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November is a time for getting out the hats and gloves, taking down the Halloween decorations, and getting ready for the run-in to Christmas. For some of the men on the SL Controls team, it is also a time for growing a Mo – a moustache – as part of Movember. Movember is a campaign …
Growing a Mo for Men’s Health at SL Controls in Movember Read More »
1. Describe your job as if you were explaining it to a five-year-old. Imagine you have a really big, complicated system that helps people make important things, like medicine or toys. My job is to check and test the system and make sure it works and is safe, so it doesn’t break or make mistakes. …
1. What do you do at SL Controls? I am a Validation Engineer working on projects for large multinational pharmaceutical companies. My role involves creating and reviewing documentation for the validation of utilities and equipment, procuring and setting up Linux servers, and completing various tasks on different servers to ensure they are set up correctly …
Last week was Mental Wellbeing Week at SL Controls with a series of events and initiatives around the important issue of mental health in the workplace. This included an employee anchor day on Thursday 10 October, World Mental Health Day. Employees who were able to work from one of our offices enjoyed a pizza lunch …
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The SL Controls team has returned from the Ignition Community Conference 2024 where they got a better understanding of how the new release of Ignition scheduled for January will benefit our customers in the life sciences sector. Systems Architect Brian McLaughlin also participated in an integrator panel discussion covering the technologies and trends that are …
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It is just a few days to go now until Pharma MES 2024, and the SL Controls team will be there. Taking place this year in Berlin, Pharma MES 2024 is one of the most important events in Europe for pharmaceutical and biotechnology manufacturing. In addition to the focus on manufacturing execution systems, this year …
It is now less than two weeks until ICC 2024 – the Ignition Community Conference 2024 – and SL Controls is delighted to be attending. In-person places are sold out for this very popular event in the industrial automation calendar, but Systems Architect Brian McLaughlin will be there to represent Ignition Premier Integrator, SL Controls. …
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1. Describe your job as if you were explaining it to a five-year-old. I work with machines to help make them manufacture products in a factory smarter or faster. This normally means programming the machines to share their data and present it to an operator who can then make better decisions based on that information. …
1. Describe your job as if you were explaining it to a five-year-old. My job is similar to building a house. First, I speak to the house owners to get to know them and understand their requirements. From there, we agree on the price and the amount of time it will take to build it. …
Members of the SL Controls team got together recently in Athlone for our annual company outing. The day started with a puzzle solving challenge called Beat the Box organised by Orange Works. We had to work together as a team to identify the code which turned out to be our employee appreciation tagline: Celebrating Wins …
Celebrating Wins Together: SL Controls Company Outing 2024 Read More »
Promoting good physical and mental health is an important priority for SL Controls, and it never hurts to add in a bit of friendly competition. So, throughout the month of June, 30 members of the SL Controls team split into five teams to compete in our summer activity challenge. Participants could engage in any type …
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SL Controls engineers recently completed an engineering education programme with 5th-class primary school pupils at Youghalarra National School in Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland. SL Controls Systems Architect Volker Winhausen and Senior Validation Engineer Andrew Ryan took part in the programme which is run by STEAM. STEAM is an organisation that partners with industry to inspire …
Inspiring the Next Generation of Engineers in Tipperary Read More »
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is a central priority for SL Controls, so we took the opportunity last week on National Diversity and Inclusion Day to reinforce our commitment to making positive changes. This included launching company-wide unconscious bias training as well as our second DEI employee survey. The survey aims to capture the views …
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International Women in Engineering Day takes place this weekend, on Sunday. The theme for International Women in Engineering Day 2024 is Enhanced by Engineering, so the focus is on women who have enhanced by engineering “people’s everyday lives and are helping to build towards a brighter future”. SL Controls is an engineering company. The majority …
International Women in Engineering Day 2024 – Enhanced by Engineering Read More »
1. Describe your job as if you were explaining it to a five-year-old. I’ll describe my job as kind of like baking a cake. So, in order to bake a cake, a project manager would have to see how we get to the end goal, which is we want a cake, but in order to …
1. Describe your job as if you were explaining it to a five-year-old. I manage projects for various medical and life science clients. My role involves supporting commercial activities, understanding customer requirements, and building a project team and scope to deliver to those requirements. 2. What types of projects are you working on at the …
The 21st May is World Day for Cultural Diversity 2024, an initiative to highlight the richness of the world’s cultures and encourage intercultural dialogue. To celebrate, we asked the SL Controls team to share information and reflections about their country and culture. Watch the video now.
SL Controls has been certified as a Premier Integrator for Ignition, the digital transformation platform for industrial automation. Ignition by Inductive Automation features flexible and fully customisable SCADA and MES (manufacturing execution system) functionality with comprehensive integration capabilities. NNIT Group company SL Controls is one of only three Ignition Premier Integrators in Ireland and the …
SL Controls is marking Workplace Wellbeing Week 2024 with a number of initiatives and events, culminating in Workplace Wellbeing Day on Friday 26 April. Hosted by Ibec, the aim of Workplace Wellbeing Week/Day is to promote social, mental, and physical wellbeing in the workplace. We have initiatives and events taking place throughout the week: Mindful …
1. Describe your job as if you were explaining it to a five-year-old. I think probably the easiest way to describe what I do is I work closely with customers to provide solutions to their needs, such as improving their productivity, reducing their waste, and reducing their costs. 2. What are you working on at …
SL Controls engineers Derek Loughlin and Conor Davey will be speaking at the Northwest’s Robotics & Digitalisation Event this week. The event is open to companies who want to embrace and learn more about implementing digitalisation technologies. It will feature experts from the digitalisation field, including SL Controls. The Northwest’s Robotics and Digitalisation Event will …
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Two SL Controls Engineers, Andrew Ryan and Volker Winhausen, have started a new 10-week STEAM programme. They are teaching engineering principles to 5th class primary school pupils at Youghalarra National School in Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland. STEAM is an organisation that delivers programmes in partnership with industry to inspire children in STEM subjects – science, …
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Explore Engineering 2024 took place at Shannon Airport in Clare last week and the event was a huge success. The engineering showcase continues to go from strength to strength as young people and their families meet engineering companies in the region to explore the potential career opportunities that exist in the engineering sector. Deirdre Loughlin, …
Meeting Tomorrow’s Engineers at Explore Engineering 2024 Read More »
Today is International Women’s Day and the theme this year is Inspire Inclusion. It is a theme that we fully support here at SL Controls, and it is part of our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Policy. To mark International Women’s Day 2024 and this year’s theme, we spoke to some of SL Controls’ female employees …
International Women’s Day 2024: Inspiring Inclusion in Engineering Read More »
1. Describe your job as if you were explaining it to a five-year-old. I help machines and robots that make everyday items like your toys. I make sure the machines are running well, with no problems. 2. What types of projects are you working on at the moment? I’m working on a project implementing upgrades …
Each month, Inductive Automation publishes the top integrators of its leading industrial automation platform, Ignition. For the period January to February 2024, SL Controls is 13th on the leaderboard out of more than 1,600 currently certified Ignition integrators. SL Controls takes a customer-focused approach when recommending and selecting technology stacks, but the features, pricing structure, …
SL Controls Named as a Top 20 Ignition Integrator Worldwide Read More »
If you or someone close to you is considering a career in engineering, make sure you have 7 March 2024 in your diary. That is the date of the Explore Engineering Showcase in Limerick. SL Controls has been a proud supporter of Explore Engineering for several years and the team is looking forward to going …
SL Controls at Explore Engineering 2024 – We Hope to See You There Read More »
Two members of the SL Controls team, Chief Technology Officer Paul Clarke and Talent Acquisition & Onboarding Associate Aoife Burns, recently completed a 10-week STEAM teaching programme with a class of primary school children from Strandhill National School. STEAM is an organisation that partners with companies like SL Controls to deliver fun and interactive classes …
1. Describe your job as if you were explaining it to a five-year-old. In my role as a Systems Engineer, I harness cutting-edge technologies, including data, software, and hardware, and seamlessly incorporate them into an existing platform and system to increase efficiency. 2. What types of projects are you working on at the moment? I’m …
It has been a busy and interesting year for the SL Controls team as we welcomed new colleagues and got to know our existing colleagues better. Here are some of the stories we published throughout 2023 that give an insight into the people who make SL Controls the team and company it is. Embracing Equity …
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