Smithstown Light Engineering, a second-generation indigenous Irish firm, is marking five decades of manufacturing excellence and growth in Shannon since it was founded in 1974 by Brian King. Starting with a modest team of four skilled toolmakers, today, the company employs over 240 people at its two plants in Smithstown Industrial Estate, Shannon, and its…
During May, 22 of us from Smithstown Light Engineering took on the exhilarating challenge of climbing Mount Brandon as part of our charity initiative. As part of our 50th anniversary celebrations this year, we have set out to raise €20k for four incredible charities and social enterprises in Clare and Limerick – Children’s Ark University…
Introducing the Rollomatic 630 XW Grinder which has joined our busy grinding section at Smithstown Light Engineering. Rollomatic SA are Swiss manufacturers of high precisions cnc tool grinders and tool grinding centers / machines. Watch the Rollomatic 630 XW Grinder in action in our latest video The 6-axis precision tool grinder GrindSmart®630XW has been designed for high…
Smithstown Light Engineering is delighted to support and sponsor a team of six talented transition year students from Colaiste Mhuire, Ennis, as they rev up for the national finals of the F1 in Schools Ireland competition. To kick-start the collaboration, Colaiste Mhuire’s ‘Smooth Operators’ visited Smithstown Light Engineering’s head office in Shannon to gain engineering…
The grinding section at Smithstown Light Engineering is continually expanding. We’re delighted to have 3 x Tschudin Cube 350 with FANUC CRX-10iA/L in operation. Great work from the engineering team, in getting these into production over the last few months. Thanks also for the support from our partners, Tschudin AG, Advanced Grinding Solutions Ltd and…
Looking for a new career? As we continue to grow, we are looking forward to welcoming new members to join our team in 2024. We are looking for enthusiastic and energised individuals to support our growth plans in the following roles: * Surface Grinding and Polishing Operators * EDM & Wire EDM Specialists * Swiss…
The creative world of engineering came to life for Transition Year students from St Joseph’s Secondary School, Tulla, Co Clare and Gaelcholaiste Luimnigh during a visit to medical device manufacturer Smithstown Light Engineering, Shannon this week as part of STEPS Engineers Week. The students got to experience first hand how state-of-the-art Additive Manufacturing technologies and…
In two weeks time we look forward to welcoming transition year students from Gaelcholaiste Luimnigh and St Joseph’s Secondary School, Tulla, Co. Clare, to our facility in Shannon. Over the last two months they have been working on their own unique designs as part of our 3D printing programme. Now in its second year, this TY programme gives students…
We are truly up & running in 2023. Here are a few quick updates: 1. Our latest Makino U3 Heats will be delivered next week At the back end of 2022, the ONE IBIS cargo container ship, loaded with our Makino U3s on board, successfully sailed across the ocean from the Far East, through the…
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Townmore Construction’s Cleanroom Division to carry out the design and build of our new cGMP ISO8 cleanroom suite within our Site 2 facility in Shannon, Co. Clare. This latest phase in the development of our service portfolio will further support our global medical device client base with the ability to carry…
Smithstown’s Wire EDM experience stretches back over 35 years to 1987, with the then very new technology allowing Smithstown to produce forms in Dies and Mould Cavities to an accuracy that was previously unattainable. We quickly mastered the technology and the Wire EDM department grew to become a backbone within Smithtown’s Medical Device business. It…
Smithstown Light Engineering, long-time sponsors of Na Piarsaigh GAA Club, were delighted to welcome four senior Limerick hurlers along to their first ever open evening as the company embarked on a major recruitment drive. Will O’Donoghue, Mike and Peter Casey and Conor Boylan were given a tour of Smithstown Light Engineering’s 80,000sq ft advanced manufacturing…
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…
