Lean Principles Have Steered Takumi Precision Engineering in a New Direction

Pictured at the Mid-West Lean Network workshop in Takumi Precision Engineering (from left):Donal Galligan, operations manager, Colm Diggins, materials manager, Shane McMahon, engineering manager, Kevin McCarthy, manufacturing engineer and Gerry Reynolds, managing director, Takumi; Neil Enright, Molex and Mid-West Lean Network chair; Robert Hernan, Enterprise Ireland; Gene Leonard, LBS Partners; and Mike O’Neill, facilities manager, Takumi. …

Ireland’s favourite and first mass participation event at an airport, the Bank of Ireland Runway Night Run, at Shannon is set for take-off again this year, with Friday June 16th announced as the date for the hugely popular event. An estimated 2,000 participants of all grades and ages will gather for the fourth annual event…

Bust of Dr. Brendan O’Regan, visionary and economic innovator unveiled at Shannon Airport   A contribution to balanced regional development unrivalled in Ireland by any one person was marked this week on the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of Ireland’s greatest economic innovators, the late Dr. Brendan O’Regan.   The man essentially credited…

One in ten people in Ireland and many famous names worldwide have dyslexia yet they successfully carve out very successful careers. This is the message that Shannon Chamber, in conjunction with EmployAbility Clare and Limerick, wants to project at a dyslexia-focused event taking place in Shannon next Thursday, 25 May.   The focus of the…

  John O’Leary, head of e-Customs and director of Brexit planning with Revenue and Helen Downes, CEO, Shannon Chamber.     Describing Brexit as a daunting prospect with more unknowns than knowns at this point, Shannon Chamber’s guest speaker at a recent customs-focused event urged SMEs to start planning for the impact new customs controls…

What is Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs?   Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs is a pan-European mobility scheme for entrepreneurs, initiated by the European Commission in 2009. The programme aims to offer opportunities to aspiring or newly established entrepreneurs to go abroad within Europe to develop their entrepreneurial competences in running a small business with an experienced…