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Road freight and pallet distribution specialist Redhead International has invested a seven-figure sum to upgrade its facilities in Northern Ireland.


Redhead moved into a 3,000


square metre depot in Mallusk in April. It boasts state-of-the-art warehousing, with a 20-tonne overhead crane for heavy lifting, and


Bringing it all back home


In a welcome example of “reverse globalisation”, Tobin Shipping and Transport has shipped production plant and machinery into Ireland for


a supplier of aluminium


disposables. The company sells foil, trays


and containers to wholesalers and retail outlets. It has sourced the products in Asia and imported full container loads into Europe for several years, but is now preparing to manufacture in Ireland for the domestic and UK markets. MD Simon Tobin says: “We


shipped plant from India and Italy and managed the installation at Dublin. Once production starts in September, we will manage the outbound logistics to customers in Ireland and the UK, both using our own vehicles and plugging into established distribution networks.” Tobin Shipping and Transport, in


relaunched 2010 by third-


generation owner Simon Tobin, has seen encouraging growth since the start of this year - particularly in the new field of events management. “We only got into it in March


replaces an office in Carrickfergus that the company opened more than 20 years ago. With depots also in Dublin,


Bradford, Burton-on-Trent, Basildon, Bathgate and Bristol, Redhead operates regular scheduled services across Europe and to North Africa, the CIS countries and the Middle East.


Mark Cosgrove, director for


Ireland and Scotland, says: “While we have had this type of capability in the UK and Dublin for many years, the new Mallusk depot will allow us to offer customers in Northern Ireland a full package of managed logistics services, including third-party office space, warehousing and order fulfilment.”


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Danny Kennedy, Northern Ireland’s executive minister for regional development, pictured (right) with Redhead director Mark Cosgrove, opened the company’s new Mallusk depot


when we were asked to transport a marquee and it has turned into a full 360° service,” Tobin says. “Our event


and exhibition logistical


support division is now involved in storing customers’ equipment, marquees and merchandising props, then transporting them to music and sports events, setting up and stocking the event with their product. We have now added refrigerated as well as standard event trailers that we can restock at short notice.” The service also extends to air


freighting of conference materials and other urgent supplies from multiple sources, Tobin adds.


Holyhead on the map A 50 ha logistics park alongside


Holyhead port is set to go ahead aſter attracting £2.2 million in European development funding. Property developer Conygar


Investment Co received planning permission for office buildings and four industrial warehousing/ distribution units at Parc Cybi in 2010. Chief executive Robert Ware says:


“There’s no bonded


warehousing and no cold storage outside the port. Facilities are completely lacking.” Conygar has put almost £5


million into infrastructure at the site, but Ware says construction of individual warehouses will only go ahead on a pre-let basis, since present market conditions rule out speculative development. The Welsh government has declared the entire Isle of Anglesey an enterprise zone, but has not yet


made clear what the benefits to incoming companies will be, he complains. “But there should be huge


demand. A high proportion of freight for Ireland goes via Holyhead and we’re talking with companies in both Ireland and the UK. They could save money by consolidating or breaking down cargo there.” A lorry park is also planned


opposite Parc Cybi. Hauliers overnighting in Holyhead currently have little choice other than to lay up on the approach road to the town, Ware says. Conygar separately received


planning permission from Anglesey County Council in June for a mixed-use marina development at Holyhead in a joint venture with Stena Line Ports.


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