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Mapping Ireland’s polymer technology industry

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Plastics Ireland represents the interests of the polymer industry in Ireland by promoting the sector, representing its interests, providing advice and facilitating collaboration between companies. Membership of Plastics Ireland includes plastics processors, suppliers of raw materials and equipment, and service providers. Plastics Ireland is a business association within Ibec, Ireland’s leading business representation group.

Processors

Injection moulding: The most widely used plastic process, producing high volumes from all polymers in every shape and size.

Blow moulding: Predominantly produces hollow products, such as bottles, drums and ducts.

Rotational moulding: Used for products with larger hollow sections, such as oil tanks.

Thermoforming: Products are formed by shaping flat sheets with heat and vacuum to form 3D parts such as shower trays, blister packs and car dashboards.

Tube extrusion: Polymer is extruded into a thin circular tube. Used in variety of medical devices including catheters and electrical cable wrapping.

Pipe extrusion: Polymer is extruded into a thick circular tube. Used predominantly in construction, drainage and packaging.

Film extrusion: Polymer is blown or cast into a thin film for products such as plastic bags, cling film, silage wrap and bin liners.

Sheet extrusion: Polymer is extruded into sheet, which can be used in signage and bathroom products, or thermoformed as described above.

Foam moulding: Foaming agent is added in the production process to give lighter products for insulation and packaging.

Non-woven/fibre: Fibres extruded from polymer are used for textiles and in the fashion industry. Non-woven fibres are found in upholstery and bedding products.

Suppliers

Raw materials: Any company involved in supplying raw materials into the polymer sector.

Tool and mould: Create and/or design tools and moulds for the polymer industry.

Machines and ancillaries: Suppliers of polymer processing equipment and ancillaries to the industry.

Compounds and pigments: Suppliers of polymer compounds and pigments to the industry.

Services

Design: Providers of polymer engineering solutions, prototyping, polymer conversions and part/product development solutions.

Other: Companies supplying services to the polymer industry, such as recycling, packaging and clean room validation.

Categories of company in the polymer industry

7,500The number of companies working together as Ibec for Irish Business

The polymer industry has an annual turnover of

€1.7bn

75%of sales in

the industry are exported

Each year the Irish polymer

industry pays out

€266min wages

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PIPE EXTRUSION

152 MFP Plastics Ltd | Dublin153 MSI Plastics Ltd | Dublin155 Pipelife Ireland Ltd | Cork160 Wavin Ireland Ltd | Dublin

SHEET EXTRUSION

162 Ardee Extrusions Ltd | Louth163 Athlone Extrusions Ltd | Westmeath135 Clondalkin Pharma & Healthcare | Dublin164 Creagh Medical | Galway165 Enplast | Longford166 Foamalite Ltd | Cavan167 Freefoam Plastics Ltd | Cork168 Gernord Ltd | Monaghan169 Holmac Ltd | Dublin150 MacFarlane Packaging | Wicklow170 Merenda Ltd | Leitrim153 MSI Plastics Ltd | Dublin171 Reilly Plastics | Meath142 SPG Packaging Systems Ltd

(Part of signode) | Kildare

ROTATIONAL MOULDING

172 JFC Manufacturing Co. Ltd | Galway173 Kingspan Group Ltd | Cavan174 Rotofab Ltd | Westmeath175 Sturdy Products Ltd | Wicklow176 Swan Plastics Ltd | Waterford177 Titan Environmental Ltd | Monaghan178 Total Plastic Solution Ltd | Kerry

THERMOFORMING

179 Alpha Plastics Ltd | Dublin13 APM Manufacturing & Display | Meath145 Baxter Healthcare (Castlebar) | Mayo126 Connabride Plastics Ltd | Cork32 Consort Case Company | Kilkenny39 D.C.P. Plastics | Cork180 Future Plastics | Kildare181 Nelipak Healthcare Packaging | Galway182 Profile Developments | Limerick97 PVC Fabrications Ltd | Cork

SuppliersMACHINES AND ANCILLARIES

183 J L Goor Ltd | Wicklow184 Modular Automation | Clare181 Nelipak Healthcare Packaging | Galway185 Sys-Pro Ltd | Limerick178 Total Plastic Solution Ltd | Kerry186 Tritech Precision Ltd | Dublin187 TSM Control Systems | Louth117 Verus Precision Ltd | Sligo

RAW MATERIAL

11 Allsop Europe Ltd | Waterford188 BASF Ireland Ltd | Cork189 Delta Q | Westmeath190 Distrupol Ireland Ltd | Dublin191 Irish Farm Film Producers Group | Dublin192 J L Goor Materials Ltd | Dublin193 National Chemical Company | Dublin194 Retech Processing Ltd | Cavan195 Roc Recycling Solutions Ltd | Laois196 Scott Bader Company Ltd | Meath130 Shabra Group | Monaghan197 Shabra Recycling | Monaghan198 TCL Plastics | Dublin199 Total Polymer Solutions | Dublin200 UltraPolymers | Dublin201 Univar Ireland Ltd | Dublin229 Zenith Adhesive Components | Westmeath

COMPOUNDS AND PIGMENTS

202 Baxter Healthcare (Deansgrange) | Dublin203 Baxter Healthcare (Sandyford) | Dublin204 Clariant Masterbatches Ireland Ltd | Kildare189 Delta Q | Westmeath205 Innovative Polymer Compounds – IPC | Westmeath206 MICAM Ltd | Cork207 Saint Gobain Performance

Plastics(Chemfab) | Clare

TOOL AND MOULD

6 Advant Medical | Galway208 Abbey Moulding Contractors | Limerick209 Abbey Rubber Mouldings Ltd | Waterford11 Allsop Europe Ltd | Waterford210 Alpha Precision | Sligo20 Avenue Mould Solutions Ltd | Sligo211 CL Precision Engineering Ltd | Roscommon212 Collins Engineering Ltd | Wicklow44 G&G Engineering Ltd | Mayo213 Galway Tool & Mould | Galway214 Global Green Composites | Meath51 Inmo Tech Ltd | Sligo52 Irish Micro-Mouldings Ltd | Galway56 Key Plastics | Wicklow73 Mergon International | Westmeath184 Modular Automation | Clare84 One Stop Engineering Solutions | Cork215 Rockwell Precision Engineering | Dublin216 Sligo Tool & Die Co. Ltd | Sligo217 Smithstown Light Engineering | Clare218 T & T Precision | Cork114 Trend Technologies Mullingar Ltd | Westmeath186 Tritech Precision Ltd | Dublin117 Verus Precision Ltd | Sligo159 VistaMed Ltd | Leitrim

ServicesDESIGN

209 Abbey Rubber Mouldings Ltd | Waterford5 Advanced Technical Concepts | Clare219 AIT (Research | Westmeath11 Allsop Europe Ltd | Waterford20 Avenue Mould Solutions Ltd | Sligo29 Cambus Medical | Galway43 Filtertek – An ITW Medical Company | Limerick44 G&G Engineering Ltd | Mayo220 Human Scale Ltd | Dublin51 Inmo Tech Ltd | Sligo52 Irish Micro-Mouldings Ltd | Galway56 Key Plastics | Wicklow73 Mergon International | Westmeath184 Modular Automation | Clare181 Nelipak Healthcare Packaging | Galway82 O’Flynn Plastics Ltd | Cork90 Prior PLM Medical | Leitrim96 Proxy Biomedical Ltd | Galway99 Shadow Creations Ltd | Dublin100 Smallwares Ltd | Louth102 Steripack Ltd | Offaly109 Thormac | Clare114 Trend Technologies Mullingar Ltd | Westmeath117 Verus Precision Ltd | Sligo159 VistaMed Ltd | Leitrim

OTHER

219 Athlone Institute of Technology (Research) | Westmeath

228 Boran | Kildare221 Bruss GMBH Dichtungstechnik | Sligo222 LC Packaging | Donegal43 Filtertek – An ITW Medical Company | Limerick191 Irish Farm Film Producers Group | Dublin223 Kayfoam Woolfson Ltd | Dublin150 MacFarlane Packaging | Wicklow138 Mima Films | Waterford181 Nelipak Healthcare Packaging | Galway194 Retech Processing Ltd | Cavan195 Roc Recycling Solutions Ltd | Laois130 Shabra Group | Monaghan197 Shabra Recycling | Monaghan102 Steripack Ltd | Offaly224 Taconic International Ltd | Westmeath225 ThermoSafe Brands Europe Ltd | Cork226 Wellman International Ltd | Cavan227 VitaBond Ltd | Westmeath229 Zenith Adhesive Components | Westmeath

NON-WOVENS/FIBRES

226 Wellman International Ltd | Cavan227 VitaBond Ltd | Westmeath

FOAM MOULDING

227 VitaBond Ltd | Westmeath

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTES

219 Athlone Institute of Technology (Research) | Westmeath

230 IT Sligo | Sligo231 First Polymer Training | Westmeath

While the coordinators have made every effort to ensure that the information in this map is accurate, we do apologise for any inconsistencies. Stakeholders who wish to amend map, please contact Plastics Ireland on 01 605 1562 or info@plasticsireland.ie. It is anticipated that updates will be supported on an ongoing basis and completely at the discretion of Plastics Ireland. © 2016, Plastics Ireland. Date of Publication: June 2016. E&OE.

ProcessorsINJECTION MOULDING

1 Abbott Sligo (Pharmaceuticals) | Sligo2 Abbott Donegal | Donegal3 Abbott Longford (Diagnostics) | Longford4 Aclare Plastics Ltd | Sligo5 Advanced Technical Concepts | Clare6 Advant Medical | Galway7 Advant Medical | Galway8 Aerogen Ireland Ltd | Galway9 AJ Plastic Components Ltd | Clare10 Allergan Pharmaceuticals Ltd | Mayo11 Allsop Europe Ltd | Waterford12 Alps Electric Ireland | Cork13 APM Manufacturing & Display | Meath14 Aptar Ballinasloe | Galway15 Ardtech Industries Ltd | Cork16 ArraVasc | Galway17 Arrotek Medical Ltd | Sligo18 Astrora Women’s Health | Westmeath19 Automatic Plastics Ltd | Wicklow20 Avenue Mould Solutions Ltd | Sligo21 Bantry Technical Products Ltd | Cork22 Bausch + Lomb Ireland | Waterford23 Becton Dickinson & Company (Drogheda) | Louth24 Becton Dickinson & Company

(Dun Laoghaire) | Dublin25 BorgWarner Tralee Ltd | Kerry26 Biancamed Ltd | Dublin27 Boston Scientific (Galway) | Galway28 Braun Oral B -Kildare | Carlow29 Cambus Medical | Galway30 Carl Zeiss Vision Ireland | Wexford31 Conductix Wampfler Ltd | Wicklow32 Consort Case Company | Kilkenny33 Contech Medical | Galway34 Cook Medical | Limerick35 Covidien Ireland (Galway) | Galway36 Creganna Medical Ltd | Galway37 CUBIS Industries Ltd | Roscommon38 Custom Components Moulding Ltd | Dublin39 D.C.P Plastics | Cork40 Dairymaster | Kerry41 EI Company Ltd | Clare42 Embankment Plastics Ltd | Wicklow43 Filtertek – An ITW Medical Company | Limerick44 G&G Engineering Ltd | Mayo45 Harmac Medical Products | Roscommon46 Hasbro- Ireland | Waterford47 Hewlett Packard Ltd | Kildare48 Hitachi-Koki Europe | Dublin49 Hollister Ltd | Dublin50 Inblex Plastics Ltd | Sligo51 Inmo Tech Ltd | Sligo52 Irish Micro-Mouldings Ltd | Galway53 JOH Holdings Ltd | Meath54 K Plastics Ltd | Sligo55 KCI Manufacturing | Dublin56 Key Plastics | Wicklow57 KHP Products Ltd | Kerry58 Kostal (Cork) Ireland GmbH & Co. | Cork59 KUM Ireland Ltd | Meath60 Lake Region Medical (Galway) | Galway61 Lisk Ireland Ltd | Galway62 Listal Ltd | Kerry63 Litec Moulding Ltd | Sligo64 Logstrup Ltd | Galway65 Mediplast | Carlow66 Medisize (PhilipsMedisize Ireland Ltd) | Donegal67 Covidien Medtronic (Tullamore) | Offaly68 Medtronic Athlone | Westmeath69 Medtronic Galway | Galway70 Melvin Plastics Ltd | Leitrim71 Merck Serono Ltd | Dublin72 Merck Millipore Ltd | Cork73 Mergon International | Westmeath74 MGS Mfg. Group, Ltd | Kildare75 Microbrush International Ltd | Waterford76 Mirror Controls International (MCI) | Leitrim77 Molex Ireland Shannon | Clare78 Moll Industries Ireland Ltd | Donegal79 Moulding Technology | Longford80 Nypro Healthcare Waterford | Waterford81 Nypro Healthcare Bray | Dublin82 O’Flynn Plastics Ltd | Cork83 Oglesby & Butler Ltd (Portasol) | Carlow84 One Stop Engineering Solutions | Cork85 One51 ES Plastics Ltd | Dublin86 Ophardt Ireland Ltd | Sligo87 Oral B Laboratories | Kildare88 Organic Lens Manufacturing | Clare89 Premier Plastics Ltd | Cork90 Prior PLM Medical | Leitrim

91 United Caps Ireland Ltd | Wicklow92 Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Ireland

Ltd (Newbridge) | Kildare93 Protech Performance Plastics | Cork94 Protek Medical, A Molex Company | Sligo95 Pro-Tek Medical, A Molex Company | Galway96 Proxy Biomedical Ltd | Galway97 PVC Fabrications Ltd | Cork98 RO-RA Motion Production Gmbh | Kerry99 Shadow Creations Ltd | Dublin100 Smallwares Ltd | Louth101 Stalcop Ireland Ltd | Cork102 Steripack Ltd | Offaly103 Stern Plastics Production GmbH | Cork104 Streamstown Moulding Co Ltd | Westmeath105 Tech Group Europe Ltd | Dublin106 Technicast | Clare107 Tente Ireland Ltd | Sligo120 The Hanger Company | Louth108 The sternplastic group | Cork109 Thormac | Clare110 Tool & Gauge Ltd | Sligo111 Tool & Plastic Industries Ltd | Longford112 TR Mouldings (Typerite) Ltd | Dublin113 Transitions tr Ltd | Galway114 Trend Technologies Mullingar Ltd | Westmeath115 Ultra Precision | Clare116 Vascular Solutions Zerusa | Galway117 Verus Precision Ltd | Sligo118 Vistakon Ireland Ltd | Limerick119 Vivasure Medical | Galway121 Weener Plastics Ltd | Limerick122 West Pharma (Waterford) | Waterford

BLOW MOULDING

9 AJ Plastic Components Ltd | Clare123 Boxmore Plastics Ltd | Cavan124 C.B.M. Plastics Ltd | Waterford126 Connabride Plastics Ltd | Cork42 Embankment Plastics Ltd | Wicklow127 Gem Plastics Ltd | Cavan50 Inblex Plastics Ltd | Sligo128 Limerick Blow Moulding Ltd | Clare68 Medtronic Athlone | Westmeath73 Mergon International | Westmeath129 Schutz Irl Ltd | Mayo130 Shabra Group | Monaghan131 Stryker Instruments | Cork132 Stryker Orthopaedics Ireland | Cork | Limerick

FILM EXTRUSION

228 Boran | Kildare 133 Boston Scientific Cork | Cork134 BPI Industrial Ireland | Dublin135 Clondalkin Pharma & Healthcare | Dublin33 Contech Medical | Galway136 Gnó Group | Dublin137 Silawrap | Wexford138 MIMA Films | Waterford139 Irish Custom Extruders Ltd | Dublin140 Metpro Ltd | Kerry141 Shabra Polymex | Monaghan142 SPG Packaging Systems Ltd

(Part of signode) | Kildare143 Teleflex Medical (Limerick) | Limerick

TUBE EXTRUSION

144 Abbott Vascular | Tipperary8 Aerogen Ireland Ltd | Galway15 Ardtech Industries Ltd | Cork16 ArraVasc | Galway21 Bantry Technical Products Ltd | Cork145 Baxter Healthcare(Castlebar) | Mayo146 Boston Scientific Ltd – Clonmel | Tipperary33 Contech Medical | Galway147 Cork Plastics Ltd | Cork148 Goodman Medical | Galway149 Kelpac Medical | Offaly60 Lake Region Medical (Galway) | Galway150 MacFarlane Packaging | Wicklow68 Medtronic Athlone | Westmeath151 Merit Medical Systems Inc | Galway154 Novostrat Ltd | Limerick131 Stryker Instruments | Cork132 Stryker Orthopaedics Ireland | Limerick156 TE Connectivity | Limerick157 Teleflex (Athlone) Medical Europe Ltd | Westmeath158 Vention Medical | Roscommon159 VistaMed Ltd | Leitrim161 Zeus Industrial Products | Donegal

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Mapping Ireland’s polymer technology industry

6,500people are employed in the polymer sector

€1.25bnannual value of Irish polymer exports

200+polymer companies in Ireland

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