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…
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…
