Southern Engineering was founded in the 1920's by the Foley family and was the largest supplier of general Engineering Equipment in Ireland. Examples of some of the earlier boilers supplied by the company are shown above.

Over the years various sister companies were formed to focus on the emerging Chemical / Pharmaceutical industries.  These consisted of:

Chempump - As the name suggest a company specialising in pumps, be it centrifugal / Magdrive / DiscFlo or PD pumps and Vacuum.

ESI Technologies - Specialising in Environmental technologies, from Jet Aeration to Solvent recovery.

ESI Process UK - A company setup in 2000 to support the then recently agreed Preffered Vendor Contacts with GSK & Pfizer in the UK.  Contracts which are in place today, demonstrating the levels of Customer Service and Support & Value ESI provide.

In 2002 the present directors Morgan O Brien - MD / Brian Foley - Engineering Director / Declan Field - Operations Director completed a Management Buy Out.  From that point all 3 companies, in Ireland, were merged under the one company ESI Technologies Ltd and ESI Process UK was expanded. 

The new owner Directors, agreed to reinvest any profits back into the company to ensure its viability and its growth.  This commitment has paid dividends with ESI continuing to expand its operations in Ireland and the UK.  The most recent being the forming of ESI Service UK as a result of the acquisition of BC Engineering a company based in Middlesbrough and specialising in all aspects of service of process equipment. The owners of BC Engineering John Coverdale & Martin Bruce remained in ESI Service UK as shareholder directors.  

ESI now consists of a dedicated team of people in Ireland and the UK.  We are committed to customer satisfaction, using the expertise of our people to focus on customer requirements and by applying quality products, solutions and service.

ESI Technologies - More than Equipment suppliers ....... Solution providers.