Stay Informed on Corporate Sustainability

Author: Jed Nykolle Harme

Last year's Manufacturer of the Year – Medium Business category at the Manufacturing Excellence Awards 2025 brought together three standout Irish manufacturers competing for one of the programme's most competitive titles. The shortlist reflected the strength and ambition defining Ireland's mid-sized manufacturing sector.

Author: Jed Nykolle Harme

Predictive maintenance in UK manufacturing doubled from 9% to 22%, with skills shortages now 77% of all barriers. Irish manufacturers in medtech and engineering supply chains have a clear opportunity to lead the adoption curve.

Author: Jed Nykolle Harme

Vietnamese EV maker VinFast plans to sell its domestic manufacturing subsidiary for approximately $530 million (€488.6m) as part of a major restructuring. The deal shifts VinFast toward an asset-light model focused on product development, technology, and global sales.

Author: Jed Nykolle Harme

Japanese medical devices company Nissha Medical Technologies has broken ground on a new 50,000 sq ft micro moulding facility in New Richmond, Wisconsin. The expansion will double capacity across tool making, automation, and injection moulding upon completion in April 2027.

Author: Jed Nykolle Harme

Danish bakery manufacturer Bisca has acquired Drogheda-based East Coast Bakehouse in a €13 million deal. Manufacturing will continue at the Louth site as the company exits examinership and begins a new phase of international growth.

Author: Jed Nykolle Harme

Cork-based biopharmaceutical company Evumed has opened its European HQ at Cork Airport Business Park in a multi-million-euro investment. The move will create 30 high-value jobs across quality, regulatory, supply chain, and finance functions in 2026.

Author: Jed Nykolle Harme

British drinks giant Diageo has opened its €300 million carbon-neutral Littleconnell Brewery in Newbridge, Co. Kildare. The facility forms part of a €1 billion island of Ireland investment programme running from 2020 to 2029.

Author: Jed Nykolle Harme

The Manufacturing Excellence Awards 2025 brought together Ireland's leading manufacturers to recognise outstanding achievement in innovation, sustainability, and operational excellence. The gala ceremony celebrated the organisations setting the benchmark for Irish manufacturing last year.

Author: Jed Nykolle Harme

Irish manufacturing hit a four-year high PMI of 54.9 in April 2026, with six consecutive months of output growth, surging export orders, and hiring at a four-year high, even as input costs hit their steepest rise since September 2022.

Author: Jed Nykolle Harme

US pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly has committed an additional $4.5 billion (€4.1bn) across two Indiana manufacturing sites. The investment supports a new genetic medicine facility and a future API production site opening in 2027.