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080_SOUTH_EAST_LOGO_REVThe South-East region is a hub for members across all sectors of engineering and who are based in Carlow, Kilkenny, South Tipperary, Waterford and Wexford. It represents many sectors of the industry, including third level education, local authorities, local government, contractors, companies, researchers and many more. The region provides CPD and social networking events for engineers of all grades and disciplines.

 

Some of the events previously held by the South East region include:

  • Technical presentations on topics like oil spills, water and wastewater and design and development of medical devices
  • Social events like table quizzes
  • EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) update
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Implementation of standard work in a medical-device facility

  Author: Noel Hennessy, continuous improvement director, Lake Region Medical Lake Region Medical Limited (LRM) is an original development manufacturer of minimally invasive medical devices such as guide wires and other components to the medical device industry. Founded by Joseph Fleischhacker in 1947 and manufacturer of the first pacemaker leads, the company opened the Irish plant in New Ross, Co Wexford, in 1994 with an initial workforce of 15 to manufacture uncoat guide wires for ...

Sustainable energy: a bottom-up approach in a globalised world

  Author: Paul Kenny BEC Eng MIEI, CEO of the Tipperary Energy Agency Our energy supplies are entering a period of significant transition. They are moving from a situation where using cheap fossil fuels was acceptable and climate change and energy security was not a concern, to a future that will include a large portion of renewable energy sources. Governments are taking significant steps to shift from wasteful, carbon-based energy systems to ones that are renewable and efficient. This ...
Irish job prospects from renewable and sustainable energy technologies

Irish job prospects from renewable and sustainable energy technologies

Authors: Vincent Carragher, PJ McLoughlin and Paul Kenny, Tipperary Energy Agency A precise understanding on wider benefits arising from renewable and sustainable energy is important for decision makers whether European, national, regional or local. One of these benefits is most certainly job creation. Prior to this review, it has been concluded that the literature carries a mix of methods, conversions and metrics in relation to job creation by such technologies. Poor definition ...

Benefits of outsourcing analytical quality-control solutions

Benefits of outsourcing analytical quality-control solutions

  In recent years, the impact of the global economy, emerging lower-cost market players, patent cliffs and post-merger rationalisation have heightened the need for increasingly flexible operating models within biopharmaceutical commercialisation and supply-chain activities. Representatives of the global industry in Ireland have led the way in terms of reform and functional flexibility as they compete with their global counterparts for a long-term role in corporate strategy. With its ...
Preparation for a career as a process engineer

Preparation for a career as a process engineer

  Author: Orlaith Crowther, fourth-year student of chemical and biopharmaceutical engineering, Cork Institute of Technology I am currently in my final year of chemical and biopharmaceutical engineering in the Cork Institute of Technology. My third-year internship was with MSD (Merck in the USA), which is based in Ballydine in Tipperary, from April to August of this year. Ballydine was one of MSD's first Irish sites. Set up in 1976, it was originally used for bulk API (active ...
Keenan expands into China with cattle feeding systems

Keenan expands into China with cattle feeding systems

As the recession rumbles on, few companies could be blamed for focusing on the consolidation of their business and shelving any plans for expansion. Irish agri-engineering firm Richard Keenan & Co, however, is not one for pulling in its horns. The company is entering the Chinese market on foot of a deal signed with a Chinese partner, Shanghai Yanhua Biotech, which will bring Keenan’s feeder wagons to farms in China – a country that is at a key stage in its accelerated transition from ...
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South East Region 50th Anniversary at City Hall, Waterford

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