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…
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…
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.
In the last few months Smithstown Light Engineering have installed 2 multi axis machines: Mori Seiki NLX2500/700 and second NTX2000. Thanks to this investments we could increase our efficiency while keeping our highest market standards in quality and precision. Link to video here
With this extra floor capacity secured, SLE plan to invest a further €4m over the next three years on machinery at this facility and plan to create up to 25 jobs across several of our production departments. SLE’s expansion plans have been driven by strong growth in our business particularly in our contract manufacturing sector,…
Smithstown Light Engineering continue to invest in high end technology. This month we have added 2x Jung J630-D CNC surface grinders to our equipment list. The key features are: Manual / Hydraulic longitudinal stroke : 630[mm] Transversal stroke : 275[mm] Vertical Stroke : 360[mm] Table Dimensions : 600 x 250[mm] Max.load on Table : 150[kg]…
Smithstown Light Engineering Ltd. were delighted to be part of the Limerick for Engineering Showcase which took place on Tuesday May 2nd 2017. We demonstrated some complex medical products produced in our factory in Shannon using advanced technology including 3D design, multi axis milling and turning machines ended with high precision quality and inspection.
Two months ago Smithstown Light Engineering Ltd. have installed third Mikron 5 Axis Production cell, each cell comprised of 2 Mikron HSM 400U LP workcenters loaded robotically by a System 3R pallet loader. With a capacity of 96 pallets, the robotic pallet loader ensures that both machines are kept running 24/7. Thanks to that production…
Over the last 18 months Smithstown have installed two Mikron 5 Axis Production cells, each cell comprised of 2 Mikron HSM 400U LP workcenters loaded robotically by a System 3R pallet loader. With a capacity of 96 pallets, the robotic pallet loader ensures that both machines are kept running 24 hours a day and 7…
We’ve created a capabilities video to demonstrate the production efficiency offered by our Citizen L20E-IX. The L20E-IX is a state of the art Swiss Turning center that features 7 axis machining capability with up to 32 separate tools. Together with the Boss332r-E automatic bar feeder the lathe should offer our customers excellent capabilities for machining…
Due to continued growth in demand in our Turn/Milling service, Smithstown have invested in another MoriSeiki Turn/Mill Workcentre. Our continued investment in Turn/Milling machines has allowed us to offer highly competitive rates on a premium manufacturing service. The MoriSeiki NLX2500|700 comes with features such as a built in motorised turret, and thoroughly controlled thermal displacement….
Smithstown have just added our second Mikron 5 Axis Machining Cell to our production floor. Our first Mikron cell (on left in above picture), installed in March 2015, is configured with two Mikron 400ULP machines and is robotically loaded by a System 3R pallet loader. With a capacity of 96 pallets, the robotic pallet loader…
