Nugent Engineering was founded in 1985 by Sean Nugent. Coming from an agricultural background, he designed and manufactured agricultural products, selling cattle handling equipment to local farmers and distributors.

A distribution network throughout Ireland was established over the next 5 years and the product mix developed to agricultural implements, driven through a demand for strong, robust machinery.

Sons Shane and Damien Nugent joined their father in the early 90’s, when the first Livestock trailer was created. The family business continued to grow, offering a wide range of commercial trailer products to export markets.

In 2017, Nugent opened a purpose built, state of the art trailer assembly facility. This has allowed the company to move from a static build to three fully fledged production lines. This was followed in 2019 by a modern 3,700 sq ft office development and a 10,000 sq ft plate shop extensions with brand new laser cutting facilities.