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Norman Emerson Group:
One of Northern Ireland’s Success Stories
Two years after marking its 75th anniversary, the Norman Emerson Group continues to build on its solid foundations as one of Northern Ireland’s highly regarded success stories, a company that has survived recessions and pandemics, serving the quarrying and construction sectors. As a family run business, based on the shores of Lough Neagh at Derryadd in County Armagh, the Norman Emerson Group has grown from humble beginnings when its founder began processing sand in the early 1940s. Today, with business interests extending globally in terms of international product sourcing and provision of niche sales to export markets, the company operates in numerous market sectors, including construction industry/concrete and aggregate supplies, horticultural/ sports turf surface solution supplies, and natural stone decorative hard landscaping supplies.
It provides employment and subcontract work for over a hundred people and operates a large fleet of tippers, truck mixers, artics, crane lorries and other machinery, supplying its broad customer base with quality sand and gravel, ready mixed concrete and quarry materials, in addition to offering a highly regarded contracts service. The company is headed up by Managing Director George Emerson, while two of his brothers – Norrie, the eldest in the family, and Alan – have now officially retired. Norrie, however, can still be found behind the wheel of a forty-foot truck most days, while Alan still looks
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Board of Directors, Colin Emerson (Production Director), George Emerson (Managing Director), Conor Jordan (Business Development Director), John Ferguson (Financial Director) and Philip Stone (Sales Director).
after the machinery and the yard at Ardmore. Geoffrey Emerson oversees the garage and maintenance operations within the company, and Kenneth Emerson runs the Lough Neagh department, with two sand barges currently operational on the Lough.
Director Colin Emerson, playing a pivotal role in coordinating and managing all aspects of the company.
Four generations of the Emerson family now work within the business, with Norrie’s eldest son, Production
Norman Emerson Group is licensed to extract sand from Lough Neagh, and over the last decade the company has
“We have always had a very ‘hands on’ approach and our diversification strategy over the years from the early 1970s onwards has stood the test of time,” says George Emerson.
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