In 1984 our site at Corroy, Co. Mayo was purchased by Vincent Dempsey and two colleagues. Belco Sports Ltd began manufacturing PVC footballs, play balls and road traffic cones on site.

The business expanded significantly over the subsequent 25 years, successfully supplying footballs throughout UK and Europe with an average employment of 50 people at peak production times and the creation of much-needed summer work for locals in the late eighties and nineties.