About Bruce
Bruce Engineering, established in 1958 by James Bruce, has proudly remained a family-owned and operated business for over three generations. Located in Cookstown, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland, the company has built a strong legacy over 65 years, specialising in the manufacture and installation of modular aggregate processing plants. Originally serving the UK and Ireland, Bruce Engineering has steadily expanded its reach to international markets.
Notably, Bruce Engineering stands as the sole manufacturer of Electromagnetic Feeders in Ireland. These feeders have been installed in numerous facilities across Ireland and supplied to other OEMs for integration into processing plants that are exported worldwide. Remarkably, some of these feeders, first installed in 1962, are still in operation today, along with a Sand Dewatering machine that has been running daily since its installation in April 1974.
Since introducing Bruce Washing, the company has successfully completed installations across the globe, including in the UK, Germany, France, Switzerland, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Austria, Romania, Turkey, New Zealand, Australia, and Singapore. In addition, Bruce Engineering continues to strengthen its presence in its home market of Ireland, where long-standing relationships remain a cornerstone of its ongoing success.
BRUCE THROUGH THE YEARS
1958
James Bruce initially was involved in the extraction and dredging of sand from a local Lough (Neagh). After selling his share in the business, he started an engineering business in Cookstown, Co. Tyrone, which is now known as Bruce Materials Processing Solutions.
1964
Paul Bruce joined the company.
1991
Hardox Distributor Ireland was formed through an introduction to SSAB and its range of Hardox Wear Plate. Bruce began to market, sell, and process Hardox® using the Bruce product range as a flagship for promoting the steel throughout Ireland!
1993
Reuben Bruce began working with the company, heavily pushing Hardox® throughout Ireland for over 30 years.
2003
Bruce Engineering was appointed the official Hardox® Wearparts Centre for Ireland, supplying to a variety of different industries with unique requirements and solutions to suit.
We continue to market, sell, and process HARDOX for use in our product lines, and we supply finished genuine WEARPARTS throughout Ireland.
2007
Official launch of the Bruce Washing range after many years of manufacturing small Feeders, Screeners, Tanks, Screw Conveyors etc and also rebadging Modular Wash Plants for other OEM’s.
2008
Rebranded the company and introduced Bruce Materials Processing Solutions.
forming the following sub-brands:
BRUCE – Washing
BRUCE – Feeding
BRUCE – Screening
BRUCE – Recycling
BRUCE – Engineering
BRUCE – Wearparts
2014
Bruce WashPod launched at Hillhead 2014 – awarded the ‘Best New Product’.
2016
Bruce Wearparts officially launched at Hillhead 2016.
2023
Proudly presented a 20-year Service Award, celebrating two decades of successful partnership as the Hardox® Wearparts Centre for Ireland.
Design
The manufacturing facility is supported by our own in house design suite providing modern 2D & 3D designs from conceptual Plant layout to manufacturing drawings.
Our current focus is to provide semi mobile modular equipment.
Bruce continues to design and manufacture innovative modular products for the local and global Markets.
Manufacturing Facilities
Still based at the original site in Tyrone we operate a modern well equipped manufacturing facility.
We have Assembly and Fabrication Workshops including under water oxy/propane profiling, under water hi-definition plasma cutting, Press Brakes, welding, sawing and drilling facilities.
Traditional Machine shop (milling, drilling, lathes)
CNC machine shop (milling, cutting)
Spare Parts
Bruce carry a well maintained stock of genuine spare parts and use only the highest quality branded components.
Excellent Customer Service
With dealers in various parts of the world and our highly skilled and experienced engineers and service team, we ensure the best quality of service and workmanship.
Environment
As part of BRUCE’S ongoing commitment to the environment & to minimise carbon footprint, over the years BRUCE have generated an element of their electricity usage from a renewable source in the form of micro hydro-electric plants.