GROWTH DRIVE FOR DUBLIN FREIGHT FIRM CELEBRATING 30 YEARS I
reland’s largest indigenous freight firm is driving towards future growth as it
celebrates 30 years in the logistics industry, after launching from a shared desk in a Dublin office. Award-winning Ace Express is creating new jobs to support the double- digit growth it aims to achieve in 2019, having grown its turnover by €2 million from €26.272 million in 2017 to €28.2 million in 2018. Ace Express, a family-run business based in
North County Dublin, is recruiting a business development manager and a number of sales executives to support its logistics services across road, sea and air in Ireland, the UK and Europe. It is the only freight company in Ireland to have won the prestigious Deloitte Best Managed Company Award for 10 consecutive years. Since 2004, the company’s success has been strengthened by its membership of the
Pall-Ex network – a strategic move that has enabled an expansion of its core business, importing and exporting from the UK. The company has sped ahead of its peers since it was established by managing director, Philip Tracey, in 1989, having grown from a two- man team into a workforce of 106 across 12 depots in Southern and Northern Ireland, with additional services in warehousing, customs clearance and bonded warehousing. Commercial director, Mark Tracey,
swapped a career in electronics engineering to join his brother’s company in 1994. Tracey comments: “We’re proud to be Ireland’s largest privately owned and operated freight distribution company and to be celebrating our 30th year, especially as we’ve come from such humble beginnings.
www.aceexpressgroup.com
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ESSENTRA COMPONENTS OPENS NEW DUBLIN OFFICE E
ssentra Components, leading global manufacturer and
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elcome to the February & March issue of Irish
Manufacturing. We’ve packed this issue with a focus on food & beverage, machine vision, drives, controls & motors plus some show previews that I hope you will find informative. Please get in touch via my details on the contents page if you are interested in featuring in our next issue! Rachel Tucker - Editor
supplier of essential components for electrical, mechanical and many other industries, recently opened a new sales office in Glasnevin Dublin. Run by a highly qualified local
team, the facility has been specifically established to serve the Irish market and is dedicated to meeting the increasing needs of local customers for fasteners, access hardware, caps, plugs, cable management, adhesives, sealants, tapes, bearings, power transmission products, clamps and workholding, cutting and
machining equipment, feet, castors and glides, furniture components, knobs/handles/grips, PCB/electronic components, pneumatic and hydraulic products, security seals, tooling and positioning components. The launch sees Essentra
Components’ entire UK range expand into the Irish market to fulfil growing customer needs. Driven by demand, this expansion means that orders placed by customers in Ireland by 5pm will be shipped the same day for next working day delivery. The new office and website will enable Essentra Components to be
managing director of Essentra Components, said: “The launch of Essentra Components’ services in Ireland marks a strategic milestone in our growth strategy, it emphasises both the existing and potential opportunity that the Irish market has to offer.
www.essentracomponents.com QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY BELFAST ADVANCED MANUFACTURING EXPERTISE ON SHOW AT CONFERENCE E
xpertise within Queen’s University Belfast’s Engineering and Physical
Science’s Faculty will continue to play a transformational role in driving innovation and efficiencies in the global advanced manufacturing sector. That was the message to visitors to the
Northern Ireland Manufacturing and Supply Chain Conference and Exhibition at the Titanic Exhibition Centre this week where the University displayed the work it has been undertaking with industry and the potential for further collaboration in the future. Experts from a number of Queen’s University centres such as Northern Ireland Technology
Centre; the Centre for Intelligent Autonomous Manufacturing Systems; the Polymer Processing Research Centre; the Northern Ireland Advanced Composites and Engineering Centre; the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre; the Institute for Global Food Security; and from Knowledge Transfer Partnerships were in attendance at the show, which included some of the biggest names in the manufacturing world. Professor Mark Price, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of
the Engineering and Physical Sciences Faculty, said: “Queen’s has played a big part in advancing technologies in the global manufacturing sector for many years, not just by supplying high
quality talent but by working closely with companies in Northern Ireland and around the world. It is great to be here at the centre of the conference to show the industry how able and willing we are to help them thrive.” Colm Higgins, Head of the Northern Ireland
Technology Centre at Queen’s, said: “We are proud to work with some of the most progressive manufacturing and engineering companies in the world and will continue to innovate in the work we do to give them a competitive edge. This conference is a great showcase for how we can help industry and also gives us a chance to showcase some of the supply companies we work with.”
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more agile and improve turnaround times to better serve the Irish market. This launch is part of Essentra Components’ “hassle free customer service,” which will make it easier for customers to place orders and meet demands. Scott Fawcett, divisional
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