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Industry and academia partnerships aim to boost UK economic growth

    Industry and academia partnerships aim to boost UK economic growth

Nine new regional partnerships between UK universities and manufacturing businesses will address industry-driven challenges and develop new technologies. The Early-Stage Prosperity Partnerships have received almost £5 million from the Engineering

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New US Advisory Board launched to support Northern Ireland’s Life & Health Sciences Sector

Joe Kennedy III, the US Special Envoy to Northern Ireland for Economic Affairs, has commended the launch of a new US Life & Health Sciences Advisory Board that aims to

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Renewed downturn in Irish manufacturing performance as lower export sales hit total order books

    Renewed downturn in Irish manufacturing performance as lower export sales hit total order books

September data revealed a setback for the Irish manufacturing sector as new orders fell at the fastest pace so far this year, following a brief rebound during August. Subdued global

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Intel’s €17 billion investment in Fab 34 will be transformative to Ireland’s advanced manufacturing sector

    Intel’s €17 billion investment in Fab 34 will be transformative to Ireland’s advanced manufacturing sector

IDA Ireland and the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment have welcomed the official opening of Intel’s Fab 34 at their Leixlip campus as they begin deploying the first at-scale

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Henry Brothers awarded £30 million contract for new Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre in Northern Ireland

    Henry Brothers awarded £30 million contract for new Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre in Northern Ireland

A contractor has been appointed for the Queen’s University-led Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre (AMIC), a £100 million Belfast Region City Deal project, with almost £80 million coming from the UK

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Historic milestone reached as new aircraft manufacturing returns to the UK

    Historic milestone reached as new aircraft manufacturing returns to the UK

British aircraft manufacturer, Britten-Norman, has begun UK production of the Islander, the world-leading sub-regional aircraft, having shifted its manufacturing back to the UK from overseas. This historic moment is the

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Port of Cork Company celebrates bumper first year at Cork Container Terminal

    Port of Cork Company celebrates bumper first year at Cork Container Terminal

Over 90,000 containers were loaded and discharged at the Port of Cork Company’s (PoCC) new Cork Container Terminal (CCT) in Ringaskiddy in what was a bumper first year at the state-of-the-art

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Dawn Meats to invest €10 million in newly acquired facility

    Dawn Meats to invest €10 million in newly acquired facility

Dawn Meats, the Waterford-based premium meat processor, has welcomed the decision of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) to clear its acquisition of Kildare Chilling Company and has announced

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US-based Wesco International to expand in Ireland

    US-based Wesco International to expand in Ireland

Wesco International, a US-based global provider of business-to-business distribution, logistics and supply chain solutions, has announced that it will expand its operations in Ireland to include a new Digital Center

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CPI launches multi-million-pound food innovation centre in North East England

    CPI launches multi-million-pound food innovation centre in North East England

CPI (Centre for Process Innovation) has launched a new multi-million-pound food innovation centre that will put the North East of England ​’at the epicentre of a green revolution in the

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AbbVie establishes new €23 million European manufacturing services hub in North Dublin

    AbbVie establishes new €23 million European manufacturing services hub in North Dublin

AbbVie, a global research-driven biopharmaceutical company with a significant presence across six Irish locations, has opened a new €23 million European services hub in Clonshaugh, North Dublin. The state-of-the-art facility

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Rosslare Europort named Ferry Port of the Year at European Ferry Shipping Summit

    Rosslare Europort named Ferry Port of the Year at European Ferry Shipping Summit

Rosslare Europort in County Wexford has been named European Ferry Port of the year at the 2023 European Ferry Shipping Summit in Malmo, Sweden. It is the first time the

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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 the site’s production capacity by over 20% in order to

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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 to claim eighth place in the world rankings, one position

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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 to life through the launch of its latest innovative product

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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 world rankings, overtaking France in the process.  The fact card

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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 boasts a network of dairies and depots servicing customers throughout

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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 cost of €330 million in Tralee, County Kerry. This investment

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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 that can hold the weight of a 30-tonne digger. Over

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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 to increase UK industrial resilience. UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI)

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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 or ingredient with export potential? Then look no further than

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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 in England. “With this new investment we will develop the

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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 Meath in addition to a significant expansion at its Carlow

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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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Scotland Manufacturing & Supply Chain Conference & Exhibition – the SEC Glasgow – 25th October 2023

  Scotland Manufacturing & Supply Chain Conference & Exhibition – the SEC Glasgow – 25th October 2023

The annual Scotland Manufacturing & Supply Chain Conference & Exhibition, which is being held at the SEC Glasgow on 25th

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Scottish business activity growth softens as manufacturing output contracts sharply

  Scottish business activity growth softens as manufacturing output contracts sharply

Scottish private sector companies expanded their output for the sixth successive month in July, according to the latest Royal Bank

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Glanbia announces CEO appointment

  Glanbia announces CEO appointment

Glanbia plc, the better nutrition company, has announced that Siobhán Talbot has notified it of her intention to retire following ten

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Rockwell Automation Study reports 44% of Consumer Packaged Goods leaders accelerate Digital Transformation to improve quality

  Rockwell Automation Study reports 44% of Consumer  Packaged Goods leaders accelerate Digital Transformation to improve quality

Rockwell Automation, the world’s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation, has announced the results of the 8th

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Strong performance by Irish alcohol spirits sector

  Strong performance by Irish alcohol spirits sector

The spirits sector once again demonstrated its strength with sales in Ireland increasing by just over 6% in 2022 to

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Shufflebottom to supply major Welsh development project at Pentre Awel

  Shufflebottom to supply major Welsh development project at Pentre Awel

Based at Cross Hands in Wales, Shufflebottom Ltd, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of structural steel and steel-framed buildings

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Advancing Precision Engineering – Irish Manufacturing Research introduces Global S CMM

  Advancing Precision Engineering – Irish Manufacturing Research introduces Global S CMM

In an exciting development in precision manufacturing, Hexagon and Irish Manufacturing Research (IMR) have announced the successful commissioning of their

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Manufacturing and engineering finalists announced ahead of Worldskills Ireland 2023

  Manufacturing and engineering finalists announced ahead of Worldskills Ireland 2023

Ahead of Worldskills Ireland 2023, 160 students and apprentices from across Ireland have been named as competition finalists who will

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Allied Vehicles gears up to build sustainable accessible vehicles with Scottish Enterprise support

  Allied Vehicles gears up to build sustainable accessible vehicles with Scottish Enterprise support

Glasgow-based Allied Vehicles Group has secured a grant of £1.3 million from Scottish Enterprise towards a total £3.9 million project

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British pump sector welcomes announcement on CE Marking

  British pump sector welcomes announcement on CE Marking

The British Pump Manufacturers Association (BPMA), on behalf of the £1.9 billion UK pump sector, has welcomed the recent announcement

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Reduction in product innovations, as economic pressure bites for brands

  Reduction in product innovations, as economic pressure bites for brands

Circana, the leading advisor on consumer complexity and formerly IRI and The NPD Group, has launched its Race for Resilience:

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Irish manufacturing sector continued to contract in July

  Irish manufacturing sector continued to contract in July

Latest PMI® data for Ireland continued to signal challenging operating conditions across the manufacturing economy. Goods producers scaled back production

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Resource Efficiency for Materials and Manufacturing (REforMM) feasibility study competition winners announced

  Resource Efficiency for Materials and Manufacturing (REforMM) feasibility study competition winners announced

Innovate UK has announced the 20 projects selected in the Resource Efficiency for Materials and Manufacturing (REforMM) feasibility study competition.

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Irish exporters urged to get ready for new UK import controls

  Irish exporters urged to get ready for new UK import controls

The Government has urged Irish exporters to take all steps necessary to prepare for new UK import controls set to

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UK food manufacturers missing out on R&D tax relief

  UK food manufacturers missing out on R&D tax relief

With the UK’s love of food and drink, it is no surprise that exciting innovations are always happening in the

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Airbus Helicopters in the UK and HVM Catapult announce strategic partnership

  Airbus Helicopters in the UK and HVM Catapult announce strategic partnership

Airbus Helicopters in the UK has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the High Value Manufacturing (HVM) Catapult –

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