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A Preview of the Future at ICC 2024

A Preview of the Future at the Ignition Community Conference 2024

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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Meet the Team – Conor Davey

Meet the Team: Conor Davey

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. …

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Inspiring the Next Generation of Engineers in Tipperary

Inspiring the Next Generation of Engineers in Tipperary

SL Controls engineers recently completed an engineering education program 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 program which is run by STEAM. STEAM is an organization that partners with industry to inspire …

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Reinforcing Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Reinforcing Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

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 2024

International Women in Engineering Day 2024 – Enhanced by Engineering

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 …

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Annoucement SL Controls is Now a Premier Integrator for Ignition

SL Controls Achieves Premier Integrator Status for Digital Transformation Platform Ignition

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 customizable 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 …

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SL Controls Engineers Speaking at Northwest's Robotics and Digitalisation Event

SL Controls Speaking at Northwest’s Robotics and Digitalization Event

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 digitalization technologies. It will feature experts from the digitalization field, including SL Controls. The Northwest’s Robotics and Digitalisation Event will …

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SL Controls Engineers Start New Primary School Engineering Programme

SL Controls Engineers Start New Primary School Engineering Programme

Two SL Controls Engineers, Andrew Ryan and Volker Winhausen, have started a new 10-week STEAM program. They are teaching engineering principles to 5th class primary school pupils at Youghalarra National School in Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland. STEAM is an organization that delivers programs in partnership with industry to inspire children in STEM subjects – science, …

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Meeting Tomorrow's Engineers at Explore Engineering 2024

Meeting Tomorrow’s Engineers at Explore Engineering 2024

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, …

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International Women’s Day 2024 Inspiring Inclusion in Engineering

International Women’s Day 2024: Inspiring Inclusion in Engineering

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 …

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SL Controls Named Top 20 Ignition Integrators Worldwide

SL Controls Named as a Top 20 Ignition Integrator Worldwide

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, …

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International Men’s Day at SL Controls – Building Mental Resilience

International Men’s Day at SL Controls – Building Mental Resilience

At this time of the year, there is a lot of focus on men’s physical and mental health with the annual Movember campaign taking place throughout November and International Men’s Day this Sunday, the 19th. The theme for International Men’s Day 2023 is “Zero Male Suicide”, so we asked men on the SL Controls team …

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SL Controls Coffee Morning Raises Money for Children's Health Foundation

SL Controls Coffee Morning Raises Money for Children’s Health Foundation

The SL Controls team held a coffee morning on Halloween earlier this week to raise money for the Children’s Health Foundation. The Children’s Health Foundation supports sick children and their families in Children’s Health Ireland hospitals as well as the urgent care centres in Temple Street, Crumlin, Connolly, and Tallaght. Employees made their own donations …

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