Four companies from Northern Ireland participated on a trade mission to EIMA International 2022 in Bologna, Italy’s largest agricultural equipment exhibition, where more than 1,950 exhibitors will display the latest in farm machinery and agri-tech innovations to over 270,000 visitors.

Farming is Northern Ireland’s biggest industry. Skills and knowledge nurtured here are exported worldwide. We are delivering products and services internationally in the areas of farm machinery, animal health and nutrition, software, and energy management.

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Companies that attended

  • Donite Plastics is one of the leading Industrial vacuum-forming companies in the UK and Ireland. Donite's processs are ideal for large, medium, or small batch quantities and even one-off prototypes with full CAD/CAM design and manufacturing facilities, using 3D modelling and in-house mould-making facilities.

  • Erth Engineering is market-leader in the UK and Ireland for auto-reset grass subsoilers and grass disk drills. Based in Co. Down, Erth Engineering offers a range of farm machinery which is designed and built in Northern Ireland. The company prides itself on building simple, functional, robust machines that can out perform all comers in the field.

  • Hutchinson Engineering is a second-generation family-run business that is a subcontract manufacturer for some of the world’s best-known companies in the materials handling, coachbuilding, and agricultural sectors. Operating from a state-of-the-art 100,000 sq. ft. production facility in Kilrea, Northern Ireland, and with over 50 years of experience, Hutchinson Engineering offers agri-machinery manufacturers the complete engineering solution. Products range from laser-cut box section to complex fully fabricated and finished machinery including shear grabs, bale handlers, and seed drills.

  • UPU Industries, a family run business for over 40 years, based in Dromore, is the only indigenous manufacturer of high performance netwrap for premium crop protection in the UK and Ireland.

    The Farmer's brand specialises in big bales solutions: agri-stretch, net wrap, pallet net and plastic baler twine. Exporting its netwrap to over 30 countires globally, UPU is keen to further develop export markets.

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