GOVERNMENT INVESTS IN SCIENCE FOUNDATION IRELAND PROJECTS
The Government has revealed it is to invest €28.8m in research infrastructure including equipment and facilities for Science Foundation Ireland just a month after the Irish Government published its science strategy Innovation 2020. Investment for 21 projects to
support the progression of exemplary Irish science in areas include manufacturing, big data, wireless networks, natural resources, iIoT, geo-sciences, nanomaterials, marine renewable energy and animal and human health. CEO of SFI and the Government’s Chief Science Adviser Mark Ferguson
said that Ireland is increasingly becoming the location of choice for multinational companies to develop and test tomorrow’s technologies. “Ultimately, this is about providing Irish researchers in strategic areas with the tools to be world-leading.” The aim of the investment is for
the new infrastructure to ensure that Irish researchers continue to be internationally competitive with access to modern equipment and facilities that will enable them to be successful in securing future funding from leading companies and Europe, including Horizon 2020. “By investing in world-class R&D
infrastructure both at a regional and national level this will ensure that we can compete at the highest levels internationally and continue to turn more good ideas into good jobs,” says Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton TD. Among investments in the areas of
human health are a human motion analysis system to facilitate the development of personal sensing connected health technologies for patients and athletes, a biobank for 4m samples to facilitate the discovery of better treatments for mothers and babies and an early-life lab to monitor how the brain grows.
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KERRY GROUP REPORTS STRONG FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
Pre-tax profits have increased past the €600m (£470m) mark at food manufacturer Kerry Group after it enjoyed a “strong financial performance”. For the year to 31 December 2015 the County Kerry company reported revenue of €6.11bn (£4.78bn) compared to €5.76bn (£4.51bn) the year before. Pre-tax profit increased from €556m (£435m) to €603m (£471m). Kerry Group said it had benefited
from a strong financial performance coupled with solid business development in all core
areas and markets in 2015 despite it being a "challenging year". "While economic conditions
continued to improve in most regional developed markets consumer demand remained weak," it said in an update to the London Stock Exchange. "Developing markets overall
exhibited slower economic growth with many regional markets impacted by intensified geopolitical activity and significant currency movement. However, Kerry continued to achieve good volume
growth through its taste and nutrition technologies and systems in all regions. In a record year of acquisition
investment the group continued to consolidate Kerry's leading global infrastructure and expand its technology and market footprint for future growth." Toward the end of 2015 Kerry Group acquired three US companies for $735m (£476m/€646m): Red Arrow Products, Island Oasis and Biothera Wellmune.
www.kerrygroup.com
MOY PARK INVESTS £8M IN SKILLS INITIATIVES “As one of Europe's leading food
One of the largest companies in Northern Ireland Moy Park is investing £8m in a multi-year skills programme to support the growth of the company. The project which will be backed
by a £1.4m grant from Invest NI covers a suite of training and learning initiatives including leadership and management development and functional skills across the entire workforce.
companies we are committed to supporting our team members with outstanding training and development opportunities,” says HR director for Europe Mike Mullan. "People are at the heart of Moy
Park. As a values-led company we continue to make major investments in our industry leading agriculture and processing facilities and it is essential that we champion
Big data analytics projects include testing radio technologies for IoT such as a 400Gbps communications testbed and Low Frequency Array (I-LOFAR) for gathering radio images of astronomical objects using advanced image processing and data analytics techniques. In manufacturing, additive
manufacturing nanomaterial infrastructure for new 3D-printable materials such as 3D hip and knee implants and an advanced analysis facility for real-time direct observation of pharmaceutical process reactions will be invested in.
www.sfi.ie
PEOPLE NEWS
Toolholding, workholding and automation solutions provider Schunk has appointed Barry O'Connor to its sales team. Based near Dublin, the appointment will be a statement of intent from Schunk as it dedicates an engineer to Ireland to increase the company's market reach while enhancing the service and supply chain for existing customers. O'Connor has worked as a toolmaker and maintenance fitter prior to turning his expertise to machine tool sales and power tool sales. This addition will bolster the company's outstanding reputation for delivering product and application innovation for the manufacturing industry.
www.gb.schunk.com
and develop the capabilities of our people to take the business forward." Moy Park employs a workforce of about 12,000 worldwide of which 6,300 are based in Northern Ireland. The company recently topped
Insider's Manufacturing 100 list ahead of Glen Electric, Short Brothers, Caterpillar (NI) and Gortmullan.
www.moypark.com
CHERWELL INCREASES COMMITMENT TO IRISH MARKET
Cherwell has appointed Ritchie Mooney as sales specialist based in the Republic of Ireland. To further establish their commitment to the Irish market Cherwell supported and attended the Pharmig conference held on 18 May in Cork, Ireland. Prior to joining Cherwell Laboratories Mooney worked
for both manufacturers and distributors in the life science and associated industries for almost 20 years. During his time with Veltek Associates in particular, Ritchie acquired a good knowledge of environmental
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monitoring sampling and equipment along with fogging systems and sterile disposable products for cleaning and disinfection purposes. “I am excited to be joining Cherwell and I am really
looking forward to helping customers in Ireland with our Redipor Prepared Media in relation to various applications such as environmental monitoring, product sterility testing, operator validation and process validation,” comments Mooney.
www.cherwell-labs.co.uk
Industrial IT provider SolutionsPT has appointed a new technical manager for Ireland. Ken Molloy who joins from biopharmaceutical specialist ABEC where he held the role of applications engineer will work closely with system integrators across Ireland to educate them on the latest Wonderware and hardware technical developments. He joins with 15 years experience, primarily in the pharmaceutical and food and beverage sectors.
www.solutionspt.com
Tim Whittle is the new sales manager for Borger Ireland. Based in Belfast, Tim has extensive experience in Ireland with BM Heat Services, Pegler & Louden and Saint-Gobain Pipelines, working in business development and contracts roles. Throughout Ireland Tim will look to strengthen Borger’s market share of pumps and macerators in wastewater, industrial effluent, agriculture and anaerobic digestion (AD) applications in which it has built up a strong reputation for reliability as well as drastically reducing maintenance costs due to the designed-in MIP accessibility.
www.borger.com
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