Enterprise Ireland welcomed Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine of Ireland, Charlie McConalogue to New Zealand where he visited the Silver Fern Farm in Christchurch to see the Emydex Technology factory floor software in action.
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Attending the Ministerial visit were L-R above: Dylan Marsh, STREAMLINE Lead, Silver Fern Farms; Mary Kinnane, APAC Director Enterprise Ireland; Brendan Gleeson, the Secretary-General in the Irish Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Matt Ballard, Chief transformation officer, Silver Fern Farms; Charlie McConalogue T.D, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine of Ireland; H.E. Jane Connolly, Ambassador of Ireland to New Zealand; Jeffrey Macer-Wright, General Manager, Emydex Australasia; Niall Casey, Enterprise Ireland
The ministerial visit followed soon after another visit to the Silver Fern Farm’s Belfast plant the week before by Emydex CEO, David McMahon, accompanied by Emydex Australasia General Manager, Jeffrey Macer-Wright, Ian Carson, Emydex Technical Sales Manager, and Chris Baker, Project Manager with Emydex New Zealand (pictured below)
On the visit, the Emydex team met with the Silver Fern Farm’s Belfast plant management team including Plant Manager, Phil Kilgour, as well as other managers in the plant
Emydex CEO, David McMahon with Phil Kilgour, Belfast Plant manager
Emydex & Silver Fern Farm’s Belfast team
Emydex Team safety briefing with Silver Fern Farm’s Belfast Kill Floor Manager
Emydex CEO, David McMahon at the Emydex Beef Grading Terminal on the factory floor