Manufacturers are calling on the Chancellor to announce a major reform of the UK’s uncompetitive business tax and regulatory environment in the forthcoming Autumn Statement to boost business investment planning.
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Sinéad Crowther (pictured right), Founder and CEO of Soothing Solutions, has been named the Enterprise Ireland High-Potential Start-Up (HPSU) Founder of the Year for 2023 at a recent awards event
Meissner Corporation has celebrated the official opening of its new 3,900 sq m (42,000 sq ft) manufacturing facility in County Mayo. Although the facility has been producing therapeutic manufacturing systems
Factory automation expert FANUC has celebrated a milestone achievement with the production of its one millionth industrial robot. The company, which supplies customers worldwide with a range of CNC systems,
From net zero buildings to agri-tech and semiconductors to photonics, 10 new projects will boost UK economic growth and address regional needs. The projects will combine some of the country’s
DHL Supply Chain plans to begin operating biomethane fuelled trucks with an investment worth €80 million into a dedicated biomethane production facility in Cork, run by Stream BioEnergy. Biomethane is
Port of Aberdeen’s transformational £420 million expansion project has been officially opened, catalysing a multi-billion pound economic and jobs boost for Scotland. Already an economic powerhouse for the region, independent
The Department for the Economy has published an Action Plan in response to the Independent Review of Invest Northern Ireland. Since publication of the Review, teams from Invest NI and
The Ministry of Defence has awarded £3.95 billion of funding to BAE Systems for the next phase of the UK’s next-generation nuclear-powered attack submarine programme, known as SSN-AUKUS. SSN-AUKUS will
Nine new regional partnerships between UK universities and manufacturing businesses will address industry-driven challenges and develop new technologies. The Early-Stage Prosperity Partnerships have received almost £5 million from the Engineering
Joe Kennedy III, the US Special Envoy to Northern Ireland for Economic Affairs, has commended the launch of a new US Life & Health Sciences Advisory Board that aims to
September data revealed a setback for the Irish manufacturing sector as new orders fell at the fastest pace so far this year, following a brief rebound during August. Subdued global
IDA Ireland and the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment have welcomed the official opening of Intel’s Fab 34 at their Leixlip campus as they begin deploying the first at-scale
A contractor has been appointed for the Queen’s University-led Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre (AMIC), a £100 million Belfast Region City Deal project, with almost £80 million coming from the UK
British aircraft manufacturer, Britten-Norman, has begun UK production of the Islander, the world-leading sub-regional aircraft, having shifted its manufacturing back to the UK from overseas. This historic moment is the
Over 90,000 containers were loaded and discharged at the Port of Cork Company’s (PoCC) new Cork Container Terminal (CCT) in Ringaskiddy in what was a bumper first year at the state-of-the-art
Dawn Meats, the Waterford-based premium meat processor, has welcomed the decision of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) to clear its acquisition of Kildare Chilling Company and has announced
Wesco International, a US-based global provider of business-to-business distribution, logistics and supply chain solutions, has announced that it will expand its operations in Ireland to include a new Digital Center
CPI (Centre for Process Innovation) has launched a new multi-million-pound food innovation centre that will put the North East of England ’at the epicentre of a green revolution in the
AbbVie, a global research-driven biopharmaceutical company with a significant presence across six Irish locations, has opened a new €23 million European services hub in Clonshaugh, North Dublin. The state-of-the-art facility
Rosslare Europort in County Wexford has been named European Ferry Port of the year at the 2023 European Ferry Shipping Summit in Malmo, Sweden. It is the first time the
Britvic Ireland has announced an investment of €6 million in its Ballygowan facility in Newcastle West, County Limerick, to grow the site’s production capacity by over 20% in order to
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Northern Ireland company, Environmental Street Furniture (ESF), is bringing some of the UK’s most cherished TV characters, The Wombles, back
The latest ‘Manufacturing – The Facts’ report reveals the UK’s manufacturing sector has climbed one place to eighth in the
Müller Milk & Ingredients, which produces branded and private label fresh milk, cream, butter, milk drinks and ingredients products and
Astellas Pharma has announced its intention to submit a planning application to build a new state-of-the-art facility, at an approximate
Researchers at Queen’s University Belfast are transforming wind turbine blades, which are set to be landfilled or incinerated, into footbridges
Innovate UK has awarded £5.8 million in funding to 12 projects that scale-up the manufacturing of underpinning net zero technologies
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BMW Group has announced a new investment of more than £600 million in the MINI factories at Oxford and Swindon
MSD Ireland, one of the country’s leading healthcare companies, has announced the official opening of a new, state-of-the-art site in
Leading soft drinks maker Radnor Hills has acquired Highland Spring Group’s Welsh production site. The deal will protect jobs at
Northern Ireland-based Wrightbus is expanding its workforce as part of the company’s continued growth as a market leader in clean
On Wednesday 20th September, Novotek Ireland invites you to Evolution 2023, which will bring together representatives from exciting vendor partners with
Lidl GB has officially opened its £300 million RDC – the largest Lidl warehouse in the world – marking the
Steel work is being erected as major progress continues on the £450 million SeAH Wind monopile manufacturing facility at the
Kepak Group, one of Europe’s leading meat producers with 15 manufacturing plants in Ireland and the UK, has appointment experienced
Seventeen new projects will receive funding for cutting edge medicine manufacturing, delivered by the Innovate UK Transforming Medicine Manufacturing programme.
The Irish manufacturing sector posted its first expansion in six months during August, driven by a fresh upturn in new
Recycl8, a leading environmental services company, has been awarded a six-figure Low Carbon Manufacturing Challenge Fund (LCMCF) grant by Scottish
The Irish Green Building Council (IGBC) have launched a pilot of the highly successful CO2 Performance Ladder in Ireland. The first
Leading soft drinks manufacturer, Britvic, is investing £22.5 million in its sixth bottling line at its East London factory in
John Jordan (pictured), Chief Executive of Ornua, Ireland’s largest exporter of Irish dairy products, is to step down to take
Expected to attract over 3,000 visitors from all over the country and even further afield, TechConnect Live, Ireland’s largest technology
To help facilitate the evolving needs of the company’s global operations and the demand for the Irish Cream Liqueur, the
The UK’s largest processing and packaging machinery exhibition, the PPMA Show, returns to the NEC Birmingham in September. This is
Shoppers in Northern Ireland are getting the prompt to stock up with ice cream on hot days thanks to a new,
The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has released new figures demonstrating that exports in the first half of 2023 are continuing
BAE Systems plc has agreed to acquire the Ball Aerospace business from Ball Corporation for c.$5.55 billion in cash, subject
Sunhope Packaging Machinery (ZHENJIANG) Co., Ltd a world-leading provider of innovative packaging solutions is establishing a new UK division called
The annual Scotland Manufacturing & Supply Chain Conference & Exhibition, which is being held at the SEC Glasgow on 25th
Scottish private sector companies expanded their output for the sixth successive month in July, according to the latest Royal Bank
Glanbia plc, the better nutrition company, has announced that Siobhán Talbot has notified it of her intention to retire following ten
Rockwell Automation, the world’s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation, has announced the results of the 8th
The spirits sector once again demonstrated its strength with sales in Ireland increasing by just over 6% in 2022 to
Based at Cross Hands in Wales, Shufflebottom Ltd, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of structural steel and steel-framed buildings
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