Post provided on behalf of Spaciotempo Businesses in Ireland are being urged to consider the use of semi-permanent buildings for manufacturing as well as storage as the lack of space,
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The seasonally-adjusted volume of retail sales decreased by 0.7 percent in the month of December, according to figures released by the Central Statistics Office on Friday. However, December’s sales are still up
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Synthetic diamond and supermaterials company Element Six, a member of The De Beers Group, announced on Friday the creation of a further 100 jobs at its Shannon facility as part
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Taoglas secured €633,000 funding from the European Space Agency (ESA), Minister of State for Training, Skills & Innovation John Halligan announced at a visit to the company’s headquarters in Enniscorthy, Co.
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Post Provided by Matrix Recruitment Group Matrix Recruitment Group are delighted to exhibit for the second consecutive year at the National Manufacturing and Supply Chain Conference. We have a dedicated
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Craigavon-based pharmaceutical organisation, Almac Group, secured new premises in Dundalk, County Louth, in response to increased client demand, it was announced on Thursday. Almac will make a multimillion euro investment
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The latest report on Government investment in research and development (R&D), published by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation on Thursday, shows that the Irish government allocated €761 Million for
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Tourism Ireland published research on Tuesday that shows the potential impacts of Brexit on tourism to the island of Ireland in 2017 and beyond. Tourism Ireland commissioned RedC to conduct
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Irish wastewater Aeration company, OxyMem, was named for the second time in the prestigious 2017 Global Cleantech list 100 in San Fransisco on Tuesday. OxyMem, a University College Dublin (UCD) spin-out
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The European Investment Bank (EIB) announced on Tuesday that they had provided more than €825 million for long-term public and private sector investment across Ireland during 2016. Backing for 12
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Post by IP Telecom IP Telecom, an Irish owned company, offers first class telephony solutions to companies in Ireland and across the world via its own VoIP (Voice Over Internet
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Professional services firm Deloitte opened its EMEA blockchain lab at Whitaker Court in Dublin’s “Silicon Docks” district on Monday. The bespoke-designed lab builds on Deloitte’s global fintech and innovation practice
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Article provided by Mitsubishi Electric. Mitsubishi Electric has developed a new optional Safety Solution “MELFA SafePlus” for its MELFA F Series industrial robots and will be demonstrating this solution at
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Real estate companies Hines and Peterson Group have entered a partnership to acquire two iconic Dublin properties – the Central Bank buildings on Dame Street and 2 Grand Parade in
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Minister for International Financial Services Eoghan Murphy, published the IFS2020 Action Plan for 2017 on Monday. The IFS2020 Strategy is a five year Strategy for the development of our International
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Predictive sales acceleration platform InsideSales is expanding into Ireland, the company announced on Wednesday. InsideSales also announced a new growth equity round of investment that included the participation of the
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UK Prime Minister Theresa May has done little to address the major uncertainty facing workers across the island of Ireland as a result of Brexit, the Irish Congress of Trade
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Card payment service provider EVO Payments International plans to open a new Irish headquarters and create 50 new jobs as part of a €9.1 million investment in the Irish market, the
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CPS is an automation company that are operating out of Tuam, Co Galway for over 20 years. They have developed
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Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Minister for Finance Michael Noonan participated in the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF)
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The IES team will hold the next instalment of their IES Faculty BIM webinar series on Thursday 2nd February 2017.
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Digital company SilverCloud Health raised $8.1 million in Series A funding, the Department of Jobs announced on Thursday. Venture capital firm B
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Prime rents in the industrial sector may rise by almost 14% in 2017, following an increase of 25% last year,
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Fleet managers will tell you that vehicle telematics can cut costs and make their jobs far easier. But what exactly
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As Ireland’s leading cloud and managed services provider, Ergo excels in matching technology to business needs and has been helping
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Enterprise Ireland reported on Tuesday that the third phase of its Technology Transfer Strengthening Initiative (TTSI), which serves to bolster
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Synecco, a global supplier of contract manufacture and design solutions for the medical device market, will be exhibiting in Dublin
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Tech Mahindra, a specialist in digital transformation, consulting and business re-engineering, opened a Centre of Excellence in Dublin on Monday.
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Leading supplier of industrial measuring and inspection technology, Sartorius Intec, will now be offering its products, solutions and services under
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Enterprise Ireland announced on Thursday a new Competitive Start Fund (CSF) of up to €750,000 to support start up activity
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On Stand 213 of this year’s National Manufacturing & Supply Chain Exhibition, Flowcrete UK will be showcasing specialist resin solutions
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Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced on Monday that they have entered into a lease agreement with IDA Ireland to establish a
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Following the success of their Belfast seminar ‘Will GDPR drive your security strategy in 2017?’ IBM and Ward Solutions will
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LVP Conveyor Systems Ltd. are an engineering systems driven organisation intent on automating processes and streamlining efficiencies in modern day
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Biopharmaceutical company AbbVie, life-sciences startup Genomics Medicine Ireland Limited (GMI), and WuXi NextCODE, the global contract genomics organisation, launched a
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Masterlift Ireland Ltd is a leader in the forklift and material-handling solutions industry in Ireland. Masterlift was established in 1986
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Modula manufactures automated storage and retrieval systems featuring one of the most advanced vertical lift modules in the world. Modula’s
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Interroll, a worldwide leading producer of high-quality key products and services for internal logistics, will exhibit in Dublin at the
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Contax Production Automation Ltd. will be showing showing a Yamaha orbital scara robot, the fastest, most robust and accurate of
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Digitalisation is the key to networked, flexible production of the future. The implementation of Industry 4.0 is an ongoing process
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The Omni is an integrated full HD (1080p) digital microscope and measurement system that operates without a PC. Omni’s custom
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Commercial property consultants CBRE Ireland released statistics on Friday, detailing the volume and value of investment in Irish commercial property
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Enterprise Ireland, the Government agency responsible for developing Irish business globally, launched it’s 2017-2020 strategy on Monday, aiming to increase
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Rising material costs, extended supply chains and stricter regulatory controls and food safety standards have put ever increasing demands on
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Production for Manufacturing Industries rose 17.1 percent in November 2016 compared with the previous month, according to figures released by
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Business software, accounting, workflow, process management and MRP. There was a time when we’d shout it from the rooftops, but
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There were 44 people killed in workplaces in 2016, representing a 21% reduction of the 56 reported in 2015, according
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The volume of retail sales for November was up 4.3 percent when compared with the previous year, and up 0.9