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Plugging AI skills gaps critical for future of UK shipbuilding industry

  Plugging AI skills gaps critical for future of UK shipbuilding industry

Addressing anticipated skills shortages in artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and automation is essential to the future of the shipbuilding sector,

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Titanic Distillers secures £5 million investment from Whiterock to drive global growth

  Titanic Distillers secures £5 million investment from Whiterock to drive global growth

Titanic Distillers, Belfast’s first working distillery since Prohibition, has secured a £5 million equity investment from Whiterock to expand its

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Wind energy saved Ireland over €1.2 billion on gas in 2024

  Wind energy saved Ireland over €1.2 billion on gas in 2024

Spending on gas for electricity in Ireland was cut by almost one billion euro last year, as wind energy supplied

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CIGA Healthcare secures £1.4 million contracts in the US and Europe

  CIGA Healthcare secures £1.4 million contracts in the US and Europe

Ballymena-based rapid diagnostic test supplier, CIGA Healthcare has landed two lucrative contracts with Walmart Marketplace and Austria DM valued at

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IDA Ireland launches new five year strategy

  IDA Ireland launches new five year strategy

IDA Ireland has unveiled its new five-year strategy, Adapt Intelligently: A Strategy for Sustainable Growth and Innovation, 2025-29, building on

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New Kerry Group Digital Centre of Excellence

  New Kerry Group Digital Centre of Excellence

Kerry Group, a global leader in taste and nutrition, has announced a new Digital Centre of Excellence, designed to increase operational

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BioPharmaChem Ireland launches inaugural Impact Awards 2025 to recognise success and potential of the sector

  BioPharmaChem Ireland launches inaugural Impact Awards 2025 to recognise success and potential of the sector

BioPharmaChem Ireland (BPCI), the Ibec group that represents the biopharmaceutical and chemical sectors, has announced the launch of its inaugural

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Canyon Europe set to grow exports with £3 million investment in Mallusk production line

  Canyon Europe set to grow exports with £3 million investment in Mallusk production line

Manufacturing firm, Canyon Europe, is set to increase its exports to Europe with a £3.1 million investment in a new

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InterTradeIreland, Invest Northern Ireland and Enterprise Ireland join forces to bring the TCI Network Global Conference to the island of Ireland

  InterTradeIreland, Invest Northern Ireland and Enterprise Ireland join forces to bring the TCI Network Global Conference to the island of Ireland

InterTradeIreland, Invest Northern Ireland, and Enterprise Ireland have announced that The TCI Network’s annual Global Cluster Conference will be hosted

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Scotch Whisky industry records £5.4 billion global exports in 2024 amid ‘turbulent’ global trading conditions

  Scotch Whisky industry records £5.4 billion global exports in 2024 amid ‘turbulent’ global trading conditions

The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has released global export figures that show the value of Scotch exports stood at £5.4

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University of Galway expands female entrepreneurship programme nationwide

  University of Galway expands female entrepreneurship programme nationwide

A female entrepreneurship programme developed at University of Galway’s IdeasLab is to expand nationwide at five other higher education institutions

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Mackle Food Company to boost productivity and jobs with £6 million investment in automation

  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

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Irish manufacturing conditions improve for the first time in three months

  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

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Over €12 million capital investment in equipment for industry research and innovation in Ireland

  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

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Pure Engineering Group invests £4.7 million in Newry facility

  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

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Midleton Distillery celebrates 200 years of distilling tradition

  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

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Ecocem announces the first commercial low-carbon cement production unit for ACT technology at its French manufacturing facility

  Ecocem announces the first commercial low-carbon cement production unit for ACT technology at its French manufacturing facility

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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CompuCal Announce Partnership with Pro-Reliability Solutions

  CompuCal Announce Partnership with Pro-Reliability Solutions

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

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GE HealthCare invests €132 million in Cork manufacturing facility

  GE HealthCare invests €132 million in Cork manufacturing facility

GE HealthCare has announced a €132 million investment to expand its Carrigtohill contrast media fill and finish manufacturing site in

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Feasibility awards to develop materials and manufacturing in the UK

  Feasibility awards to develop materials and manufacturing in the UK

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and its partners have announced new feasibility awards to develop and improve resource-efficient or bio-based

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AIM Centre launches National AI Studio for Irish manufacturing SMEs

  AIM Centre launches National AI Studio for Irish manufacturing SMEs

The AIM Centre, based in Sligo, has announced the establishment of an AI Studio, a groundbreaking initiative designed to empower

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Ireland Chapter of PMI launches new AI Innovation Hub

  Ireland Chapter of PMI launches new AI Innovation Hub

The Ireland Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI) is launching a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) Innovation Hub. Developed to

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Over £7 million awarded to help AI boost growth in the UK

  Over £7 million awarded to help AI boost growth in the UK

Over 100 projects are to receive funding to trial productivity-boosting artificial intelligence (AI) tools for businesses. Small businesses across the

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CompuCal announces partnership with Pro-Reliability Solutions

  CompuCal announces partnership with Pro-Reliability Solutions

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

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Rolls-Royce signs £9 billion Unity contract with UK Ministry of Defence

  Rolls-Royce signs £9 billion Unity contract with UK Ministry of Defence

Rolls-Royce has signed the biggest UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) contract in its history. The Unity contract stretches over eight

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Irish Distillers launches Enviroflex Partnership with Bank of Ireland providing sustainability-linked loans to tillage farmers

  Irish Distillers launches Enviroflex Partnership with Bank of Ireland providing sustainability-linked loans to tillage farmers

Irish Distillers is partnering with Bank of Ireland to offer Enviroflex sustainability-linked loans, that provide discounted flexible finance, to tillage

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Belfast Harbour launches transformative 5-year strategy with £313 million investment programme

  Belfast Harbour launches transformative 5-year strategy with £313 million investment programme

Belfast Harbour has unveiled a bold new strategy setting out an ambitious programme to invest more than £300 million in

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Stability and building economic capacity are key to growth

  Stability and building economic capacity are key to growth

Ibec, the group representing Irish businesses, has published its new Economic Outlook, forecasting GDP growth of 1.7% in 2025 and

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VEX Robotics launches in primary schools across the northwest region of Ireland

  VEX Robotics launches in primary schools across the northwest region of Ireland

The AIM Centre, in partnership with AbbVie and Atlantic Technological University (ATU) Sligo, has successfully introduced the VEX Robotics programme

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Ibec’s Life Science and Health Technology sectors welcome the National Life Science Strategy for Ireland

  Ibec’s Life Science and Health Technology sectors welcome the National Life Science Strategy for Ireland

BioPharmaChem Ireland and Irish Medtech, the Ibec groups that represent these sectors, have welcome the new National Life Science Strategy

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