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Busy Start for New CEO

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...
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Gerard Henn with Aidan McNamara, Smithstown Light Engineering
Gerard Henn with Aidan McNamara, Smithstown Light Engineering

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Gerard Henn with Aidan McNamara, Smithstown Light Engineering

Busy Start for New CEO

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…

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Growth and expansion at Smithstown Light Engineering

We are Hiring!

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 &…

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NASA's DAVINCI+ Mission

Playing a part in NASA’s DAVINCI+ mission

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,…

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Business Focus Magazine article

Making it New – Business Focus Article

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.

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Trumpf 3D Printing at Smithstown Light Engineering

3D Printing with Trumpf TruPrint 2000

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…

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TAV Furnace

Take a Tour of Smithstown Additive Manufacturing

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…

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Carbon M2

First polymer 3D printer in Smithstown Light Engineering – Carbon M2

The M2 is Carbon’s highest resolution printer and is ideal for smaller parts with intricate features such as threading or internal channels. 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.

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DMG Mori magazine

Technology Excellence with DMG MORI

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…

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Electric Cars

Smarter Travel at Smithstown Light Engineering

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…

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Minister Pat Breen at Smithstown Light Engineering

€6M Investment Leads to Creation of 60 Jobs

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…

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Engineering-lit

Promoting Careers in Engineering

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)…

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Precision parts at Smithstown Light Engineering

Lean Project Builds Relationships, Improves Quality

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…

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Staff

Six Staff Celebrate 30 Years at Smithstown

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…

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Citizen CNC Sliding Head Lathes

Investment in Citizen L12 CNC Sliding Head Lathe with LFV Technology

The delivery of 24 x Citizen L12 CNC Sliding Head Lathes with LFV technology (coupled with IEMCA bar feeders) marks another exciting phase in our ongoing expansion and continuous investment in our capabilities. The L12 is the perfect solution for small diameter work with switchable guide bush and 15,000 rpm spindle and its LFV technology…

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Mori Seki NLX2500/700

Another 2 x Mori Seiki NLX2500/700 Mill/Turn machines added

Smithstown Light Engineering has just added our second and third Mori Seiki NLX2500 to our production floor. All our mill/turn machines are equipped with automatic Multifeed bar loaders. That’s another addition to our milling and turning department in the last few months.

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