Sort by 
Ireland's top manufacturers prove people strategy drives manufacturing performance at Manufacturing Excellence Awards 2025
Last year's Manufacturing Excellence Awards exposed a pattern running through its strongest HR and team entries: manufacturers treating workforce strategy not as a support function but as a direct driver of operational performance and competitive advantage. This formula proves critical as manufacturers confront rising retention pressures, skills shortages, and the growing expectation that people development and production excellence must advance together rather than in parallel.
Tekever and Icomat scale UK drone manufacturing partnership
Portugal's Tekever has expanded its partnership with UK composites manufacturer Icomat to industrialise production of the AR5 autonomous aerial system. The NATO Innovation Fund-backed deal strengthens UK defence manufacturing capability across two sites.
Nestlé converts coffee waste into factory steam power
Nestlé UK's Tutbury coffee factory now generates 47% of its steam from spent coffee biomass, cutting landfill waste by 94% since 2024. The Swiss-owned Nescafé site uses 97.7% of coffee waste as fuel.
Kaymed upgrades Dublin foam production with £3m investment
Dublin foam and mattress manufacturer Kaymed has completed a £3m transformation programme, including a new automated foam production line at its Dublin plant. The investment strengthens manufacturing capacity across its Irish operations.
VectorBuilder and Lir target manufacturable gene therapy capsids
US biotech VectorBuilder has partnered with Ireland-based Lir Therapeutics to engineer AAV gene therapy capsids optimised for manufacturability. The collaboration combines VectorBuilder's GMP manufacturing capabilities with Lir's AI-driven capsid design platform.
UK Orders Turn: How the CBI’s August 2026 Rebound Creates Opportunity for Irish Manufacturers
The CBI’s August 2026 Industrial Trends Survey shows UK factory order books at their best since November 2024. Irish manufacturing leaders have clear reason to act on improving UK export demand conditions.
Freshways expands Dublin production with €45m Tesco deal
Dublin-based food manufacturer Freshways has signed a €45m, three-year supply deal with Tesco Ireland, creating 20 new jobs at its Finglas production site. The deal follows an €8m factory investment expanding manufacturing capacity.
Ireland's leading manufacturers reveal an integrated formula for operational and sustainable excellence at Manufacturing Excellence Awards 2025
Last year's Manufacturing Excellence Awards exposed a pattern that separates transformational manufacturers from operational maintainers: companies embedding innovation, sustainability, and supply chain intelligence as interconnected systems rather than isolated programmes. This formula proves critical as manufacturers confront tightening emissions targets, escalating regulatory scrutiny, and rising expectations from retail partners and global customers, challenges that redefine what competitive manufacturing performance actually looks like.
Manufacturer secures industrial unit at Derbyshire scheme
Henry Boot's Origin joint venture has pre-let a 53,800 sq ft unit at Markham Vale, Derbyshire, to a manufacturing business. It forms part of lettings totalling 404,100 sq ft secured across the UK.
VASO Global starts UK production of recycled glass panel
VASO Global is set to launch production of a world-first recycled structural composite panel at a new Dumfries, Scotland factory. The site has already created 15 jobs, with more planned as manufacturing scales.
Discover What's Happening
Explore our newsletters
Join our Newsletter to receive the latest industry trends, expert tips, and exclusive insights delivered straight to your inbox!
.png)
