Transition Year students from Gaelcholaiste Luimnigh explored the creative world of engineering through a 3D Printing programme organised by medical device manufacturer Smithstown Light Engineering, Shannon. Designed to give students a hands-on learning with cutting edge technology, the programme kicked-off as part of STEPS Engineers Week last March. Engineers from Smithstown Light Engineering visited Gaelcholaiste…
Our Plant & Facilities Manager Aidan McNamara recently completed a successful FAT (Factory Acceptance Test) on our latest furnace manufactured by TAV Italy. In early May, we will start installation and commissioning at our Site 2 facility in East Park, Shannon. The furnace will allow us to increase our heat treatment capacity & service scope,…
In March 2022, we paid our first formal visit to Smithstown Polska. It was fantastic to finally meet the whole team and acknowledge the amazing work completed in getting our new operation up and running over the last two hectic years. Our new base in Rzeszów, Poland will support & complement our main manufacturing base…
It’s been a busy start to 2022 for Smithtown Light Engineering. Here we see Aidan McNamara, Facilities & Maintenance Manager, taking new CEO, Gerard Henn, through the facility plans for 2022. Speaking about his appointment and start at the company, Gerard commented, “I’ve had a very busy introduction to Smithstown Light Engineering since last November…
With a busy start to 2022, we are now looking for enthusiastic and energised individuals to support our growth plans in the following roles: Manufacturing Operatives CNC Turning Specialist Swiss Lathe Turning Specialist supporting NPI 5 axis Milling Specialist EDM & Wire EDM Specialists Assembly Toolmaker Production Management/Supervision Leads Metrology Inspection Technicians Project Engineering &…
We’re delighted to play a small part in supporting NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration and AMU Engineering with the DAVINCI program. DAVINCI will send a meter-diameter probe to brave the high temperatures and pressures present in the atmosphere of Venus. Through late 2021, Smithstown Light Engineering provided very demanding & exceptionally tight toleranced components,…
In a recent article in Business Focus Magazine, Gerard King talks about how we’ve doubled in size in the last three years and how our quest for new technologies and techniques is separating us from the crowd. Read on to find out more.
With its small 55-µm laser beam diameter, the TruPrint 2000 provides a high-quality printing result which impresses with its surface quality and level of detail. It offers a build volume (cylinder) of 200 mm in diameter and a height of 200 mm. The full field multilaser with two 300-watt fibre lasers from Trumpf – which…
Watch our tour of Smithstown Additive We’re now working with our clients to design and develop components with advanced geometries that are lighter, stronger and more durable and are faster to produce than by conventional means. Following 3 years of research, planning and investment we are delighted we can provide an end-to-end solution from…
We are delighted to feature in DMG MORI’s customer magazine TECHNOLOGY EXCELLENCE. Our long standing relationship with DMG MORI prompted them to write about our continuous investment in equipment and manufacturing processes to meet our customers needs in the MedTech sector. Our diverse fleet of machines includes eleven DMG MORI turning and turnmilling centers, four…
Our aim is to take 4.5 metric tonnes of Co2, per car, off the road. By making these three electric cars available to staff we are promoting car-pooling, whilst giving all our staff the experience of 100% electric driving. Furthermore, from the end of March 2020, both of our facilities in Shannon will be powered…
Watch the video of the official opening Based in Smithstown Industrial Estate in Shannon, Smithstown Light Engineering is a second generation indigenous Irish firm employing 128 people. Having reached capacity at its original plant, the rapidly growing firm opened a second manufacturing site (10,000 sq ft) in August 2017 and hired 30 new employees to…
As an indigenous engineering firm in the mid-west, we are proud to be members of the Limerick for Engineering group – an industry led initiative which has support of the education and training providers in the region. The primary goal of Limerick for Engineering is to the increase the quality and quantity of engineering talent (apprentice, technicians and engineers)…
Smithstown’s history is in the manufacturer of high quality and precision custom-made injection moulds and low volume custom tooling. The company has expanded over the years and now specialises in the provision of precision engineering solutions to the top medical device and orthopedic companies in the world. This means manufacturing high-volume medical device components demanding…
Pat King, Corofin, Christy Farrell, Kilmurray, Tom Dwyer, Shannon, Kieran O’Reilly, Sixmilebridge, Mike Foley, Cratloe and Pat Sheehy, Hospital were recognised for their long service and commitment to our company at a special celebratory event. Gerard King, managing director at Smithstown Light Engineering, said, “We are delighted to recognise our colleagues who have been with…
