1) Musketeer Engineering

Mr Fred Smith is the Managing Director of Musketeer Engineering and he said, “through the International Business Initiative, Musketeer secured the European distribution rights of a major North American manufacturer in the hydraulic industry. With the new product being added to Musketeer’s portfolio the deal has brought orders to my business in the region of £100,000 per year since 1999.”

2) Kelman

Kelman were assisted by IBI in 2000 to attain penetration in the USA marketplace. As a result of IBI’s work, Mr Robin Watson of Kelman participated in a trade mission to the USA. Robin said “ I was extremely positive concerning my participation on the Trade Mission because all my leads were pre-qualified and of interest to me. Through these initial meetings I have been able to develop all of the US contacts provided by IBI LTD, indeed, the company has recently opened a Chicago office to service the North American market. Since IBI worked with my company on a visit to Seattle we have achieved over £2 million in sales.”

3) Boomer Industries

Mr Andrew Robinson of Boomer Industries; “ I participated on the International Business Initiative to attain a new innovative product that could be adapted to the caravan and mobile home market. A guttering concept introduced by IBI has been developed and adapted by my own in-house R&D department and is now selling successfully in this market. The new innovative guttering product for the caravan/mobile home market has been achieving sales of £60,000 per year and I believe that these sales would increase by a further 40% per annum.”



1) Lisburn City Council

“Lisburn City Council continue to develop a strong international portfolio of trade development programmes and we are keen to build on the success of the International Trade Development Programme managed by International Business Initiatives Ltd. In 2002 we seen 5 local companies committed to developing international trade linkages and increasing their export potential with projected sales of £350,000”

2) Udaras na Gaeltachta

“I can confirm that IBI Ltd delivered a successful “ Product Transfer Programme” on behalf of Udaras na Gaeltachta under Interreg II. Udaras na Gaeltachta have submitted a further request under Interreg III funding for delivery of a second Product Transfer Programme which includes IBI Ltd as the preferred delivery agent”

Cathal Mac Suibhne
Regional Manager

3) Invest NI

“IBI has successfully run a number of “Product Transfer Programmes” with local councils. The programme targets small manufacturing enterprises seeking to provide new products in new international markets, and this has synergy with and complementarity to our own goals and objectives”

Bill Montgomery
Deputy Director
Local Economic Development