FM Environmental Ltd. celebrated 30 years in business this year. The internationally acclaimed pumping and wastewater engineering company was founded in 1977 by businessman Eamonn Fitzpatrick.

FM Environmental is also expanding its design and engineering activities at its European factory in Malta making the Mediterranean island the main Research & Development Centre for the group. FM Environmental (Malta) Ltd. is also the Company’s head sales office for southern Europe, North Africa and the Middle-East.
For 30 years FM Environmental has been leading the way in pumping and wastewater treatment engineering. As it expands its activities at home and abroad the Company is fully aware of the challenges and opportunities that the industry presents it. FM Environmental plans to be part of that future for at least another 30 years!

On Friday last FM Environmental had the official launch of their new state-of-the-art staff Gym.

FM Environmental is committed to the positive development of its workforce and believes physical exercise has an important role to play. Managing Director Kevin Fitzpatrick stated “we hope all staff will avail of the new Gym, as exercise can aid weight loss, lower blood pressure and reduce stress.”

New purpose build Service & Repair workshop and office building opened in May 2007, behind the Head Office in Greenbank Industrial Estate, Newry.
Workshop opening hours:
Monday – Thursday 8am – 5pm
Friday 8am – 3pm

The new workshop and office building is a modern and custom built facility, offering quick and professional service and repair of pumps and motors, as well as specialist mechanical equipment for the waste water industry.
The facilities will provide customers with a modern and comprehensive pump and motor repair service and incorporates the Rapid Rewind motor rewind business.

FM opened new office in Quayside Business Park, Mill Street, Dundalk,Co Louth.

The Company aims to cement its position in the Republic of Ireland through a physical presence in Dundalk and the sales office will be used for meeting, tendering, administrative requirements and general promotion of FM Environmental.

Kevin, an Abbey Grammar past-pupil, had been invited to address parents, teachers and pupils on his time at the Abbey and his years since leaving in 1986. Kevin reflected on his days at the school and how they had been some of the most memorable of his life. He noted how the Abbey had in recent years, under the stewardship of Headmaster Dermot McGovern, become one of the leading grammar schools in N. Ireland with its pupils regularly achieving the top accolades in the province’s annual examination results.

Kevin commended the GCSE recipients and award winners on their hard work and success to date but cautioned pupils not to lose sight of the wider educational possibilities outside of academia. He encouraged students to complete their education, travel where possible and to experience various work opportunities both at home and abroad. He also invited those who might discover they had a particular leaning towards the glamorous industry of wastewater treatment to consider FM Environmental as a potential employer in the future!

Thank you to all who attended and travelled a long distance.

FM have supplied twenty two Grease Guardian Automatic Grease Removal Units to the Airport.
Changi Airport has been designed to handle 22 million passengers and will have around 30 restaurants and other food outlets.

FM Environmental is to feature in a new ‘fly on the wall’ television series to air on BBC1 in Spring 2006. The series, entitled THE NEXT LEVEL, follows six Northern Ireland companies as they endeavour to develop their businesses on to new plateaus.

FM Environmental was chosen to feature in the series due to its aggressive and ambitious plans to expand its business in several markets. The Company which employs over 60 staff in its offices in Newry, Limerick and Malta had unveiled an ambitious strategy for growth which the programme-makers saw as fitting with the theme and objectives of the series.

FM Environmental provides pumping and wastewater treatment solutions for customers ranging from the DRD Water Service in Northern Ireland to McDonalds restaurants in Russia. Its expertise has been called upon on diverse and complex wastewater treatment projects from the Beka Valley in Lebannon and the tripical highlands of Malaysia to the drainage system at the new Arsenal football stadium. In 2005 the Company embarked on an expansion strategy into the UK and Europe while at the same time consolidating and building on its core businesses in Ireland. It also commenced an ambitious Innovation and Development programme that will see it introducing new processes and products onto the market later in the year.

Filming began in January 2005 and concluded shortly after Christmas. In this time the programme-makers followed the Company to Singapore, Kuala Lumper, London and Malta while cameras and tripods became familiar additions about the workplace. “It was somewhat off-putting at first but after a few months the staff got used to the cameras following them about”, remarked Managing Director Kevin Fitzpatrick, “and it brought a little excitement to an industry not noted for its glamour!”