OLED Material Manufacturing, PPG Announce Multi-Million-Euro Investment, up to 100 New Jobs in Shannon

Pictured at Government Buildings are (L-R) An Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar TD; Martin Shanahan, CEO, IDA Ireland; Austin McCabe, Director, OLED Material Manufacturing Limited; and Gerry Cahill, PPG Plant Manager, Shannon.  Photo: Maxwell Photography. SHANNON, Ireland – July 22, 2021 – Universal Display Corporation (Nasdaq: OLED) and PPG (NYSE: PPG) today announced that…

The primary considerations in any planned media campaign are knowing what exactly you want people to know about and who you need to reach with that message. That was the clear message participants on a recent Shannon Chamber media training webinar, delivered by Clare FM, were told. “Newsrooms are busy places; that’s why you need…

Shannon Chamber hosted its first-ever event with the University of Limerick (UL) via a virtual webinar at which the University’s interim President, Dr Kerstin Mey, gave an overview of the diversity of the College’s educational offering, its expansive linkages with industry, and the range and level of research being undertaken on-campus. As Shannon Chamber CEO…

Despite the limitations of COVID-19, eleven members of Shannon Chamber have been conferred with a CPD Diploma in High Performance Leadership by Dublin Technological University. The conferring took place virtually and was the first virtual conferring ceremony organised by Shannon Chamber Skillnet. The members were conferred after completing a rigorous period  of study that involved…

The late Dr Brendan O’Regan’s legacy to Co Clare lives on, not just through his connection with Shannon Airport and the Shannon Free Zone but in nearby Newmarket-on-Fergus, through Obair. Immersed is so many aspects of community life in South Clare, this social enterprise was set up in 1993 when Dr O’Regan encouraged a group…

Attendees at a recent Mid-West Lean Network webinar, which focused on utilising a strategic lean tool known as Value Stream Mapping (VSM), or information-flow mapping, learnt of its value in identifying gaps of strategic importance to a business. This message was delivered by Claude Costelloe, site Director of Zimmer Biomet’s Ireland manufacturing facilities and a Shannon Chamber…

Funding model described as innovative. TRSS model shows Chambers’ and IHF commitment to providing solution for aviation recovery. A business case, setting out the urgent need for a multi-annual, fully funded, regional air access recovery and growth action plan for the aviation sector, prepared by Shannon Chamber and the Irish Hotels Federation with the support…

Fresh from presenting her credentials to President Michael D. Higgins and taking up her position as Canadian Ambassador to Ireland, Ambassador Nancy Smyth officially opened a recent Shannon Chamber webinar focused on exploring new avenues for increasing the trade links between companies in the Shannon region and Canada, particularly in the industrial and manufacturing sectors….

Every product we touch in our everyday lives owes its genesis to an innovative idea conceived by an individual or team but what was that product’s route to commercialisation? This process of bringing an innovative product, process or idea to market was outlined in a recent webinar hosted by Shannon Chamber and organised in conjunction…