Building on the success of its cab and component manufacturing business, C&G Engineering has recently won a number of new contracts that will see it grow substantially. Based at Clane, County Kildare, the company was established in 1977 as an agricultural tractor and machinery dealership, before diversifying into cab manufacture in 1985.
C&G recently won numerous product design and development contracts that will see the company’s turnover triple and employment grow from 12 to 25 employees by the end of this year. According to company director William Ganly, C&G’s development programme, can-do attitude and incredible staff are largely responsible for the company’s growth.
Back in 2010, C&G won a contract with Agco to manufacture replacement doors for the Massey Ferguson 300 series. These were sold as ‘original parts’ through the Massey Ferguson dealer network worldwide.
Incredibly, C&G has just manufactured its 2,000th MF 300-series for Agco since winning that contract in 2010. The Irish company continues to manufacture complete cabs for popular Massey Ferguson and Ford heritage models. The firm also developed and built cabs for a huge variety of other equipment too, such as forklifts, dumpers, grass machinery and even boats.
C&G’s progressive attitude has led to the firm winning contracts to build safety cabs for a variety of other companies too. One example is Bradshaw’s in the UK, which manufacture a huge variety of small tow tractors, load carriers, golf buggies and much more.
“We started manufacturing cabs for Bradshaw’s in 2013 and this has grown to the level where we’re now building 150 cabs a year for them,” C&G director William Ganly said.
Closer to home is Northern Irish firm NC Engineering, which builds a variety of agricultural equipment, including telehandlers and dumpers for the construction sector.
“Working closely with NC, we developed a ROPS/FOPS-tested safety cab for its four-wheel-drive dumper,” Mr Ganly added. “We shipped the first batch of these to NC just before Christmas, and they have been very well received.”
To meet the demand created by these and other new contracts, not only will there be an increase in staffing levels, but also a considerable investment is being made in the C&G plant to further increase its production capacity.
For more information visit: www.candgcabs.com.
