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,


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

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

Rolls-Royce has signed the biggest UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) contract in its history. The Unity contract stretches over eight years and brings together all elements of research and technology,

BioPharmaChem Ireland and Irish Medtech, the Ibec groups that represent these sectors, have welcome the new National Life Science Strategy for Ireland, under the Programme for Government. Ireland is home

Newry company Resonate Testing has invested £475,000 to establish the first battery testing facility on the island of Ireland. This milestone expansion positions Resonate Testing at the forefront of certified lithium battery

Aerogen has announced details of a €300 million transformational scaling and investment plan, which will result in the creation of 725 new jobs in Ireland over the next 10 years.

Enterprise Ireland’s End of Year Results for 2024 confirm that total employment at companies supported by the agency increased to a record 234,454 last year, with 15,741 new jobs created.

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has given regulatory approval for the acquisition of ATC Computer Transport & Logistics, a tech-driven Irish company providing highly specialised transport, logistics, and

As part of its long-term plans in Ireland, MSD has agreed to acquire the WuXi Vaccines manufacturing facility located in Dundalk, County Louth. The acquisition signifies an investment of over

December data pointed to subdued business conditions across the Irish manufacturing sector, with a sustained reduction in new orders contributing to the fastest decline in production volumes since June. Goods

The downturn in the UK manufacturing sector deepened at the end of 2024, as December saw rates of contraction in output, new orders and employment gather pace. Destocking at clients,

Navantia, a Spanish state-owned shipbuilding company specialising in the design and construction of high technology military and civilian vessels, is in discussions with Harland & Wolff to acquire its operations

Enterprise Ireland has announced that its CEO Leo Clancy (pictured above) will step down from the role in March 2025 to take up a new leadership role. It is intended that

IDA Ireland has announced its annual performance for 2024 showing continued strong levels of investment and employment across the FDI sector. The agency, working on behalf of the Irish government,

The Irish economy is expected to grow into 2025 with the domestic sectors performing particularly well. Modified domestic demand (MDD), an accurate measure of underlying Irish economic performance, is expected

IDA Ireland, in collaboration with Microsoft and LinkedIn, has published the latest in its Labour Market Pulse report series, which provides insights and trends from the Irish labour market to

Make UK has joined forces with EngineeringUK, Enginuity and the Royal Academy of Engineering to help engineering and manufacturing employers see the benefits of taking on T Level students –

The 2025 National Construction Summit is being held on Wednesday 2nd and Thursday 3rd of April at the Sport Ireland Campus, Blanchardstown in Dublin. Incorporating a comprehensive conference programme, including

Irish manufacturers indicated a sustained rebound in production volumes during November, with output growth edging up to its highest since February. However, there were signs of fragility as new orders

Construction has started on a Scotland-first facility for developing and manufacturing green energy technologies and the rapid scale-up of the companies developing them, with the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS)

ALDI Ireland has completed the purchase of a new 60-acre site in County Kildare, investing €24 million in the Irish business. The site is strategically located, adjacent to the motorway

Make UK has launched the Industrial Strategy Skills Commission to find a solution to the growing skills deficit in manufacturing and engineering across the country. Make UK has brought together some

Hovione, an international pharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO), has officially commissioned an expansion at its manufacturing facility in

Seating Matters is investing £3.7 million in its manufacturing facilities in Limavady and Derry as part of its ambitious expansion

Invest NI has published its three-year Business Strategy ‘Our Future in Focus’. Commitments in the 2024-2027 Business Strategy ‘Our Future

Abbott has officially opened of its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Kilkenny. The site is a global manufacturing centre of excellence

Kirby Group Engineering has officially opened its new off-site manufacturing (OSM) facility at Junction 17 National Enterprise Park in Portlaoise,

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc, a global leader in innovative solutions for injectable drug administration, has announced an additional 330 roles

A Belfast company, which creates the world’s only freshly batched cocktails, has attracted £1.2 million in funding to grow its

Freudenberg Medical, a leading global design, development and manufacturing partner for minimally invasive medical devices, has announced the creation of

Only a few days remain for ambitious female entrepreneurs to send in their applications for the 17th cycle of Going

Automation has revolutionised manufacturing businesses’ operations through improved efficiency, productivity gains, and overall business growth. Indeed, since the early 2010s,

A new £5.5 million centre in the Glasgow region aims to support the transition to net zero while driving substantial

Made Smarter Adoption, the UK Government’s programme helping SME manufacturers adopt technology and digital skills, will continue next year and

Aldar Tissue, Ireland’s largest household and commercial tissue paper manufacturer and part of the Zeus Group, has officially opened its

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has announced a £25 million investment in five new green industry centres. Emerging green industries,

Wrightbus has signed a landmark deal worth up to half-a-billion pounds to supply more than 1,000 buses to operators Go-Ahead

Kepak, a leading Irish food company, has invested €8 million in its Kilbeggan facility in County Westmeath to enhance market
Kilrea company Hutchinson creating 57 jobs in a multi million pound investment to boost productivity

Kilrea-based company Hutchinson is making a significant investment in new equipment that will further boost its productivity and support planned

A new £7.9 million investment, led by £3.5 million from the Scottish National Investment Bank, will enable scale and growth

Sustained public investment in industrial biotechnology between 2010 and 2021 has led to a wide range of economic and social

Irish manufacturers experienced another decline in new work during September, driven by the fastest fall in export sales for five

A new £11 million Cluster Acceleration Programme has been launched in Northern Ireland. The programme has been designed by Invest

Despite a notable decline in headline investment levels recently, the underlying growth momentum of the Irish economy is expected to

Nestlé UK & Ireland is investing more than £150 million to upgrade its Nestlé Purina PetCare factory in Wisbech. The Cambridgeshire

New ESRI research funded by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (DFHERIS) investigates labour market demand,

Lisburn-based engineering company CASC has secured contracts worth in excess of £10 million with the world’s largest companies in offshore

Eli Lilly and Company has announced a $1 billion expansion of its Limerick, Ireland, manufacturing site to increase production of

Scottish Enterprise delivered a record set of results last year, helping businesses to scale and contributing to Scotland’s economic transformation.

Confusion around digital transformation is risking paralysis among SME manufacturers, says Made Smarter. Donna Edwards, director of the North West

Cara Partners, a member of the Schwabe Group, has announced a €130 million modernisation and expansion of its Little Island

The headline AIB Ireland Manufacturing PMI® edged up to its highest level since February and signalled a marginal overall improvement

Magherafelt-based off-site construction firm, P McVey Building Systems, is investing £1.4 million in its business to scale into Great Britain,

IDA Ireland and Westmeath County Council gathered in council chambers recently for the formal signing of a Memorandum of Understanding

The Annual Knowledge Transfer Survey, a comprehensive report on knowledge transfer activities in Ireland, has published its findings for the

The Irish Government has announced a new cycle of the Seed and Venture Capital Scheme which will operate for the

The July AIB Ireland Manufacturing PMI® indicated a broad stabilisation in operating conditions across the Irish manufacturing sector at the