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Fifteen years of quality and excellence
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ince 1999, Kevin Woods Machinery Ltd has been supplying the fresh produce sector with grading, washing, weighing and packaging equipment. As well as being an agent for Tong Peal Engineering, Manter BV, Upmatic and Audion Elektro, the company stocks a huge line of quality used machinery.
Celebrating 15 years in business, Kevin Woods Machinery is a familyrun concern based in the potato and vegetable growing heartland of north Co. Dublin. Its premises at ‘The Inch’, Balbriggan is just two minutes off the M1 Motorway at Exit 6. Prior to setting up the company in which he is joined by his sons Kevin Jnr and Jake, Kevin Woods had acquired a wealth of knowledge and experience from working for Ennis Machinery (now Armstrong Machinery) in Naul, Leinster Farm Machinery in Duleek, Co. Meath and Derek Plant Machinery in Lusk. Since then, Kevin Woods Machinery has become an important link in the Irish potato and vegetable growing chain. The company has supplied new and used machinery to hundreds of satisfied growers up and down the country, earning a reputation for quality, excellence, reliability and value-formoney in the process. “I got to know the business during my time with Ennis Machinery, Leinster Farm Machinery – who I worked with for seven years – and Derek Plant Machinery, and that has stood me in good stead,” says Kevin. “We supply only the best equipment to potato and vegetable growers. We work very closely with them and fully understand their needs. It is a small field in which everyone knows everyone, so having a good name is very important.” Kevin Woods provides machinery from IRISH TRACTOR & AGRI
An Easy-Grade machine in operation
The company supplies only the best equipment to potato and vegetable growers
grading, washing and weighing all types of potatoes and vegetables to packaging equipment. He is proud to be an agent for Tong Peal Engineering, Manter BV, Upmatic and Audion Elektro – four of the biggest names in the industry. Tong Peal Engineering is a leading UK manufacturer of custom-built machinery for washing, grading and handling potatoes and vegetables. The Lincolnshire-based company – which has been in business for over 80 years – manufactures a wide range of products, including the VISAR Sortop, which can sort any batch of carrots consistently and efficiently, completely removing the need for manual sorting. Manter BV is a world leader in the manufacture of all types of weighing equipment for potatoes, fruits and
vegetables. A Dutch company, its equipment is capable of weighing produce from 500grams to 25kgs. Manter can offer solutions for your specific weighing and / or packaging problem. Its machines are developed
CONTACT DETAILS
Kevin Woods Machinery Ltd
The Inch, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin. Phone: +353 1 841 3880 Fax: +353 1 841 3885 Email: info@kevinwoodsmachinery.ie Web: www.kevinwoodsmachinery.ie
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