Industrial Engineering - Equipment Manufacturing
We aim to celebrate the absolute best in Irish-made industrial equipment. This award recognises excellence in engineering design, material selection, fabrication quality, and the innovative functionality of steel-based machinery and components that deliver superior performance, durability, and efficiency for their end-users. It highlights the skill and precision involved in creating tools that build and power our industries.
Who Should Nominate
Eligibility
What Judges Look For
Submission Requirements
- Nomination Type
- Business Name
- Equipment/Product Title (and model, if applicable)
- Location of Manufacture
- Project Team (Essential where available): Details of the core design engineers, production managers, specialist fabricators/welders, quality control personnel, and any key collaborators or suppliers critical to the equipment’s development and manufacture.
- Equipment Summary (max 50 words)
- Full Equipment Description (max 1,000 words): Tell us the story of the project. Include details such as its purpose, key features, design innovation, manufacturing process, materials used, and benefits to the end-user or industry.
- Why Should It Win? – Focus on its performance, innovation, and quality.
- Product Images (min 2, max 5 high-quality, showing detail and application if possible)
- Company Logo (PNG)
- Optional: Video (equipment in action), technical specifications, customer testimonials.
Winners & Shortlist
The winning, runner-up and shortlisted entries in this category.
Advanced Robotic Welding Solution for Water Treatment Tanks
Fabtech Robotics
This project represents a major achievement in innovation, engineering, and impact within the Irish steel fabrication industry. A key breakthrough was the creation of a telescopic welding Z stroke system—the first of its kind. This eliminated the need for a traditional pit to rotate large tanks, enabling welding to take place within the existing head height of the building. It allowed full access to all weld points on tanks weighing up to 20 tons, saving the client substantial facility modificat
Ground Mount Systems for Solar Panels
Murray Engineering & Installation
The MEI Modular Ground Mount System is a transformative innovation in Irish steel engineering, offering a locally manufactured, structurally certified solution for Ireland’s rapidly expanding solar energy sector. It is the first ground mount solar frame system designed and produced in Ireland, providing a high-quality alternative to the predominately Chinese imported frames that have dominated the market. Manufactured in Carrickmacross by Murray Engineering & Installation (MEI), the system demon
M300 Product Development
Terex MDS
A Next-Generation Scalping Screen That Sets a New Standard This advanced mobile scalping screen marks a major leap in material processing technology. Purpose-built for quarries, mines, and recycling sites, it delivers higher throughput, extended uptime, and unmatched adaptability. A heavy-duty double deck vibrating grid, variable angle adjustment, and split belt conveyors ensure faster, cleaner, and more consistent material flow. Features like the swing-out engine frame, abrasion-resistant compo
Manufacture of Tower Crane Tower Sections, Co. Donegal
McMenamin Engineering
This project deserves an Irish Steel Award for its exceptional use of precision engineering and innovation in steel fabrication. At the heart of the process is a custom-designed 15- meter jig that enables the high-accuracy production of five tower crane section variants, maintaining dimensional tolerances within ±0.5 mm across up to 12 meters in length. Using Irish-sourced hot-rolled steel and advanced welding methods, McMenamin Engineering delivers consistently high-quality components that meet
Material Segregation Systems – Retrofit & New Plant Solutions
Tusker
Tusker’s material segregation systems represent the highest standards of Irish manufacturing — combining precision, innovation, and long-term reliability. Designed for both retrofit and new plant installations, each system is tailored to meet specific operational needs while supporting landfill diversion and circular economy goals. What sets us apart is our full lifecycle approach. We don’t just deliver bespoke, high-performance equipment — we back it with 24/7 support, including a mobile mainte
Other Finished Project Awards
Constructional Steelwork – Buildings
This prestigious award celebrates the collective vision, meticulous engineering prowess, and superior construction skill behind Ireland’s finest steelwork in buildings. It recognises projects where the inherent strength, functional versatility, and architectural potential of Irish steel are maximised through exemplary teamwork and shared expertise. We seek to honour how inspired architectural design, precision structural engineering, skilled fabrication by dedicated people, and expert on-site erection converge to create structures that are not only fit-for-purpose but also enduring landmarks of quality and collaborative achievement across all building sectors.
Constructional Steelwork - Civil Works
We seek to honour outstanding civil engineering marvels born from strong partnerships and technical excellence. This award recognises projects where structural steel plays a fundamental role in creating durable, impactful public infrastructure, showcasing exceptional skill in design by consulting engineers, precision fabrication by steelwork contractors, and expert execution by main contractors and specialist erection teams in often challenging environments.
Structural Steel - Bespoke
This distinct category is for the true game-changers: projects where dedicated teams of designers, engineers, fabricators, and artists have pushed structural steel beyond its ordinary applications, solving complex puzzles with profound ingenuity and teamwork to deliver unique, often one-of-a-kind, structures that inspire or serve a highly specialized function. It celebrates the synergy that turns bold visions into steel reality.
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