The footprint of Precision Tool Group’s (PTG) Shannon operation, Hi Life Tools, may be different to when the company started life in Ireland as SPS in 1960 in a 100,000 sq. ft. factory at Shannon Free Zone but the same engineering and pioneering spirit as existed in the early days still resonates within the current…
Shannon Chamber is delighted to announce the appointment of new Chairs to two of its industry-led Forums – the Human Resources (HR) Forum and the Mid-West Lean Network. Chief People Officer with Shannon Engine Support (SES) Ltd., Caroline O’Brien, is the new Chair of the HR Forum and Gavin Sheehan, new technology quality engineer with…
Shannon Chamber has announced the appointment of Dr Wassim Derguech, co-founder and chief operating officer of Future Mobility Campus Ireland (FMCI), as the new Steering Group Chair of Shannon Chamber Skillnet. Dr Derguech succeeds outgoing Chair, Barry Lowe, engineering manager with Lufthansa Technik Turbine Shannon, who has chaired the Steering Group since 2020. Making the…
While the conversation over the past two years has been on the challenges that the pandemic has placed on the aviation sector, the easing of COVID-19 restrictions and the impact that this will have on people’s willingness to resume international travel, might result in a new conversation, the sector’s ambition to achieve net zero carbon…
Zimmer Biomet team members present a cheque to Brian Conlan, CEO of BUMBEance. Employees rowed and cycled the equivalent distance from Ireland to Beijing with funds benefitting BUMBLEance, the Children’s National Ambulance Service January, 2022 – As part of an innovative fundraiser, the Zimmer Biomet team in Galway and Shannon rowed and cycled the…
Shannon Chamber has welcomed the adoption of the Shannon Town Centre Masterplan by the Elected Members at the January meeting of Shannon Municipal District. Speaking following the announcement of its adoption, Chamber CEO Helen Downes said: “As the leading business representative organisation for the wider Shannon area, the Chamber has had a high level of…
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is the global trade association of airlines. Its 290 members comprise 83% of total air traffic. In a recent press statement, the organisation’s Director General Willie Walsh said that the emergence of the Omicron variant and the restrictions put in place by governments led to a sharp drop in…
2021 can best be described as a year when companies displayed a steadfast determination to overcome the continuing challenges that the pandemic places upon their businesses. Having striven to remain operational throughout the year, companies are, once again, forced to counteract the implications of staff absences linked to current Government protocols, particularly the requirement for…
Having delivered a series of six workshops to members of the Mid-West Lean Network in 2021, Shannon Chamber completed the year by inviting internationally renowned leadership coach, author, speaker and lean practitioner, Katie Anderson to virtually address members of the network and share her views on leadership. The event, which was supported by Enterprise…
Chambers of Commerce in the West and Mid-West – Ennis, Galway, Limerick, and Shannon – in collaboration with the Irish Hotels Federation (IHF), have welcomed confirmation by the Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Hildegarde Naughton T.D., that an allocation of €10.1 million has been confirmed for Shannon Airport under both the Covid-19…
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