Company:Abbey Machinery
| Type | Privately held |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1947 |
| Founder |
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| Headquarters | Nenagh, Tipperary , Ireland |
Area served | Ireland, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Iceland, Saudi Arabia. |
Key people | Clodagh Cavanagh (Managing Director) |
Abbey Machinery is an Irish agricultural machinery manufacturer. It is known for its characteristic orange-colored machines,[1] its reputation for quality and for being the oldest agricultural machinery manufacturer in Ireland.[2] It specializes in cattle feeding and slurry management equipment.[3][4]
Abbey manufactures a wide range of agricultural equipment for local and international markets including Diet Feeders, Precision Toppers, Fertilizer Spreaders, Slurry Tankers, Muck Spreaders, and slurry Agitators.
Abbey Machinery was founded by Mary & Joseph Cavanagh in 1947.The Cavanagh family had been blacksmiths operating a local foundry business in Abbey Lane, Nenagh since the late 1800s. Prior to the foundation the Cavanagh’s were renowned for their innovative design and one such product was the award-winning “Cavanagh Plough” which was unique and well ahead of its time.
Joseph Cavanagh spent his early years working in the foundry with his father and with a local company manufacturing aluminium. Joseph went to work in the United States in the 1930s and during this period learned the latest welding and steel fabrication technologies while working in Upstate New York and in the shipyards of San Francisco.
On his return in 1946 he brought these new technologies with him and followed on the tradition of agricultural engineering the family were known for forming, with his wife Mary, Abbey Machinery in 1947.[5]
References
- ↑ "Abbey machinery to unveil rebranded product line". Farming Life. 2012-12-08. http://www.farminglife.com/news/abbey-machinery-to-unveil-rebranded-product-line-1-4153213. Retrieved 2013-06-11.
- ↑ "Abbey Machinery". Advanced Coatings. http://www.advancedcoatings.ie/Product-Users/Abbey-Machinery. Retrieved 2013-06-11.
- ↑ "Abbey Machinery to invest in new production plant". What's New In Farming. June 9, 2013. Archived from the original on December 13, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131213140920/http://www.wnif.co.uk/articles/1203/1/Abbey-Machinery-to-invest-in-new-production-plant/Page1.html. Retrieved 2013-06-11.
- ↑ "New home for Abbey Machinery"
- ↑ http://www.abbeymachinery.com/about-us/
- John Neill-Watson (1993). A History of Farm Mechanisation in Ireland, 1890-1990. Farm Tractor and Machinery Trade Association. ISBN 978-0-9522555-0-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=oQZIAAAAYAAJ. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
External links
- http://www.abbeymachinery.com/ — official site
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