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24 May, 2011
Last Friday in Dublin, Ceramicx was honoured to be one of three manufacturers helping to launch the Irish Government's new centres in manufacturing and technology - the ICMR and the I2E2 research centre. Here below is an edited slice of Frank Wilson's address to Government ministers and assembled industrialists. Fuller highlights of Frank's presentation are available in the forthcoming issue of the Ceramicx HeatWorks magazine. Please contact Ceramicx directly for your free copy of HeatWorks magazine. Good morning Minister, Ladies and Gentlemen......... 
At Ceramicx we make a variety of infrared heating solutions for a great number of markets and applications; industrial and consumer. We turn over some 2 million Euros a year; provide employment for some 38 people directly – and rising – and we export 98% of our infrared heating systems and components to over 68 countries. Last year was a very big year in our 19 year history and this year we are building on those same gains. Together with a fresh push in research, engineering and innovation we expect to achieve the same growth or greater than 20%. We – and the new centres - now need to inspire a generation of business leaders and companies who are prepared to put their heart and soul into what they do – who are prepared to create value and wealth.Good manufacturing ideas – implemented by people who are skilled, focused and courageous create wealth. Taking opportunities creates wealth.
Our primary focus through the work of the Infrared Compentence Centre Development therefore remains the creation of prosperity and increase in jobs, sales and profit through the application of best industrial practive and optimum energy workand, into the bargain, help deliver a strong and stable economy.
We are perhaps gifted with foresight in that we have chosen two areas of engagement – two channels – that are high in opportunity and potential for Irish Industry and for Ireland. When it comes to our work on energy we are fortunate in that there is a lot to do in the world – and thanks to dwindling resources, soon and in short order. For all the talk most manufacturers throughout Ireland and indeed the world have yet to make a serious impact upon the issue. Attitude is all – and change is challenging. And when it comes to energy questions, most people and businesses – would rather focus on the negatives around the ‘how?’ rather than the why. Most feel defeated by the power of the utilities; the cost of machinery adaption; the cost of workplace awareness; the risk in innovation; the price of oil and the instability in world affairs. But we can change this attitude and many other things with good science and with examples of competence. Our second centre and area of focus lies in raising our manufacturing effectiveness in order to improve our order winning capability with more profit dropping to the bottom line. The good news is that much of Irish manufacturing is in fact already world class or on the way there – thanks in part to a lack of industrial baggage and the benefits of launching many things from a 20th Century green field site. These two centres will indeed equip Irish businesses to claw back and take gains from all the pre-emptive and efficiency improvement and low carbon actions that we can muster. All of us – small and big – can contribute and all of us can gain. We are accustomed to seeing the ‘Made In Ireland’ brand deliver in spades in a number of key areas – perhaps more in the consumer areas. 
We should plan and believe that our new centres can help carve out a reputation and performance that will deliver a great manufacturing brand for Ireland in the same way. “Made In Ireland” products are capable of showing the world what truly green credentials mean. Our Centres will help lead the way with applied science and with world-class business practices. Go raibh míle maith agaibh!
24 May, 2011
Last Friday in Dublin, Ceramicx was honoured to be one of three manufacturers helping to launch the Irish Government's new centres in manufacturing and technology - the ICMR and the I2E2 research centre. Here below is an edited slice of Frank Wilson's address to Government ministers and assembled industrialists. Fuller highlights of Frank's presentation are available in the forthcoming issue of the Ceramicx HeatWorks magazine. Please contact Ceramicx directly for your free copy of HeatWorks magazine. Good morning Minister, Ladies and Gentlemen......... At Ceramicx we make a variety of infrared heating solutions for a great number of markets and applications; industrial and consumer. We turn over some 2 million Euros a year; provide employment for some 38 people directly – and rising – and we export 98% of our infrared heating systems and components to over 68 countries. Last year was a very big year in our 19 year history and this year we are building on those same gains. Together with a fresh push in research, engineering and innovation we expect to achieve the same growth or greater than 20%. We – and the new centres - now need to inspire a generation of business leaders and companies who are prepared to put their heart and soul into what they do – who are prepared to create value and wealth.Good manufacturing ideas – implemented by people who are skilled, focused and courageous create wealth. Taking opportunities creates wealth.
Our primary focus through the work of the Infrared Compentence Centre Development therefore remains the creation of prosperity and increase in jobs, sales and profit through the application of best industrial practive and optimum energy workand, into the bargain, help deliver a strong and stable economy.
We are perhaps gifted with foresight in that we have chosen two areas of engagement – two channels – that are high in opportunity and potential for Irish Industry and for Ireland. When it comes to our work on energy we are fortunate in that there is a lot to do in the world – and thanks to dwindling resources, soon and in short order. For all the talk most manufacturers throughout Ireland and indeed the world have yet to make a serious impact upon the issue. Attitude is all – and change is challenging. And when it comes to energy questions, most people and businesses – would rather focus on the negatives around the ‘how?’ rather than the why. Most feel defeated by the power of the utilities; the cost of machinery adaption; the cost of workplace awareness; the risk in innovation; the price of oil and the instability in world affairs. But we can change this attitude and many other things with good science and with examples of competence. Our second centre and area of focus lies in raising our manufacturing effectiveness in order to improve our order winning capability with more profit dropping to the bottom line. The good news is that much of Irish manufacturing is in fact already world class or on the way there – thanks in part to a lack of industrial baggage and the benefits of launching many things from a 20th Century green field site. These two centres will indeed equip Irish businesses to claw back and take gains from all the pre-emptive and efficiency improvement and low carbon actions that we can muster. All of us – small and big – can contribute and all of us can gain. We are accustomed to seeing the ‘Made In Ireland’ brand deliver in spades in a number of key areas – perhaps more in the consumer areas. We should plan and believe that our new centres can help carve out a reputation and performance that will deliver a great manufacturing brand for Ireland in the same way. “Made In Ireland” products are capable of showing the world what truly green credentials mean. Our Centres will help lead the way with applied science and with world-class business practices. Go raibh míle maith agaibh!
