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NEWS 4 Irish manufacturing output expands at fastest rate in three years


5 Pharma sector fear cuts in Irish drug manufacturing on back of Trump policy


6 Manufacturing still drives Northern Ireland’s economy


COMMENT


8  ESG goals


10 Challenges for health and safety professionals ongoing as market uncertainties remain


FEATURES


Automation 14 designing a single IC


20 Kempston Controls makes ‘biggest move in a 


22  24 


Data Centres 26 Doubling data centre demand set to drive decentralised energy uptake


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Food & Beverage 34 


Storage Optimisation 36 Computer vision prevents errors in manual sorting processes


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