Northern Irish egg producer invests for growth

Glenballyeamon Eggs in Northern Ireland, a leading supplier of eggs, has invested more than £300,000 to upgrade its facilities in a move backed by Ulster Bank.

Based at Cushendall in the Glens of Antrim, Glenballyeamon Eggs used the funding to purchase new machinery that can process up to 20,000 eggs per hour.

Some of the cash also went towards the creation of four production jobs.

Niall Delargy, director at Glenballyeamon Eggs, says: "The introduction of automated systems is something that we had long considered as an important step in ensuring Glenballyeamon Eggs was a company prepared for the future, but it was equally important to gradually grow the business to make investment in machinery like the Moba Prima 2000 beneficial.

"The machine has high capacity per hour and to capitalise on the investment we had to first make sure that we could run it at high capacity," he adds.

Conor McNeill, business development manager at Ulster Bank, continues: "Identifying openings in the market for egg production and investing in new automated kit to support high-capacity grading and packing will allow Niall and Glenballyeamon Eggs to stay ahead of the curve as ethical production and the consumer leans more and more toward free-range eggs."

Pic: Niall Delargy of Glenballyeamon Eggs, left, with Conor McNeill of Ulster Bank