘Melanie Hand Design Jewellery’ in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, ‘Tumbledown Media’ in Carlow and ‘Scotts Irish Cider’ in Cavan.
More details around the Local Enterprise Village are available through www.localenterprise and by searching #localenterprise on social media.

Traditional African tools, crops, and new farming methods all to feature

International aid charity, GOAL, will present visitors to this year’s National Ploughing Championships in Tullamore, Co. Offaly, with an opportunity to experience the sights, sounds and smells of a typical African farm.

GOAL will use its exhibition space at the three-day event, which is being held this year from September 20th to 22nd, to demonstrate how some of the traditional farming practices that continue to be used in places like Ethiopia, South Sudan and Uganda are remarkably similar to farming traditions in Ireland more than 150 years ago.

The aid agency will also show how it is helping African farmers to produce more food for a rapidly expanding global population, one third of whom are currently fed through an estimated 500 million smallholder farms on an average land size of one GAA pitch.

The GOAL stand will allow people to see, touch and sample African crops like sorghum, cassava, chili pepper and sweet potato. Visitors will also have the opportunity to handle and test some of the traditional African tools, including shovels, hoes, sickles, wooden ploughs and other hand tools native to various regions.

Importantly, the exhibition space will include an interactive guide to some of the new farming methods that GOAL is promoting across parts of Africa, including the development of local agriculture markets, the use of mobile technology and the introduction of climate-smart agriculture.

“GOAL works with approximately 200,000 farmers across our countries of operation each year, helping some of the world’s poorest communities to grow more food, improve access to seeds and inputs, and sell more produce at better prices,” said GOAL CEO, Barry Andrews. “We promote technology that helps farmers get access to market information and improve yields, provide training and create opportunities for farmers to engage successfully with markets.

“We hope that our exhibition stand will help explain some of this work; highlight some of the main challenges faced by farmers in Africa, including water scarcity, drought and climate change; and how, with the support of aid agencies like GOAL, they are working to combat these challenges.

“Failure to produce more food will result in shortages and poorer health in developing countries, with damaging consequences for development and the potential for conflict within and between nations. It is important that we all understand that to prevent this, we must work with African farmers to increase their production and incomes in a sustainable way.”