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Industry News
12 November 2015
Combilift breaks ground on €40mn
manufacturing facility
COMBILIFT Ltd, a supplier of four-way
forklifts and other materials handling
equipment to a wide variety of industry
sectors, has formally inaugurated the
construction process of its new €40mn,
46,000m² manufacturing facility and
global headquarters in Monaghan,
Ireland.
In the presence of local dignitaries
and Combilift’s workforce of 350,
managing director Martin McVicar and
technical director Robert Moffett turned
the first sod on the 40-hectare site
that will house a multi-function facility
including a dedicated R&D building,
purpose-built testing area and adjoining
administration offices. The facility is
larger than originally announced, and
the expansion will position Combilift to
double its current €150mn turnover by
2020.
The initial phase to level the site was
expected to last for ten weeks, and 200
personnel will be employed throughout
the construction period of 18 months.
A further 200 jobs are set to be created
in the next five years, mainly for skilled
technicians and design engineers.
Mr McVicar commented, “We are
delighted to break ground on our new
facility which shows our commitment to
manufacturing in Monaghan as well as
to the regional economy.”
Combilift is also a workplace partner
for the Assembly Technician Traineeship
course, which started this year at the
Monaghan Institute. This traineeship,
together with a recently approved
Apprenticeship for Original Equipment
Manufacturers (OEM) Technicians,
starting next year, will ensure the supply
of locally qualified personnel.
Combilift is best known for its wide
range of multi-directional forklifts, Aisle-
Master articulated trucks and material
handling solutions such as the Combilift
Straddle Carrier, designed to handle
large containers and over-sized loads.
Combilift Ltd – Ireland
Fax: +353 47 80501
Email:
Website:
Building work started in August
Elcometer launches
next generation Digital
Dewpoint Meter
ELCOMETER has announced its new,
next generation Elcometer 319 Digital
Dewpoint Meter – now compatible with
the ElcoMaster® mobile app, with both
Android™ and iOS mobile devices, for
instant report generation.
Available in two version – Model
S and Model T – the Elcometer 319
has been specifically designed to
measure and record all relevant
climatic parameters required to
determine whether conditions are
suitable for painting including: relative
humidity (RH%), surface temperature
(Ts), ambient air temperature (Ta),
dewpoint temperature (Td), delta T
(TΔ), dry bulb (Tdb) and wet bulb (Twb)
temperatures and specific humidity
(SH).
The new Elcometer 319 is fitted with
more robust temperature sensors which
are serialised and designed to enable
Elcometer authorised service centres
to re-certify gauges at their facility –
without delay.
Elcometer Ltd – UK
Fax: +44 161 371 6010
Email:
Website:
The Digital
Dewpoint Meter