MAJOR INVESTMENT AT MANUFACTURER

SlurryKat has unveiled a significant investment in its manufacturing base with the official opening of a research and development facility and team hub as it celebrates its 15th anniversary this year. 

SlurryKat is an agricultural manufacturing business producing a range of slurry handling and spreading equipment. Operating since 2008, when it was founded by CEO Garth Cairns, the firm says it has grown extensively, with sales increasing 40-fold since inception, and the workforce growing from a team of two, to over 80.  
 
The company's manufacturing facility, set on a 52-acre site in Waringstown, Northern Ireland, has seen major expansion over the past decade. Initially starting in a small workshop which saw the first development of alternative slurry spreading technologies, to a 120,000 ft2 production facility. 
 
The latest investment includes a 1,000 m2 research and development facility, that the company understands to be the first of its kind globally, and represents a multi-million investment to support their ongoing development and growth. Part of the facility will allow the firm to test equipment with different pressures and flow rates in their bid to continually develop and refine the performance of new and existing products for the global slurry market.  
 
The firm has also opened a team hub for staff as part of the investment which includes a canteen, shower facilities and a commercial grade kitchen.

Marking the anniversary of the company Garth Cairns said, “I’m immensely proud of our achievements over the past fifteen years. Slurry plays a big part in the agriculture industry across the UK, Ireland and beyond. We wanted to build equipment that could overcome the different challenges we see in different markets across the world, and over the years our team has been working tirelessly to evolve and develop our machinery to be as efficient as possible for our customers.” 
 
Garth concluded, “This anniversary is a significant milestone for us, and with continued investments in a state-of-the-art research and development centre and team hub, we look forward to the future and continued growth.”