Farmers, Engineers & Renewable Energy Installers
IEC will always go over and beyond to meet our customers expectations, We are farmers and engineers at heart, so tight stringent deadlines our turnkey packages demand, are normal practice and are achieved with dedication & long hours.
We have always installed the new technologies on our sites and ironed out any teething problems, so when we install the various technologies to our customers they know what they are buying actually works.
Our in-house philosophies are
‘We are the we can do company’
‘Do a proper job once not half a job twice’
1970
Harry Wilson Starts Contracting
In Lancashire with his first Fordson Dexta.
1975
Precision forage harvesting starts
With 7 x Ford 5 & 7000s.
1980
Investment in new machinery
6610 & 7610 Ford tractors, 4 x Hesston Self Propelled Forager Harvesters.
1985
First Claas
First Claas Self Propelled Forage Harvester - Jaguar 690
1987
First John Deere's
Moved from Ford onto John Deere 2850’s & 3350’s
1990
Started nationwide machinery hire
17 Claas Jaguars, mixed fleet of John Deere & Ford tractors.
1990
Started making and erecting steel buildings
1995
Old Springs Farm acquired
770 acres in Market Drayton
1995
Tyrley Farm acquired
285 acres
1997
Haywood Farm acquired
370 acres
1998
Started beef herd
100 sucklers and buying in stores to finish.
2001
Land acquired in North Lincolnshire
600 acres. Blocked crop and run from Shropshire
2002
Beef herd up to 1200
Fattening for Waitrose and ABP
2003
Beef herd sold
2003
Rented land with irrigation
500 acres
2006
Harvesting Miscanthus
8000 acres nationwide
2008
£2.5M Investment in Miscanthus rhizomes
Planted whole farm into Miscanthus
2009
Bombshell dropped
The company who was contracted to buy all our miscanthus rhizomes went bust!!
2009
International Energy Crops formed
Focused on planting high-yielding crops of Miscanthus.
2010
Rhizome harvesters built
Rhizome processing line built. Four new bespoke Miscanthus planters built.
2010
International Miscanthus
Precision planted Miscanthus in the UK, France, Italy, Poland and Romania.
2012
Purchased Huntleys of Samlesbury
A retail outlet selling local produce (90 staff!)
2013
Heat Solutions launched
Specialising in turnkey biomass heating installations
2016
IEC Poultry launched
A modern, high biosecurity 250,000 bird broiler rearing unit in Shropshire.
2018
IEC Heat Solutions diversifies
Into design and installation of multifunctional Ground Source Heat Pump systems.
2019
IEC Beef launched
IEC decided to return a disused facility back to its original beef housing use; to rear Wagu and select breed beef for specialist beef purveyors.
2022
Investment in Solar
Investment in solar to take advantage of advances in PV and battery technology to help reduce energy bills and energy costs.
2023
IEC Energy launched
Devised to bring together the IEC Heat Solutions, Biomass and GSHP works with a new focus on Solar & Battery developments to suit the current climate.