New appointment at Major

Major Equipment Intl Ltd has announced the appointment of Sean Donnelly as production manager for its manufacturing plant in Co Mayo. Sean’s new role with Major Equipment will be to improve manufacturing procedures and quality control standards.

He joins the Major Equipment team from Amazone in the UK, where he was responsible for a team of over 475 people.

New agency for Atkins

Atkins has acquired the agency for Garford Machinery, a UK-based manufacturer of precision weeding equipment for vegetables, root crops, organic farming equipment, hood sprayers and camera-guided inter-row weeders. Atkins recently finalised an agreement and is now the main agent for the whole of Ireland including Northern Ireland.

Atkins managing director Mark Wolfe said the Garford range of equipment is highly specialised and targeted at a niche market in Ireland.