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SL Controls Shortlisted for Two Limerick Chamber Awards

SL Controls has been shortlisted in the Best Employer and Best CSR Organisation categories at this year’s Limerick Chamber Awards. The Best Employer Award covers talent development and workplace wellness. It recognises companies that have set the highest standards in these areas and that have also demonstrated company-wide success. The Best CSR, or Contribution to …

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SL Controls Again Makes the List of the 50 Fast Growing Technology Companies in Ireland

This year, SL Controls has again been shortlisted in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Awards. It is an award for the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Ireland, as verified by Deloitte. Deloitte assesses and validates the accounts of the companies in the running for the awards, shortlisting the top 50 based on this assessment. …

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SL Controls Shortlisted for Sligo Chamber Skillnet Award for Our Commitment to Staff Training

SL Controls has been shortlisted for a Sligo Chamber Excellence Award. The award we are up for is the Sligo Chamber Skillnet Award. It recognises companies that invest in staff and demonstrate a commitment to upskilling and encouraging personal and professional development. At SL Controls, we call our talent development programme Pathways. It has enabled …

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SL Controls Competes in the Limerick Company Marathon Challenge 2019

SL Controls took part in the Company Marathon Relay Challenge in Limerick on Thursday last for the third time. The annual event takes place on National Fitness Day and promotes living a healthy and active lifestyle. The SL Controls team competed against 16 other companies with a base in Limerick including Johnson & Johnson, Stryker, …

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The Solution to Engineering Skills Shortages in High-Volume and Highly Regulated Manufacturing Facilities

Skills shortages are a hot topic in the engineering sector on a macro level, but on your factory floor the issue – and the potential solutions – are more nuanced and more immediate than getting more young people to consider a career in engineering. You might have a fixed-term project which requires specific knowledge, experience, …

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The Importance of Equipment Systems Integration to the Productivity, Efficiency, and Profitability of Your Facility

Manufacturing technologies, equipment, machines, and platforms are advancing at a rapid pace. You probably have machines and equipment on your production line that have delivered significant improvements to your business. However, most production lines operate with equipment that exists largely in isolation. Often, this is because of the evolutionary way that many manufacturing lines develop …

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Case Study: Upgrading Manufacturing Software and Equipment, Ensuring Compliance, and Systems Support

Upgrading servers and equipment in a manufacturing facility is a significant undertaking, particularly in regulated industries like pharmaceuticals and medical devices. At SL Controls, we have helped a range of different companies with projects like this. One example was a medical device company that had multiple servers and machines used in the manufacture of a …

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SL Controls-Supported Tech North West to Promote the ICT Sector in Sligo and Leitrim

Tech North West, a new alliance of companies in the ICT sector in the North West of Ireland, has officially launched. SL Controls is a proud supporter and member of Tech North West. The business grouping brings together ICT companies working in a range of industries. The aim is to promote Sligo, Leitrim, and the …

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SL Controls Staff “Challenge Yourself” Campaign to Promote Health and Wellbeing Across the Whole Team

At SL Controls, we believe a happy and healthy team improves the working environment for everyone. It also enhances performance and productivity. Therefore, we run regular campaigns to promote both physical and mental health and wellbeing. Those individual campaigns come under our two main health and wellbeing initiatives: Live Well at SL which promotes good …

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Listen: SL Controls MD Keith Moran Talking About the Tech Sector in Sligo Ahead of the Launch of Tech North West

Tech North West is an alliance of technology companies in Sligo and Leitrim. They have come together to promote the North West region of Ireland as a thriving and unique location for the ICT sector. SL Controls is a member of the group, which launches officially at an event in Sligo this week. Other companies …

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Case Study: Increasing Manufacturing Capacity by 50% and New Product Introduction with A Bespoke Factory Automation Solution

Delivering bespoke Factory Automation solutions is one of the main services we offer at SL Controls. The scope of these projects is wide and varied, depending on the requirements of our clients. One example is a client that wanted to add an auxiliary production line to increase manufacturing capacity in an existing facility. The scope …

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On the Radio: SL Controls’ MD Keith Moran Talks to Pat Kenny on the Benefits of Living and Working in Sligo

At SL Controls, we promote and highlight the benefits of living and working in Sligo at every opportunity we get. One of the latest was on The Pat Kenny Show on Newstalk. Our Managing Director, Keith Moran, joined other panellists to talk about why more and more people are moving to Sligo. Those reasons include …

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Case Study: Complying with New EU Medical Device Regulations on Unique Device Identifiers

SL Controls has worked on a range of projects over recent years helping clients in the medical device sector update their processes and production lines to comply with the new EU Medical Device Regulations (MDR). This new EU directive goes live in May 2020. One of the key requirements of the new EU MDR is …

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We’re recruiting Equipment Systems Designers, Project Managers & More…

Looking for Senior Engineering positions? Equipment Systems Designer, Senior Control Systems Engineers, and More… If you’re looking to take the next step in your engineering career, we could have the perfect position for you at SL Controls. SL Controls provides engineering consultancy services, controls system solutions, validation services, and automation services to the pharmaceutical and …

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VIDEO – How SL Controls’ Validation Services Can Help Your Business

At SL Controls, we offer expert Validation services to pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers. Our robust solutions will support your validation requirements across all lifecycle phases, from concept to retirement. We’ll assess all risks and ensure those risks are mitigated. Watch our new Validation Animation to find out more about how our Validation team can …

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Equipment Systems Designer at SL Controls – Advance Your Career with a New Challenge

Equipment Systems Designers are crucial in modern, high-volume manufacturing facilities. They have wide areas of responsibility with the ultimate aims of improving OEE, making production lines more efficient, and increasing productivity. The solutions Equipment Systems Designers develop also help to reduce waste, enhance management oversight of manufacturing operations, and make it possible for manufacturers to …

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SL Controls Limerick Office Donates €500 to Local Theatre Group for Important Initiative

Little Bigtop is a Tipperary-based theatre group involved in an important and unique initiative. That initiative involves running programmes for children with complex needs, helping to engage them with music, theatre, and multi-sensory play. The theatre group was a nominee in our recent Share the Love campaign. It went on to win the public vote, …

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LIT Open Day

We were delighted to attend the Limerick Institute of Technology Engineering open day on Saturday last. The event was aimed at leaving certificate students and their parents and showcased some of the local companies within the industry, alongside the engineering programmes available at LIT. It was a very enjoyable event and it was great to …

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SL Controls-Backed E-Cubers Initiative Promotes Career of Equipment Systems Engineer

The manufacturing sector is changing – we know this at SL Controls as we are at the forefront of helping manufacturers implement new technologies to increase productivity and drive efficiencies. This particularly applies in the pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing industries. The new technologies coming on-stream are creating a need for a new type of …

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