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Finlay BME was started back in the early 1950s, by the late John Finlay.

John Finlay originally began his business as general engineering for the concrete industry. In those early years, most of his engineering designs were focused on his own needs within the concrete business. From this most humble of beginnings, he built up a very strong engineering group of Finlay companies, which included mobile screening, mobile block machinery and forklift trucks.

Up to his untimely death in 1986, the Finlay companies were renowned around the world for quality engineering and excellent after sales support. John Finlay was synomonous within the concrete industry in Ireland and indeed, was considered an equal with Harry Ferguson, another Northern Ireland engineering genius.

The name 'Finlay' continues to live on, some 5 decades after the company was originally founded. Indeed it has been well recognised that many of the local engineering companies founded over this period of time, all have a direct link back to John Finlay - companies, such as Terex, Metso, Extec, Rapid Engineering and many more.

Product development spanning 5 decades...




The company is still continuing to develop the latest industrial technology for the concrete industry .

This expansive product development programme was continued after the death of John Finlay, by his son Stephen. To coincide with this product expansion, the company also embarked on an ambitious £5m investment, into a state of the art 130,000 sq ft facility, which was officially opened in June 2001.

Since 2001 the growing demand for the extensive range of products that Finlay BME, which is now known as Fintec Crushing & Screening Ltd, can offer, has meant that our manufacturing capacity has had to develop and increase significantly. As a result, in March 2006 Fintec officially opened their new warehousing facilities to measure approx 200,000 sq ft.