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Full coverage: Manufacturing

Smurfit Kappa results: When inflation is high, better to be vertically integrated

Smurfit Kappa shares popped six per cent today as it unveiled its 2022 first-half results. It's a business that finds itself fairly well-suited to times of inflation.

Sean Keyes
27th Jul, 2022 - 3 min read

Nappy rash: An Irish company’s travails in the competitive global baby wipe market

Waterwipes is the number one baby wipe sold on Amazon in the US and Europe, but the Louth-based company behind the brand has found itself in a bit of a mess as decisions go against it in Europe and Britain.

Tom Lyons
7th Jul, 2022 - 5 min read

“A record year,” or “no longer in a position to pay”? Co-op locked in redundancy terms row

The mid-size dairy processor Arrabawn and Siptu took their dispute over exit pay to the Labour Court on the week the business reported strong results. The court has now made a recommendation.

Thomas Hubert
30th Jun, 2022 - 2 min read

Lasers, 3D printing, and an electric car: The ninth decade of an Irish inventor

Dublin-born billionaire engineer David McMurtry is working with the next generation – including an Irishwoman – on the future of all these things. In exclusive interviews, he and the executives leading Renishaw's latest projects talk past, present and future.

John Reynolds
30th Jun, 2022 - 15 min read

Having weathered patent battles, boardroom disputes and failed buyouts, Pat Alley is ready to turn plastic into wax

Entrepreneur Pat Alley has spent three years fighting on multiple fronts. Yet his enthusiasm for Trifol, a potentially game-changing business that turns end-of-life plastic into wax, remains undimmed.

Tom Lyons
25th May, 2022 - 9 min read

Bidders, redundancies, and reconfiguration: The battle to salvage an Irish magnesium manufacturing plant

Quoted Australian company Calix was set to acquire Co Louth firm Premier Periclase out of examinership. However, it has now pulled out due to spiralling gas prices and the only other bidder wants to reduce its 94 staff by 66%. What happens next?

Ian Kehoe
13th Apr, 2022 - 6 min read

Russia and Ireland: The state is developing contingency plans to nationalise Aughinish Alumina

The government has been looking at a number of options for Aughinish Alumina’s extraction plant in Limerick. One of those options involves nationalising the plant, a move designed to secure 400 jobs.

Ian Kehoe
7th Apr, 2022 - 2 min read

Stephen Kinsella: “Manufacturing in Ireland – back to the future”

Recent job losses at pharma and electronics companies grabbed the headlines, but what is really happening in Ireland's manufacturing sector?

Stephen Kinsella
31st Oct, 2019 - 4 min read
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