Full coverage: Manufacturing

The Ardagh edifice was designed for interest rates a couple of percentage points lower than they are today.

Limerick manufacturing software start-up Mavarick was founded two years ago. Working with the €65 billion German car maker is a big breakthrough.

Yvonne Burke is chief financial officer of Glen Dimplex, the international giant founded by industrialist Martin Naughton. She doesn’t see herself as strictly a finance person and has been at the heart of many big global deals, she tells Tom Lyons.

Revenue and profits surged in 2022 at the Irish low-carbon cement manufacturer backed by Dermot Desmond and Bill Gates.

Oisin Hanrahan built and sold Handy and ran the Nasdaq-listed Angi. Now he’s back in start-up mode with Keychain and is trying to solve the outsourcing woes of brands and manufacturers.

Killeen Engineering Fabrication built, installed and maintained high-end gates to residential properties and it secured between 50% and 100% of the costs upfront. So, why has it collapsed into liquidation with the potential loss of 50 jobs?

The short term woes of pharma companies mask a sector that is performing well, and performing well for Ireland.

The Paris-listed Paragon ID manufacturer of passports, transport cards and smart retail tags is going private. The buy-out offer was launched from a low-key office suite in Sandyford.

Frank and Gráinne Wilson built Ceramicx from scratch to sales of €10 million in 31 years. Frank Wilson talks about the deal and what is next.

Storage and warehouses are second nature to the Moffett family. From a base in rural Monaghan, a third generation is eying a new global opportunity.