Modular Automation, a leading supplier of automation solutions for MedTech multinationals today announced plans to create 100 new jobs by 2023, supported by Enterprise Ireland. The company also announced that it will expand its facility in Shannon, Co. Clare with the acquisition of 8 acres of land for future development and 60K sq. ft of…
Professor John Fitzgerald, Chair, Climate Change Advisory Council, keynote speaker at the Shannon Chamber President’s lunch with (from left): Margaret Murphy, Southern Region Waste Management Office; Helen Downes, CEO and Mary Considine, president, Shannon Chamber. Photo: Eamon Ward. “Real Christmas trees should be celebrated as part of our way of dealing with climate change…
Pictured at Dromoland Castle Hotel following their graduation with a Diploma in High-Performance Leadership (from left): Jonathan Clancy and John Talty, Mincon; Mary Anne Flavin, Laya Healthcare; John Mulleady, AIP Thermoform Packaging; Clair McNamara, Shannon Heritage; Fearghal Keane, PM Group; Siobhan Ryan, Cpl; Pat Purcell and Paula Atkinson, DB Schenker; Maurice Devlin, Oshima and Liam…
Gary Keegan, (centre), keynote speaker at the Mid-West Lean Network conference held in the University of Limerick pictured with (from left): Claude Costelloe, Zimmer Biomet and Network chair; Robert Hernan, senior lean advisor, Enterprise Ireland; Helen Downes, CEO, Shannon Chamber; and Damian Farrell, business communications consultant, Three. Photo: Eamon Ward. Two Shannon companies, Advanced…
Counting down to the Mid-West Lean Network Conference (from left): Kevin Thompstone, the Thompstone Group and director, Shannon Chamber; Gerry O’Connor, business development manager, IDA Ireland; Sinead Slattery, business marketing manager, Three; Helen Downes, CEO, Shannon Chamber and Gene Leonard, managing director, LBS Partners. Photo: Eamon Ward. Since its formation in late 2016 by…
Friday 1st November 2019 Heather Humphreys TD, Minister for Business Enterprise and Innovation today published the General Scheme of the Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019. A Review of Economic Migration Policy conducted at the Minister’s request last year indicated that while the current employment permits vacancy led system provides a robust basis…
22 October 2019 Minister Humphreys said: “I am bitterly disappointed by today’s news. My immediate thoughts are with the workers and their families at what is a very difficult time for them and for the wider Shannon area. I fully appreciate how important large-scale employers like this are to regional areas, which makes this…
Reacting to the news that Molex is to close its Shannon facility by the end of 2020, Shannon Chamber CEO Helen Downes said: “This is a very sad day for Shannon and for Shannon Chamber but most especially for the 500 employees at Molex, who have given dedicated service to the company since it first…
The board and CEO of Shannon Chamber has welcomed the announcement that its president, Mary Considine, has been appointed CEO of Shannon Group plc for a period of seven years. Chief executive Helen Downes, speaking on behalf of the board, said: “ Mary has been a board member of Shannon Chamber since November 2011…
In the three years since its initiation by Shannon Chamber, the Mid-West Lean Network has not only gone from strength to strength in terms of the number of companies that have joined the now industry-led network but it has been instrumental in encouraging the uptake of lean processes within companies. This fact was borne…
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