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‘The Bull’ at the 2015 Orchard Truck Run IRISH TRUCKER & LIGHT COMMERCIALS
T Waste Management & Manufacturing Ltd. is one of the longest-established skip hire companies in Armagh, providing professional waste removal solutions, from small domestic skips to large-scale commercial waste recycling. They also manufacture a large range of skips, containers, secure site storage solutions, bespoke skips and containers, as well as a range of complete waste management vehicles including skip lorries, balers and RoRo carriers. A team of professional fabricators and designers works hand in hand to produce excellent-quality waste management products, which are delivered to local authorities, building contractors and waste management professionals across Ireland and the UK. As licensed waste hauliers with their own recycling centre, MT Waste’s fleet of waste management vehicles can provide tailored waste management services to customers all over Northern Ireland, offering regular collections of a wide variety of waste materials. Meanwhile, MT Logistics is the transport and logistics / general haulage division of the overall company, which offers a cost-effective Ireland-UK refrigerated transport solution as well as handling delivery of the waste products manufactured in-house and providing waste haulage solutions. In total, the Armagh company operates a fleet of ten trucks, including two new additions this year – a second-hand Scania T-Cab purchased from NR Trucks in Moy, County Tyrone and a brand-new Volvo FH500 Globetrotter from Dennison Commercials in Ballyclare, County Antrim. “The majority of our lorries are Scania, so the Volvo is a bit of a departure for us,” says founder / MD Sean McArdle. “We decided to look around for something different and we were attracted to the new Volvo, which is our 30th-anniversary truck. Both of those trucks actually made their maiden voyages for us at this year’s Orchard Truck Show on May 23rd.” Going back three decades to the genesis of the family business, Sean continues: “Myself and my brother Jim formed Mac-Trans, which was a haulage company. We operated that from 1985 up until 2001, at which point we branched into the waste side of things and started manufacturing waste containers as well as providing a local skip hire service. We abbreviated Mac-Trans to MT. “We came from a traditional farming background and there would also have been an element of haulage to that. We focused on the haulage for 16 years but waste was becoming more and more important, so we decided to get involved in manufacturing. Since we set up our own manufacturing division, it has gone well for us.” That’s an understatement if ever there was one! Starting from a customer base of
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