Name: Padraig Bourke
Role: Production Manager, Midland Steel

Padraig Bourke manages a busy production line at Midland Steel, who have operations in Ireland, UK, and Norway. Their product range include Cut & Bend rebar, Mesh, Couplers, Accessories, Standard Prefabricated Rebar and their patented Modular Offsite reinforcement solution called FasterFix.

Like many in the industry, his team was spending countless hours manually extracting and renaming mill certificate documents—often entering long product codes line by line. It’s time-consuming, repetitive, and prone to human error.

That changed when Padraig started using MillCert Reader on GoSmarter.ai.

“I logged in for the first time and was up and running in minutes,” Padraig says. “MillCert Reader now pulls all the key info—chemical composition, mechanical properties—automatically. What used to take hours every week is done in seconds."

Since adopting the tool, Padraig reports that his team has saved over 10 hours a month, freeing them up to focus on more valuable production tasks. The instant document renaming feature has been particularly helpful in reducing errors and speeding up workflows.

Looking ahead, Padriag is excited about how MillCert Reader and other GoSmarter.ai tools that
could help track materials more effectively and support the company’s sustainability goals.

“It’s not just about speed—it’s helping us work smarter”

To explore how MillCert Reader can support your operations, visit: gosmarter.ai/mill-cert-reader.