MANUFACTURER RECOGNISED IN NEWSPAPER'S AWARDS

From its beginnings in a field in County Armagh, SlurryKat say they are proud to have recently won the Best Medium-Sized Business Of The Year at the Belfast Telegraph Business Awards 2023.

Founder, Garth Cairns started his farm contracting business in the 1990s, providing local farms with silage harvesting and slurry spreading services.
With his design and fabrication skills, he acquired the SlurryKat brand in 2007, and began manufacturing umbilical slurry, spreading equipment.

After accepting the award from Darren McDowell of sponsor Harbinson Mulholland, on behalf of SlurryKat, general manager Jonathan Hassin said, "We are very proud to have been recognised for this award.

"We are company established from a field in County Armagh, so it is nice to be recognised for all the hard work put in by our team. It makes a big difference to us all.

"We were delighted to be nominated but to win just makes all of our work worthwhile.From here we will push to keep moving forward.

"Our aim is to keep getting bigger and better at what we do. We want to be the number one farming equipment machine manufacturer in the world and that is what we're aiming for."

The judges said they were impressed by the quality of entrants in this category, but SlurryKat were a stand-out business. They said, "A great success story of growth from humble beginnings. Their use of cutting-edge technology and investment in research and development was particularly impressive.

"From those humble beginnings the company now has an international presence and client base. A real Northern Ireland success story."