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# Manufacturing

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'Worst on record' job losses as over 40% of manufacturing firms cut staff
Some 41% of firms surveyed say they let workers go in April.
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May 1st 2020, 6:30 AM
From shoes to prosthetic arms, there is a growing appetite for personalisation in medtech
The Irish manufacturing industry is using new tech to develop ‘batch-of-one’ processing.
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Feb 13th 2020, 4:09 PM
'I fought hard for them': Trump hits out at Harley-Davidson over plans to move some production overseas
The company is seeking to avoid retaliatory European tariffs imposed last week.
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Jun 26th 2018, 8:21 AM
The owner of Jacob's has sealed a €100m deal to acquire the XXX Mints and Benecol brands
Valeo Foods will takeover Raisio’s six factories in the UK and Czech Republic.
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Dec 22nd 2017, 1:43 PM
A major packaging firm in Cavan was ordered to pay €8,000 in a racial discrimination case
Ballyconnell-based Boxmore Plastics failed to overturn a Workplace Relations Commission decision.
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Dec 22nd 2017, 6:00 AM
One of Mayo's biggest success stories has racked up a multimillion-euro profit
Portwest is led by Harry Hughes, who was recently named the EY Entrepreneur of the Year.
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Dec 21st 2017, 10:51 AM
A Dublin air conditioning maker has been snapped up by a Swedish industrial giant
Lindab has acquired AC Manufacturing, which has dozens of Irish workers.
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Dec 19th 2017, 10:57 AM
The company behind Cadbury has been told to give its Dublin workers a pay hike
Mondelez workers at the company’s Coolock factory briefly went on strike last year.
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Dec 17th 2017, 6:00 AM
French skincare brand Yves Rocher will shutter its Cork plant next year
Some 60 people are set to lose their jobs.
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Dec 11th 2017, 4:32 PM
French skincare brand Yves Rocher will shutter its Cork plant next year
Some 60 people are set to lose their jobs.
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Dec 11th 2017, 2:44 PM
'I got married at 23 and had to retire. At 40, I started a chocolate firm in my kitchen'
As part of our How My Business Works series, we profile Meath-based Lir Chocolates.
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Nov 11th 2017, 9:15 AM
'I got married at 23 and had to retire. At 40, I started a chocolate firm in my kitchen'
As part of our How My Business Works series, we profile Meath-based Lir Chocolates.
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Nov 9th 2017, 2:29 PM
'I got married at 23 and had to retire. At 40, I started a chocolate firm in my kitchen'
As part of our How My Business Works series, we profile Meath-based Lir Chocolates.
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Nov 8th 2017, 6:04 PM
A Kilkenny shower company has been snapped up in a massive €70m deal
UK firm Norcros is paying top dollar for Merlyn Industries.
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Nov 2nd 2017, 3:52 PM
A Kilkenny shower company has been snapped up in a massive €70m deal
UK firm Norcros is paying top dollar for Merlyn Industries.
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Nov 2nd 2017, 10:48 AM
'Being a parent grounded me and taught me some things are more important than work'
Industrial designer Brian Stephens took some lessons from Japan to his own consultancy in Ireland.
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Oct 30th 2017, 1:53 PM
The founder of the Dublin Whiskey Company is bringing an established Irish brewer to Inchicore
Rathcoole-based Rascals Brewery will move into the area next year.
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Oct 28th 2017, 2:01 PM
A German manufacturing giant is about to set up a 3D-printing lab in Tallaght
Henkel, which already employs 400 people in Ireland, will hire 40 more staff.
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Oct 23rd 2017, 10:40 AM
Made in Ireland: Behind the scenes as Keogh's goes from 'crop to crisp'
Tom Keogh shows us how the family-owned firm makes its products in north county Dublin.
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Oct 19th 2017, 3:16 PM
Made in Ireland: Behind the scenes as Keogh's goes from 'crop to crisp'
Tom Keogh shows us how the family-owned firm makes its products in north county Dublin.
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Oct 15th 2017, 6:01 PM
A Louth firm that wanted to rival Tesla's electric sports car is going under
Swift Composite Prototypes has been placed into liquidation.
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Oct 15th 2017, 8:15 AM
A Louth firm that wanted to rival Tesla's electric sports car is going under
Swift Composite Prototypes has been placed into liquidation.
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Oct 13th 2017, 9:15 AM
A Louth firm that wanted to rival Tesla's electric sports car is going under
Swift Composite Prototypes has been placed into liquidation.
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Oct 12th 2017, 8:12 PM
These Wexford brewers are making video games and comics to stand out in the craft beer rat race
As part of our weekly Startup Spotlight series we profile YellowBelly Beer.
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Oct 1st 2017, 5:00 PM
These Wexford brewers are making video games and comics to stand out in the craft beer race
As part of our weekly Startup Spotlight series we profile YellowBelly Beer.
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Sep 28th 2017, 1:35 PM
Made in Ireland: Behind the scenes at Dublin's newest cakes and snacks factory
Family-owned company Broderick’s has thrown open the doors of its brand new factory.
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Sep 28th 2017, 1:27 PM
Made in Ireland: Behind the scenes at Dublin's newest cakes and snacks factory
Family-owned company Broderick’s has thrown open the doors of its brand new factory.
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Sep 24th 2017, 4:02 PM
These Wexford brewers are making video games and comics to stand out in the craft beer rat race
As part of our weekly Startup Spotlight series we profile YellowBelly Beer.
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Sep 23rd 2017, 2:01 PM
'I wanted to make something Irish. What I ended up bottling was the smell of failure'
After leaving school to work as a labourer, Karl Murray found his way into the aromatherapy business.
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Sep 21st 2017, 4:20 PM
Why Ireland should welcome the robots coming to 'take' our jobs
The next industrial revolution will have a wide-reaching impact on the workforce.
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Sep 17th 2017, 1:00 PM
'I wanted to make something Irish. What I ended up bottling was the smell of failure'
After leaving school to work as a labourer, Karl Murray found his way into the aromatherapy business.
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Sep 15th 2017, 4:30 PM
Locals are trying to block a 'smelly' €60m Dairygold factory in their 'sleepy village'
The manufacturer wants to expand its facilities in east Cork after securing a major contract.
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Sep 9th 2017, 7:00 AM
The Cork distillery behind The Pogues whiskey delivered million-euro profits last year
Skibbereen-based West Cork Distillers has been expanding its capacity in the town.
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Sep 7th 2017, 5:00 PM
Locals are trying to block a 'smelly' €60m Dairygold factory in their 'sleepy village'
The manufacturer wants to expand its facilities in east Cork after securing a major contract.
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Sep 7th 2017, 3:17 PM
The Cork distillery behind The Pogues whiskey delivered million-euro profits last year
Skibbereen-based West Cork Distillers has been expanding its capacity in the town.
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Sep 4th 2017, 4:45 PM
Locals are trying to block a 'smelly' €60m Dairygold factory in their 'sleepy village'
The manufacturer wants to expand its facilities in east Cork after securing a major contract.
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Sep 1st 2017, 12:05 PM
'Slow, tortuous, difficult and costly': The tale of Galway Port's long-delayed expansion plans
The west of Ireland port first applied for development approval in 2014.
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Aug 27th 2017, 11:30 AM
'Slow, tortuous, difficult and costly': The tale of Galway Port's long-delayed expansion plans
The west of Ireland port first applied for development approval in 2014.
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Aug 24th 2017, 1:47 PM
'Slow, tortuous, difficult and costly': The tale of Galway Port's long-delayed expansion plans
The west of Ireland port first applied for development approval in 2014.
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Aug 20th 2017, 6:01 AM
It's not just housing - Dublin doesn't have enough warehouses
The property is needed to back the growth of Dublin Port.
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Aug 12th 2017, 8:15 AM
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