Agri-Tech firm Axis Technology from County Armagh has won a £4 mln contract for its machinery to be used to help a Canadian company improve its mushroom harvest. Axis Technology in Craigavon used support from economic development agency Invest NI to improve its equipment for mushroom harvesting. The firm’s machinery makes mushroom harvesting and packing more efficient and enables harvesters to operate at four-times their usual level.
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Economy Minister Diane Dodds congratulated the company for winning the lucrative deal with Highline Mushrooms, based in Ontario. Axis Technology is recruiting seven new staff to support its growth. The deal involves the delivery of 32 harvesting conveyors and 17 mushroom processing units to Canada.
Source: belfasttelegraph.co.uk
