Electric.ie March/April 2018 Editon

ELECTRIC.IE • The Magazine & Website for the Irish Electrical Industry • 17 Industry News National Manufacturing & Supply Chain Conference & Exhibition ർ This annual event was held at the Convention Centre at Citywest on January 30th. Several EMDA members exhibited at the event. T he event brought together over 2,000 key Senior Management, Technical Executives, Engineers, key stakeholders & University Graduates from the Food, Pharmaceutical, Life Sciences, Medical, Chemical and Electronics Manufacturing and Supply Chain Sectors from Ireland and overseas. Keynote presentations were made by leading manufacturers including Ƥœ‡”ǡ ”‹•–‘Ž ‡›‡”•ǡ ‹ƒ‰‡‘ǡ Glanbia, Lake Region, Boston …‹‡–‹Ƥ…ǡ ǡ ‡””› ”‘—’ǡ •–‡ŽŽƒ• and Entreprise Ireland. This year, a key feature at the event was a was a †‡†‹…ƒ–‡† ‘„• ƒ† ‹ŽŽ• š’‘Ǥ EMDA member, RS Ireland was a silver tier sponsor of the event. "We felt it was very successful, a great opportunity to meet with existing customers and have some interesting conversations with new companies" said Alistair Quaye of RS Ireland. Other EMDA members exhibiting at the event include Mitsubishi Electric, RFE, Rittal Ireland, ATC Controls, RS Ireland and Demesne Electrical. Members generally felt it was very well attended and was a good opportunity to speak to attendees from across ƒ› †‹ơ‡”‡– ‹†—•–”‹‡•Ǥ Patrick Clifford and Paul McGarry of Rittal Ireland Garvan Jones, Sean Graham of Demesne Electrical chatting to a customer CUSTOM BUILT TRANSFORMERS ‡ &XVWRP EXLOW WR FXVWRPHU¶V H[DFW VSHFLILFDWLRQV and requirements (from 25VA to 500kVA) ‡ 6LQJOH SKDVH DQG WKUHH SKDVH RSWLRQV ‡ ,QVXODWLRQ &ODVV ( ) RU + ‡ )XOO UDQJH RI ,3 WR ,3 HQFORVXUHV RQ UHTXHVW ‡ 'HVLJQHG WR (1 (1 ‡ +LJKO\ UHOLDEOH DQG YHU\ FRPSHWLWLYHO\ SULFHG ‡ VWRFN WUDQVIRUPHUV DOVR DYDLODEOH Willow Energy Solutions 7RP WRP#ZLOORZ HQHUJ\ 6KDQH VKDQH#ZLOORZ HQHUJ\ Sole Ireland distributor for Eastern Transformers & Equipment RS Ireland Innovation Vehicle John Hunter of Axelent, Ian Checkley and Antoinette Fennessy of RFE, David Smith of IRISS and Stephen Fox of RFE Fred Streete, Hazel Mulryan and Alistair Quaye of RS Ireland