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Britvic Ireland to invest €6 million in Ballygowan facility to increase production by over 20%

  Britvic Ireland to invest €6 million in Ballygowan facility to increase production by over 20%

Britvic Ireland has announced an investment of €6 million in its Ballygowan facility in Newcastle West, County Limerick, to grow

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UK manufacturing rises to eighth in world but can climb higher with automation

  UK manufacturing rises to eighth in world but can climb higher with automation

By Tom Bouchier, Managing Director, FANUC UK Data just released by Make UK[1] reveals that UK manufacturing has overtaken France

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Northern Ireland company bringing The Wombles back to life with new collection

  Northern Ireland company bringing The Wombles back to life with new collection

Northern Ireland company, Environmental Street Furniture (ESF), is bringing some of the UK’s most cherished TV characters, The Wombles, back

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UK manufacturing sector moves up the world rankings

  UK manufacturing sector moves up the world rankings

The latest ‘Manufacturing – The Facts’ report reveals the UK’s manufacturing sector has climbed one place to eighth in the

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Müller trials zero-emission HGV refrigeration

  Müller trials zero-emission HGV refrigeration

Müller Milk & Ingredients, which produces branded and private label fresh milk, cream, butter, milk drinks and ingredients products and

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Astellas to invest more than €330 million in a new facility in Ireland

  Astellas to invest more than €330 million in a new facility in Ireland

Astellas Pharma has announced its intention to submit a planning application to build a new state-of-the-art facility, at an approximate

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Researchers transform landfilled wind turbine blades into footbridges

  Researchers transform landfilled wind turbine blades into footbridges

Researchers at Queen’s University Belfast are transforming wind turbine blades, which are set to be landfilled or incinerated, into footbridges

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Driving the electric revolution competition invests in UK net zero manufacturing tech

  Driving the electric revolution competition invests in UK net zero manufacturing tech

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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Irish food & drink entrepreneurs with an appetite to disrupt the industry wanted!

  Irish food & drink entrepreneurs with an appetite to disrupt the industry wanted!

Are you an early-stage food or drink company interested in scaling your business? Do you have a category-disrupting product, solution

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BMW to invest £600 million in all-electric MINI production in the UK

  BMW to invest £600 million in all-electric MINI production in the UK

BMW Group has announced a new investment of more than £600 million in the MINI factories at Oxford and Swindon

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MSD Ireland announces official opening of new facilities in Dunboyne and Carlow following investment of over €1 billion

  MSD Ireland announces official opening of new facilities in Dunboyne and Carlow following investment of over €1 billion

MSD Ireland, one of the country’s leading healthcare companies, has announced the official opening of a new, state-of-the-art site in

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Radnor Hills acquires Highland Spring Group’s Welsh production site

  Radnor Hills acquires Highland Spring Group’s Welsh production site

Leading soft drinks maker Radnor Hills has acquired Highland Spring Group’s Welsh production site. The deal will protect jobs at

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Wrightbus creating hundreds of new jobs as it targets further growth in green transport

  Wrightbus creating hundreds of new jobs as it targets further growth in green transport

Northern Ireland-based Wrightbus is expanding its workforce as part of the company’s  continued growth as a market leader in clean

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Evolution 2023: How changing technology is driving evolution in manufacturing (and Novotek)

  Evolution 2023: How changing technology is driving evolution in manufacturing (and Novotek)

On Wednesday 20th September, Novotek Ireland invites you to Evolution 2023, which will bring together representatives from exciting vendor partners with

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Lidl’s largest warehouse in the world opens in England following £300 million investment

  Lidl’s largest warehouse in the world opens in England following £300 million investment

Lidl GB has officially opened its £300 million RDC – the largest Lidl warehouse in the world – marking the

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British Steel to supply huge SeAH wind plant on Teesside

  British Steel to supply huge SeAH wind plant on Teesside

Steel work is being erected as major progress continues on the £450 million SeAH Wind monopile manufacturing facility at the

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New CEO at Kepak Foods

  New CEO at Kepak Foods

Kepak Group, one of Europe’s leading meat producers with 15 manufacturing plants in Ireland and the UK, has appointment experienced

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£13 million to help transform UK medicines manufacturing

  £13 million to help transform UK medicines manufacturing

Seventeen new projects will receive funding for cutting edge medicine manufacturing, delivered by the Innovate UK Transforming Medicine Manufacturing programme.

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Irish manufacturing sector expands for first time in six months

  Irish manufacturing sector expands for first time in six months

The Irish manufacturing sector posted its first expansion in six months during August, driven by a fresh upturn in new

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Scottish environmental tech firm Recycl8 secures low carbon manufacturing grant

  Scottish environmental tech firm Recycl8 secures low carbon manufacturing grant

Recycl8, a leading environmental services company, has been awarded a six-figure Low Carbon Manufacturing Challenge Fund (LCMCF) grant by Scottish

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Ireland to harness the power of green procurement with the CO2 Performance Ladder

  Ireland to harness the power of green procurement with the CO2 Performance Ladder

The Irish Green Building Council (IGBC) have launched a pilot of the highly successful CO2 Performance Ladder in Ireland. The first

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Britvic to invest £22.5 million in sixth bottling line at London factory

  Britvic to invest £22.5 million in sixth bottling line at London factory

Leading soft drinks manufacturer, Britvic, is investing £22.5 million in its sixth bottling line at its East London factory in

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Ornua CEO to step down

  Ornua CEO to step down

John Jordan (pictured), Chief Executive of Ornua, Ireland’s largest exporter of Irish dairy products, is to step down to take

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TechConnect Live – Ireland’s Largest Technology Event – September 14th at the RDS Arena, Dublin

  TechConnect Live – Ireland’s Largest Technology Event – September 14th at the RDS Arena, Dublin

Expected to attract over 3,000 visitors from all over the country and even further afield, TechConnect Live, Ireland’s largest technology

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Green light for Diageo’s £26 million extension at Baileys site in Mallusk

  Green light for Diageo’s £26 million extension at Baileys site in Mallusk

To help facilitate the evolving needs of the company’s global operations and the demand for the Irish Cream Liqueur, the

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Packaging and processing innovations on display at the 2023 PPMA Show

  Packaging and processing innovations on display at the 2023 PPMA Show

The UK’s largest processing and packaging machinery exhibition, the PPMA Show, returns to the NEC Birmingham in September.  This is

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Northern Ireland dairy co-operative Dale Farm harnesses real-time weather data to serve ice cream OOH ads at key moments

  Northern Ireland dairy co-operative Dale Farm harnesses real-time weather data to serve ice cream OOH ads at key moments

Shoppers in Northern Ireland are getting the prompt to stock up with ice cream on hot days thanks to a new,

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Scotch Whisky exports hold steady after record year

  Scotch Whisky exports hold steady after record year

The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has released new figures demonstrating that exports in the first half of 2023 are continuing

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BAE Systems to acquire Ball Aerospace in $5.55 billion deal

  BAE Systems to acquire Ball Aerospace in $5.55 billion deal

BAE Systems plc has agreed to acquire the Ball Aerospace business from Ball Corporation for c.$5.55 billion in cash, subject

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Sunhope Packaging Machinery (UK) Ltd chooses Scotland

  Sunhope Packaging Machinery (UK) Ltd chooses Scotland

Sunhope Packaging Machinery (ZHENJIANG) Co., Ltd a world-leading provider of innovative packaging solutions is establishing a new UK division called

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