Category: 2017 Archive

‘Local Enterprise Village’from the Local Enterprise Offices set to boost profile of small Irish companies.

Plans to boost the profile of Irish small businesses and start-ups at Europe’s largest outdoor event – the National Ploughing Championships – were launched by An Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Frances Fitzgerald T.D. and Minister for Business, Pat Breen, T.D.

From the 19^th to 21^st September, the ‘Local Enterprise Village,’ managed and funded by the Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs), will be home to 31 diversestart-ups and small businesses from all over the country. Many of the small businesses will be making their debut at the Championships, using the opportunity to launch new products and services to the 280,000 visitors expected by the National Ploughing Association (NPA).

Announcing the plans for the Local Enterprise Village, the Tánaiste said:

“Through the LEOs, this Government continues to be committed to supporting and sustaining the development of micro and small businesses such as those taking part in the Local Enterprise Village at the National Ploughing Championships. By boosting the profile of indigenous Irish companies at major international events, the focus is on promoting trade and driving innovation and export growth across all business sectors across the country. For the 280,000 people expected at the National Ploughing Championships in September, I would encourage them to pay a visit to the Local Enterprise Village to support Ireland’s start-ups and small businesses.”

Minister Breen said: “The National Ploughing Championships is a wonderful event which continues to grow in scale and importance, especially for small businesses looking to launch new products and services to a mass audience. The Local Enterprise Village will be at the National Ploughing Championships again this year and is another important initiative by the LEOs.It enables small businesses to grow sales and expand, creating more jobs across every county. It is a testament to the fact that the LEOs – working with other agencies and organisations – are central to delivering on the ambition of helping people to help themselves, building a culture of entrepreneurship and enterprise, delivering jobs in every County in Ireland.”

An Tánaiste and Minister Breen were joined at the launch by: Kieran Comerford of the Local Enterprise Offices, Anna May McHugh, Managing Director, The National Ploughing Association; Eoghan Hanrahan, Regional Director, Enterprise Ireland; andAnna-Marie Delaney, Chair of the CCMA Economic, Enterprise, Community and Culture Committee.

Chair of the LEO Exhibition Committee, Kieran Comerford, said: “With over a quarter of a million visitors every year, the Local Enterprise Offices see the National Ploughing Championships as the ideal opportunity to raise the profile of Ireland’s small businesses and start-ups to a mass audience. For visitors looking for products and services for the home, the family or the farm, the Local Enterprise Village is unique because it offers every visitor a chance to meet the person behind the company and to buy directly from them, to help support jobs in small businesses all over the country.”

Anna May McHugh, NPA Managing Director said: “It is wonderful to see that so many diverse and interesting businesses will be represented at this year’s National Ploughing Championships’ ‘Local Enterprise Village’.  This is a unique opportunity for these small businesses who have been supported by their Local Enterprise Office, with 283,000 visitors in attendance last year, to showcase their products to the large number of visitors that Ploughing attracts.”

An Tánaiste and Minister Breenalso met with representatives from several Local Enterprise Village companies, including J&J Services in Carlow (cable manufacturers), VirtualVet in Waterford (digital recordingof animal drug treatments), Irish Artisan Charcoal Company in Limerick (hand-made charcoal for BBQs), Wilde Irish Chocolates in Clare (confectionary, fudge and chocolate spreads) and ROC Protection in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown (protective base layers for hurling).

ROC Protection is one of the companies that will be making its debut at the National Ploughing Championships next month.Carl Cullen, Ross Byrne and Cormac Spain from Clonkeen College in Blackrock (all aged 17) invented ahurling base layer which won a national Student Enterprise Award earlier this year, in a LEO-run programme which involves 22,000 secondary school students.

Meanwhile, a third of companies within the Local Enterprise Village are coming from the food and drink sector, offering visitors a ‘taste’ of new ranges such as chilled coffees, smoked fish pates, low-calorie beef, granola, herbal drinks, ready to bake mixes and high protein snacks.

The village will also be the home of small businesses which manufacture locally for the home and farm, such as rainwater gutters, architectural joinery, blasting machines, push-pull cables and sprayer attachments.

In addition to agri-tech products for farmers, visitors will also be able to meet the makers behind furniture, fashion, craft, skincare and sports equipment companies, all based in Ireland.

More details around the Local Enterprise Village and the supports on offer through the Local Enterprise Offices(LEOs) are available atwww.localenterprise.ie.

CENSORTEC LTD a southern based agricultural company with extensive experience in the Irish Agricultural industry will debut there latest product at the National Ploughing Event 2017. Based in County Kerry, Censortec LTD secured the Irish rights to distribute the world’s leading animal monitoring systems NEDAP LIVESTOCK SYSTEMS.  NEDAP have been developing animal monitoring systems for up to 35 years and would be considered the original pioneers of sensor technology in the agricultural industry.

NEDAP has recently taken a major step forward in this area with the intelligent Smarttag Neck for Heat Detection with Eating Monitoring & Rumination. The Detection technology not only alerts you to cows in heat in good time, it also draws attention to any animals in your herd with possible health problems. So you can improve your insemination results and check or treat animals with possible health problems in plenty of time and with the greatest of ease. However it’s this development coupled with impressive battery life and a reduced cost of ownership that will make Censortec s introduction to the Irish Market a game changer.

The system is extremely suitable for Irish dairy and beef farms as it is adaptable to any size or shape of farm.

“We are extremely excited about bringing this state of the art animal monitoring systems to Irish farmers”, says Sean Crowley of Censortec. “We are unique to the market with regards cost of ownership, operating costs, accuracy and simplicity.

The most significant benefit the Nedap SmartTag brings to the market is its battery life which makes the system very cost effective. We invite you to come and look at the system for yourself at the upcoming national ploughing” Censortec can be contacted at sales@censortec.com and 086-8592968.    

At this year’s National Ploughing Championships, taking place in Screggan, Tullamore, Co Offaly in Ireland from 19-21 September 2016, Limerick-based Doosan Bobcat dealer, Adare Machinery, will be showing a wide array of new Bobcat and Doosan products for the farming and construction/rental markets.

Attended by a record 283,000 visitors in 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.

First Showing for New Bobcat Telehandler

Visitors to the Adare stand will be able to see for the first time the new Bobcat TL34.65HF Agri telehandler designed for the agriculture industry, a brand new high productivity model providing a maximum lift capacity of 3.4 tonne at a maximum lift height of 6.42 m.

In this model, HF/High Flow Technology, also available on the larger TL38.70HF telehandler, offers outstanding hydraulic capabilities and performance with a class-leading 190 l/min load sensing pump (150 l/min at the auxiliary line) and flow sharing distributor. This allows the operator to work at significantly lower speeds, consume less fuel and benefit from remarkably shorter working cycles.

These telehandlers are part of a new range of Bobcat Stage IV compliant telehandlers combining models for both farming and the rental and construction industries. The new telehandlers are powered by a Bobcat D34 Stage IV/Tier 4 final compliant diesel engine developed and manufactured in-house for use in the new range, resulting in optimised performance throughout.

Backed by a 3-year warranty, a standard feature of the new range, the Bobcat TL34.65HF Agri telehandler will be joined on the Adare stand by a wide selection of Bobcat compact excavators running from the E10 to the E45 models and Bobcat skid-steer loaders including the S70, S450 and S590 models. All of the Bobcat machines will be equipped with different attachments from a choice of over 80 types of Bobcat attachment for use with the Bobcat compact equipment range.

The Doosan products on the Adare stand include the DX140LC-5 14 tonne crawler excavator, the DX160W-5 16 tonne wheeled excavator and the DL300-5 and DL450-5 wheel loaders.

Like all new Doosan Stage IV compliant machines, these models feature a distinctive machine styling scheme marking the many design advances they incorporate, which go well beyond simply meeting Stage IV emission regulations and set a new benchmark for construction equipment worldwide.

These new generation machines provide significantly higher performance in every area than the previous generation machines, combining enhanced comfort and controllability together with new features to boost fuel efficiency, uptime and return on investment, with a focus on increased power, robustness and agility.

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