Dungannon-based Mackle Food Company has announced a £6.3 million investment to expand its factory, enhance automation, and boost productivity. The
- Mackle Food Company to boost productivity and jobs with £6 million investment in automation Dungannon-based Mackle Food Company has announced a £6.3 million investment to expand its factory, enhance automation, and boost productivity. The company also plans to create 32 jobs. Established in 2005,...
- Irish manufacturing conditions improve for the first time in three months 2025 commenced on a solid note, with the Irish manufacturing sector recording an improvement in operating conditions for the first time in three months, according to the AIB Ireland Manufacturing...
- Over €12 million capital investment in equipment for industry research and innovation in Ireland Ten projects are to receive €12.1 million in funding to access cutting-edge equipment to increase R&D collaboration and competitiveness for companies through the Technology Gateways and Technology Centres based in...
- Pure Engineering Group invests £4.7 million in Newry facility Pure Engineering Group is investing £4.7 million in its manufacturing facility in Newry. The mechanical engineering firm specialises in the provision of heating, ventilation and air conditioning solutions to a...
- Midleton Distillery celebrates 200 years of distilling tradition Irish Distillers, a Pernod Ricard company, and makers of some of the world’s most well-known and successful Irish whiskeys, will honour the rich 200-year distilling heritage of the world-renowned Midleton...
- Mackle Food Company to boost productivity and jobs with £6 million investment in automation Dungannon-based Mackle Food Company has announced a £6.3 million investment to expand its factory, enhance automation, and boost productivity. The company also plans to create 32 jobs. Established in 2005,...
- Irish manufacturing conditions improve for the first time in three months 2025 commenced on a solid note, with the Irish manufacturing sector recording an improvement in operating conditions for the first time in three months, according to the AIB Ireland Manufacturing...
- Over €12 million capital investment in equipment for industry research and innovation in Ireland Ten projects are to receive €12.1 million in funding to access cutting-edge equipment to increase R&D collaboration and competitiveness for companies through the Technology Gateways and Technology Centres based in...
- Pure Engineering Group invests £4.7 million in Newry facility Pure Engineering Group is investing £4.7 million in its manufacturing facility in Newry. The mechanical engineering firm specialises in the provision of heating, ventilation and air conditioning solutions to a...
- Midleton Distillery celebrates 200 years of distilling tradition Irish Distillers, a Pernod Ricard company, and makers of some of the world’s most well-known and successful Irish whiskeys, will honour the rich 200-year distilling heritage of the world-renowned Midleton...
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![Irish manufacturing conditions improve for the first time in three months](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/AIBManufacturingResized-200x157_c.jpg)
2025 commenced on a solid note, with the Irish manufacturing sector recording an improvement in operating conditions for the first
![Over €12 million capital investment in equipment for industry research and innovation in Ireland](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/TechnologyGatewayProgrammeFebruary2025-200x157_c.jpg)
Ten projects are to receive €12.1 million in funding to access cutting-edge equipment to increase R&D collaboration and competitiveness for
![Pure Engineering Group invests £4.7 million in Newry facility](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/PureEngineeringJanuary2025-200x157_c.jpg)
Pure Engineering Group is investing £4.7 million in its manufacturing facility in Newry. The mechanical engineering firm specialises in the
![Midleton Distillery celebrates 200 years of distilling tradition](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/MidletonDistilleryJanuary2025-200x157_c.jpg)
Irish Distillers, a Pernod Ricard company, and makers of some of the world’s most well-known and successful Irish whiskeys, will
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Dublin-based Ecocem, Europe’s leading independent producer of low-carbon cement, has announced the construction of its first production facility dedicated to ACT,
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CORK, Ireland – 29th January 2025 – Cork-based software company, CompuCal Calibration Solutions has partnered with Pro-Reliability Solutions (PRS), combining CompuCal’s award-winning Enterprise Asset Management platform with
![GE HealthCare invests €132 million in Cork manufacturing facility](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GEHealthCareCorkJanuary2025-200x157_c.jpg)
GE HealthCare has announced a €132 million investment to expand its Carrigtohill contrast media fill and finish manufacturing site in
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UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and its partners have announced new feasibility awards to develop and improve resource-efficient or bio-based
![AIM Centre launches National AI Studio for Irish manufacturing SMEs](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AIMCentreJanuary2025-200x157_c.jpg)
The AIM Centre, based in Sligo, has announced the establishment of an AI Studio, a groundbreaking initiative designed to empower
![Ireland Chapter of PMI launches new AI Innovation Hub](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/PMIPeterGlynne-200x157_c.jpg)
The Ireland Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI) is launching a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) Innovation Hub. Developed to
![Over £7 million awarded to help AI boost growth in the UK](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/InnovateUKBridgeAI-200x157_c.jpg)
Over 100 projects are to receive funding to trial productivity-boosting artificial intelligence (AI) tools for businesses. Small businesses across the
![CompuCal announces partnership with Pro-Reliability Solutions](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/CompuCalJanuary2025-200x157_c.jpg)
Cork-based software company, CompuCal Calibration Solutions has partnered with Pro-Reliability Solutions (PRS), combining CompuCal’s award-winning Enterprise Asset Management platform with PRS’ expert knowledge and reliability
![Rolls-Royce signs £9 billion Unity contract with UK Ministry of Defence](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/RollsRoyceUKMODJanuary2025-200x157_c.jpg)
Rolls-Royce has signed the biggest UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) contract in its history. The Unity contract stretches over eight
![Irish Distillers launches Enviroflex Partnership with Bank of Ireland providing sustainability-linked loans to tillage farmers](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IrishDistillersEnviroflexJanuary2025-200x157_c.jpg)
Irish Distillers is partnering with Bank of Ireland to offer Enviroflex sustainability-linked loans, that provide discounted flexible finance, to tillage
![Belfast Harbour launches transformative 5-year strategy with £313 million investment programme](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/BelfastHarbourJanuary2025-200x157_c.jpg)
Belfast Harbour has unveiled a bold new strategy setting out an ambitious programme to invest more than £300 million in
![Stability and building economic capacity are key to growth](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/IbecEconomicOutlookAugust2023-200x157_c.jpg)
Ibec, the group representing Irish businesses, has published its new Economic Outlook, forecasting GDP growth of 1.7% in 2025 and
![VEX Robotics launches in primary schools across the northwest region of Ireland](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/VEXRoboticsJanuary2025-200x157_c.jpg)
The AIM Centre, in partnership with AbbVie and Atlantic Technological University (ATU) Sligo, has successfully introduced the VEX Robotics programme
![Ibec’s Life Science and Health Technology sectors welcome the National Life Science Strategy for Ireland](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IbecBioPharma-200x157_c.jpg)
BioPharmaChem Ireland and Irish Medtech, the Ibec groups that represent these sectors, have welcome the new National Life Science Strategy
![Resonate Testing establishes Ireland’s first battery testing facility](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ResonateTestingJanuary2025Resized-200x157_c.jpg)
Newry company Resonate Testing has invested £475,000 to establish the first battery testing facility on the island of Ireland. This
![New ESRI and NIESR macroeconomic model for Northern Ireland can be used to analyse potential impact of economic shocks and opportunities](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Belfast-200x157_c.jpg)
The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) and the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR), supported by Ibec,
![Gabrielle White is new President of Irish Exporters Association](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IrishExportersAssociationGabrielleWhiteleft-200x157_c.jpg)
The Irish Exporters Association (IEA) has announced the appointment of Gabrielle White as President of the Association. Gabrielle White is
![Carlsberg Group completes acquisition of Britvic](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/CarlsbergBritvic-200x157_c.jpg)
The Carlsberg Group has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Carlsberg UK Holdings Ltd has completed the acquisition of the
![Aerogen to create 725 new jobs in Galway and Shannon as part of €300 million expansion](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AerogenJanuary2025-200x157_c.jpg)
Aerogen has announced details of a €300 million transformational scaling and investment plan, which will result in the creation of
![Total employment at Enterprise Ireland client companies increases to a record 234,454 in 2024](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/EnterpriseIrelandLeoClancyDecember2024-200x157_c.jpg)
Enterprise Ireland’s End of Year Results for 2024 confirm that total employment at companies supported by the agency increased to
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The British Treasury has lost half a million pounds a day in tax revenue since excise duty on Scotch Whisky
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Food Drink Ireland (FDI), the Ibec group representing the food and drink sector, has released its Food and Drink Manufacturing
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The value of Ireland’s food, drink and horticulture exports increased by 5% last year to a record €17 billion, according