Stay Informed on Corporate Sustainability

Author: Jed Nykolle Harme

Last year's Manufacturing Excellence Awards shortlist featured Grove Farm as a finalist for the HR Achievement Award, recognised for a people-first initiative that demonstrated how consistent execution of everyday practices can drive meaningful organisational change. Its Brilliant Basics programme highlighted the strategic value of aligning HR practices with core business objectives in Irish manufacturing.

Author: Jed Nykolle Harme

UK manufacturing faces a funding gap constraining capacity expansion. Targeted capital and policy alignment can unlock scalable production, with implications for Ireland’s manufacturing competitiveness and investment strategy.

Author: Jed Nykolle Harme

Tandem PV, a US-based solar manufacturing company in the green industry sector, has opened a California factory producing perovskite-silicon solar panels. The facility advances next-generation photovoltaic manufacturing at commercial scale.

Author: Jed Nykolle Harme

Conagra Brands, a US-based food manufacturing company in the green industry-adjacent manufacturing sector, is upgrading its Mexico plant to expand production capacity. The investment targets packaging efficiency and sustainable food processing operations growth.

Author: Jed Nykolle Harme

Cygnum, an Ireland-based timber frame manufacturer in the green construction sector, has expanded its Cork facility. The €8m investment increases housing output and strengthens Ireland’s construction manufacturing capacity.

Author: Jed Nykolle Harme

AIM Centre, an Ireland-based digital manufacturing and AI innovation hub in the manufacturing sector, is expanding into Galway. The move strengthens support for MedTech and life sciences firms through AI-driven industrial transformation initiatives.

Author: Jed Nykolle Harme

Kerry, an Ireland-based biotechnology manufacturing company in the food and dairy sector, has expanded its Carrigaline enzyme production facility. The site supports industrial-scale lactase enzyme output for global lactose-free and reduced-sugar dairy manufacturing markets.

Author: Jed Nykolle Harme

Last year's Manufacturing Excellence Awards shortlist featured B. Braun was a standout contender for the Supply Chain Achievement Award, bringing a digitally enabled, sustainability-driven approach that raised the bar for healthcare supply chain performance. Its real-time tracking initiative and CO2 monitoring programme demonstrated how digital transformation can deliver measurable operational and environmental gains across healthcare manufacturing.

Author: Jed Nykolle Harme

Irish manufacturing PMI hit 53.7 in March 2026, its highest since June 2025. Five months of rising output, a 44-month hiring high, and surging export orders signal a sector building durable strength through cost and supply chain pressure.

Author: Jed Nykolle Harme

South Korean automaker Kia will invest more than $600 million (€553m) in Nuevo León, Mexico, to expand production, advance electric vehicle manufacturing and implement sustainability infrastructure. The investment will create at least 300 direct jobs in its first phase.