The Big Interview

Martin McVicar, Combilift: ‘Offshore wind is an exciting space. We have the secret sauce’

The chief executive of the forklift manufacturer believes his company’s move into offshore wind could add €50m in turnover within three years

Martin McVicar, chief executive and co-founder of Combilift Ltd, at the firm’s manufacturing premises outside Monaghan town. This year, more than 70 per cent of the 10,000 vehicles it produces will be fully electric, while its reliance on diesel engines continues to decline. Picture: Joe Dunne