Pursuing its strategy of industrial and geographical diversification, the Acrotec Group strengthens its MedTech division by acquiring the Irish company Takumi. Develier (Switzerland), July 22, 2022. After the acquisition of Team-Metal in Singapore last April, the Acrotec Group is consolidating the strengthening of its international MedTech division with the purchase, concluded on July 19, of…
Legacy approach to funding Education & Training Boards (ETBs) to be simplified New funding models to enable more flexible spending and learner-driven delivery Streamlined “five pot” structure allows greater autonomy and flexibility Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD has announced plans for the movement to an outcome-based…
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar officially opened Future Mobility Campus Ireland (FMCI) in Shannon, County Clare, today (Friday, 15th July, 2022), Ireland’s first full-scale development centre and test-bed for mobility technologies. Based in Shannon, the facility focuses on technology research and development spanning ground and air uses. Investment of around €5.5m has been made in the state-of-the-art commercial campus…
The Insight SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics is one of the largest data analytics centres in Europe. Insight seeks to derive value from Big Data and provides innovative technology solutions for industry and society by enabling better decision-making. Most of Insight’s researchers are based across four lead institutions: DCU, UCC, UCD and NUI Galway. We also have researchers…
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD has today published the outcomes from Creating Our Future, a unique national brainstorm that received more than 18,000 ideas on how to create a better society. The diverse breadth of public submissions on where research should be focused ranged from ideas on…
Shannon Chamber is delighted to announce that it has once again joined forces with the University of Limerick’s Kemmy Business School (KBS) to offer a up to three applicants from Chamber member companies UL MBA Scholarships. The scholarships will cover one-third of each successful candidate’s fees for the two-year programme, which equates to a one-third…
Since setting up the Mid-West Lean Network in 2016, Shannon Chamber has witnessed a substantial increase in the deployment of lean principles in organisations throughout the Mid-West region. The network’s calendar of lean-focused workshops is heavily subscribed to and its annual conference, which will return this year after an absence of two years due to…
Shannon Chamber president Eoin Gavin, pictured here with CoMotion’s Emma Dobbyn, was delighted to trial the bike sponsored by Shannon Chamber. Photo by Arthur Ellis Shannon Chamber and Shannon Chamber Skillnet are delighted be involved in what is another first for Shannon – the launch of a new electric bike share scheme for Shannon…
[L-R] Paul Healy, Chief Executive, Skillnet Ireland and Brendan McGinty, Chairperson, Skillnet Ireland Skillnet Ireland has published its 2021 results, reporting an increase in its supports to Irish businesses and an investment of €60 million in upskilling programmes for companies and their workforces. Shannon Chamber, through operating a Skillnet network which delivered 216 training…
As Europe responds to the challenges of Brexit, COVID, and the war in Ukraine, specific fast-growing industries represent an excellent opportunity for Irish companies to break into European markets or to deepen and scale their presence in these markets. To highlight the benefits of the single market and deliver insights on four high-growth sectors (Life…
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