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FANUC opens first dedicated Irish robotics facility


In response to increased demand from its Irish customer base, factory automation specialist FANUC will officially open the doors to its first ever dedicated facility in Ireland this October. “We are delighted to announce the opening of our first Irish facility,” said Tom Bouchier, Managing Director of FANUC UK and Ireland. “Not only does it demonstrate our long-term commitment to our growing customer base in the country, but it also enables us to support the government’s aim to place Ireland at the forefront of the Fourth Industrial Revolution by 2025.” Located in Maynooth, Co Kildare, the unveiling of the 500m2 training centre and showroom will be overseen by FANUC’s European President and CEO, Shinichi Tanzawa. There will also be a live demonstration of the recently released LR-10iA;


FANUC’s lightweight, strong and compact robot series. As well as this, the new showroom will be stocked with a range of robotics and automation solutions for demonstration, evaluation and test purposes, including the CRX cobot range. Located just 45 minutes from Dublin, the facility will be supported by a five-strong team of dedicated staff with the ability to provide local technical support and servicing, with a view to increasing this into double figures over the next two years. The site will also host in-house training for FANUC’s larger customers and scheduled courses catering for smaller groups; previously, Irish clients would have had to travel to Coventry in England. In addition, the company will continue to develop its strong ties with Ireland’s higher education network, including the Technical Universities.


XPO Logistics announces milestones in UK energy efficiency


XPO Logistics, the provider of freight transportation services, has announced significant progress in reducing the environmental impact of its operations in the UK and Ireland, according to Dr Nicholas Head, Environmental and Sustainability Lead in the region. The company, which helps move goods efficiently through supply


chains, now uses LED systems in 76 per cent of its network sites, and all new sites are equipped with smart controls to realise further energy savings. Light and motion sensors automatically dim the LED lighting when natural light is sufficient or workspaces are not in use. For the first eight months of 2022, sites that XPO converted to LED delivered a 75 per cent reduction in lighting energy cost and a 57 per cent reduction in energy usage, compared with the same period in 2021. This significant payback enables the company to recover its investments in LED lighting in 28 months, on average. Dan Myers, Managing Director, Transport – UK and Ireland at XPO


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Logistics, said: “The extreme summer temperatures this year have demonstrated the importance of moving sustainability actions forwards in our industry. We’re now at 100 per cent tier-one renewable energy for all our sites, and we expect that 100 per cent of the sites will be converted to LED lighting by the end of this year. We’re also adopting HVO biofuel more rapidly, and we’re working


on power microgeneration and reductions in raw materials. We know that it’s not just the size of our commitment, but also the speed of implementation that matters.”


www.irish-manufacturing.com For many of FANUC’s Irish customers and


partners, the Maynooth facility is accessible from most of the island in about three hours, making it the ideal location for FANUC’s Irish HQ. In addition, its launch coincides with the implementation of the Irish Government’s wider industrial strategy, ‘Ireland’s Industry 4.0 Strategy 2020-2025’, to help ensure the country is a competitive, innovation- driven manufacturing hub at the forefront of Industry 4.0 development and adoption. “The indicators are very strongly pointing


towards more investment in manufacturing equipment in Ireland,” added Mr Bouchier. “The country’s technologically advanced, efficient and competitive future manufacturing sector and its supply chain is one that FANUC Ireland will certainly be at heart of.”


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