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Founder Andrew McLaughlin Snr. flanked by his sons Andrew Jnr. and Noel
agricultural diesel, lubricating oils and coal built up over four generations, with a service to match. Prompt delivery of the highest-quality fuels at competitive prices ensured that A&N Fuels lived up to its catchphrase – ‘the company that always delivers’. And recent developments at the company are sure to see them move even further ahead of the competition: We’ve always tried to Some of the team at the keep ahead of the posse,” says hub of the operation Andrew. “We’ve put in a new manufacturing plant here in and supply a top-quality smokeless Buncrana to manufacture smokeless product.” fuels, because we see this as the way Ecoglow and Ecostove smokeless fuels forward for the fuel industry. are manufactured by Andrew McLaughlin “There is big demand for smokeless fuel & Sons in Buncrana and distributed in the larger towns, so we have now put in place the infrastructure to manufacture nationwide to be delivered through a
Andrew Jnr., Noel and Andrew Snr.
network of retail outlets, coal merchants, service stations, builders’ providers and cooperatives. “We import the raw materials through Derry Port and manufacture and distribute the smokeless fuel ourselves. This has developed into our core business now. Bituminous coal is being phased out and the Government is determined to make every part of the country a smokeless zone, so this is our main area of business going forward.” With depots in Buncrana, Carndonagh and Ballyshannon as well as a network of
Andrew McLaughlin Snr. starting out in business in 1954 IRISH TRUCKER & LIGHT COMMERCIALS
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