Store Manager Tesco Newbridge Brian Moran; Managing Director Tesco Ireland Maurice Pratt; Minister for Finance Charlie McCreevey TD and Managing Director of Toughline Manufacturing Ltd Brendan Ronan 'celebrate' Toughline's contract to supply Tesco Irieland with 62 trailers.

9 November 2001: Naas based Toughline Manufacturing Ltd has recently completed a contract to supply Tesco Ireland with 42 road trailers. The contract follows a previous order for 20 similar Toughline trailers and completes a £1.65million supply contract.

The Curtainside triaxle trailers will form part of the Tesco Ireland fleet responsible for distributing products from depots in Tallaght and Ballymount to all 77 Tesco Ireland stores around the country.

Toughline Manufacturing Ltd employs 52 people in the Naas, Co Kildare facility and produces over 260 articulated trailers, 480 bogies and 4500 axles a year.

Commenting on behalf of Tesco Ireland, Joe Grennan, Corporate Purchasing Manager, said "Toughline Manufacturing Ltd has an excellent reputation for delivering top quality trailers both in Ireland and abroad and we are delighted to have placed this contract with them".

Brendan Ronan, Managing Director, Toughline Manufacturing Ltd said "As an Irish manufacturer, we are delighted to have won this important contract with Tesco Ireland against stiff competition. We have worked very successfully with the company in the past and welcome the opportunity to continue working with Tesco Ireland." MC/BB