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When new code is added to an existing system, the software must be re-validated. This takes time so can be a costly exercise. In addition, code changes in themselves introduce risk, something which can be compounded with human error and accuracy issues. As a result, it is a complex process to validate software when code […]

SL Controls engineers are using their knowledge, experience, and personal spare time to help produce PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) for Irish healthcare workers. They are doing this as part of Engineers Ireland’s Covid-19 virtual factory crowdsourcing initiative. Using their own 3D printers, the engineers are printing reusable frames for protection visors.   They are manufactured […]

Adding scalability to your production line so you can increase output when you need to with no additional costs – this is one of the objectives you can achieve with factory automation technologies. We have direct experience in these types of projects. In the example in this case study, we delivered on this objective for […]

These are challenging and difficult times for everyone. Like other companies, we at SL Controls are following the advice of the authorities in order to help protect our employees, customers, and suppliers, as well as the community in general. Our employees are currently working from home. We have extensive experience with remote working, so have […]

Equipment systems integration solutions are becoming increasingly important in medical device and pharmaceutical production facilities. There are several reasons for this including changing regulatory requirements, the need to improve the service offered to patients/users, and the need to remain competitive by making efficiency savings and increasing productivity. These were some of the motivating factors for […]

A key event on the Irish engineering calendar takes place next week – Limerick for Engineering. As with previous years, SL Controls is involved, and we hope to see you there! Vinnie Boyd, Business Development Associate at SL Controls, said: “Limerick for Engineering is a showcase event highlighting the engineering career opportunities that exist in […]

Are you looking at options to advance your career in 2020? Are you looking to improve your work-life balance while also achieving your career objectives? At SL Controls, we have a number of vacancies across the country. These vacancies are the result of our continued growth and will help us deliver on the requirements of […]

On Friday 6 December we enjoyed a fabulous evening in the Clayton Hotel, Galway for our Christmas Party. Over 90 of us travelled to Galway for festive dinner and dancing until late. Here are some pics from the night.

Mechatronics masters’ students at the University of Limerick (UL) attended a boot camp last week. This wasn’t a boot camp that involved crawling through muck or running endless miles in the pouring rain, though. Instead, it was an Equipment Systems Engineering E-Cubers boot camp that was focused on the latest Smart Manufacturing and automation technologies. […]

On Friday last we supported Christmas Jumper Day in aid of MS Ireland. Employees in all our regional offices wore their best Christmas jumper to work and dug deep in their pockets to support MS Ireland. Thank you to all our staff for participating in this event and for raising vital funds for MS Ireland. […]

At SL Controls, we are delighted to announce that we are now proud sponsors of Sligo RFC. As part of our commitment and support for the rugby club, we have sponsored player Stephen Kerins.   The 23-year-old Sligo man is a former pupil of Summerhill College and plays at scrum-half for Sligo. He also went […]

Are you looking for a new challenge in your engineering career in 2020? Do you want to take your career to the next level to progress further towards your objectives? Do you want a better work-life balance while still doing a job you are passionate about with a fantastic salary and benefits package? If you […]

SL Controls won the Sligo Chamber Skillnet award at the Sligo Chamber Excellence Awards’ ceremony which took place on Friday evening. The Skillnet award recognises our achievements in upskilling and training our staff and our commitment to facilitating employee professional development. At SL Controls, we do this through our Pathways programme which makes it possible […]

The Sligo Chamber Awards take place this evening and SL Controls has been shortlisted. The award we are up for is the Sligo Chamber Skillnet Award which focuses on the training, upskilling, and staff professional development efforts of the shortlisted companies. The Sligo Chamber Awards ceremony takes place this evening at the Sligo Park Hotel. […]

The Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Awards took place in Dublin on Friday evening and SL Controls placed 42nd. The Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Awards is a prestigious annual event that brings together leading tech companies from across Ireland. The 50 fastest-growing companies are named on the list, ranked in order according to an assessment by […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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, […]

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, […]

The team at SL Controls took part in Ireland’s Biggest Coffee Morning for Hospice together with Bewley’s yesterday 19th September. Each year we ask staff to bring in baked or bought treats for this very worthy cause and we ask them to dig deep in their pockets and donate. The Hospice coffee morning has raised […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Once again this year, members of staff from SL Controls around the country took part in the Darkness Into Light walk in aid of Pieta House. The event, which is part of a global movement dedicated to ending suicide and supporting those who engage in self-harm, took place on Saturday, 11 May. It started at […]

The Green Ribbon Campaign is an annual initiative that aims to get people talking openly about mental health. It also highlights the challenges of dealing with the stigma that is too often associated with mental health issues. The campaign runs throughout May and SL Controls is proud to support it once again this year. We […]

The Sligo Engineering & Technology Expo 2019 is only a few days away now, and this year’s event looks like it’s going to be as fantastic as ever. SL Controls will have a stand at the Expo, and we’d love to see you there. If you are an engineering student or are thinking of pursuing […]

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 […]

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 […]

SL Controls is today taking part in National Workplace Wellbeing Day at all our office locations across Ireland. The aim of National Workplace Wellbeing Day is to focus on the wellbeing of workers and encourage everyone to exercise more and eat a better diet.   Some of the wellbeing initiatives SL Controls has been involved […]

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 […]

We had a fantastic evening at Shannon Airport yesterday for the very successful Limerick For Engineering showcase 2019. On our stand, we had a Factory IO Simulation which attracted a lot of attention from all visitors to our stand. We also had races between young people and our programmed Rubik’s Cube solver made from LEGO […]

As part of our new Environmental Awareness campaign, SL Controls has launched an Upcycle Challenge for our staff. The aim is to get everyone on the team thinking creatively about how they can reuse rather than throwing away. The Environmental Awareness campaign will run throughout March in all of SL Controls offices across the country. […]

With only one week to go, the countdown to Limerick for Engineering is on! Now in its fifth year, the engineering showcase will take place on Thursday 7 March from 5.30pm – 8.30pm. The event is FREE and is open to students, parents, guidance counsellors, teachers, and anyone interested in an Engineering Career. The location […]

SL Controls is using Valentine’s Day to encourage members of its team to Pay It Forward this week. This involves carrying out an act of kindness in the community or life in general. “We want to spread goodwill and kindness throughout SL Controls and into our wider communities,” said Emer Feeney.  “There are many types […]

SL Controls has been made aware of emails being sent to some of our customers from an unknown source.  The email is malicious and did not come from SL Controls. The email contains a fraudulent link to a form that asks the recipient to log into a portal using their email credentials. SL Controls advises […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

Many people use January to reboot their lifestyles, changing habits to live healthier. It’s a time to begin a new exercise regime or to alter diets, and SL Controls is getting into the spirit with a Healthy Scavenger Hunt for employees.   The Healthy Scavenger Hunt is a competition where the winning employee will receive […]

Share the Love is SL Controls initiative to support local causes, projects, and initiatives. We focus on the locations in Ireland where we have regional offices – Sligo, Galway, Limerick, and Dublin. Each quarter we select one office. Each person in that office can then nominate a local organisation or project to receive a donation […]

SL Controls has two initiatives for employees that promote healthy living: Live Well at SL focuses on good physical health including leading an active lifestyle and eating healthily Think Well at SL focuses on good mental health and breaking down barriers in relation to mental health issues in the workplace An important part of both […]

SL Controls has donated €500 to the Little Bigtop theatre in Limerick. The donation is part of our ongoing Share the Love campaign. The Share the Love campaign involves each of our regional offices nominating local causes they would like SL Controls to donate to. The nominees are shortlisted to three, with the shortlist then […]

The SL Controls Maynooth/Leinster team have presented a cheque for €500 to CMRF Crumlin. This is part of our Share the Love campaign.   We have been running Share the Love throughout 2018. The campaign involves each of our regional offices selecting local causes they would like the company to donate money to. In some […]

We had our Christmas Jumper Day today at SL Controls with staff in all our regional offices showing off their best festive pullovers. We had a prize for the best jumper but, most importantly, the event was to support the Simon Community. Thanks to all the staff who wore a Christmas jumper today and who […]

On Friday last about 90 of us travelled to the Clayton Hotel Sligo for our Christmas party. A great night was had by all with fabulous food and entertainment until late.

At SL Controls, we run regular Share the Love campaigns to support charities and good causes. Each campaign focuses on the region of one of our local offices. We have just launched our latest Share the Love campaign – in Limerick! You can see details of the shortlisted projects below. The winning project will receive […]

SL Controls attended the Sligo Chamber of Commerce President’s Ball on Saturday evening. It took place at the Radisson Blu Hotel and Spa and celebrated the Sligo economy and Sligo-based businesses. “It was a fantastic awards ceremony and everyone on the SL Controls team had a brilliant night,” said Keith Moran, Managing Director at SL […]

Keith Moran, SL Controls Managing Director, had the pleasure recently of awarding the Governing Body Medal to IT Sligo graduate, Gabor Stefcsik. SL Controls sponsored this award for students studying the Bachelor of Engineering in Mechatronics, Level 8 (On-line) course. Gabor won the medal as he achieved the highest grade in the programme. Gabor was […]

Each year, the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 annual awards programme ranks Ireland’s fastest growing technology companies. This year’s event took place in Dublin on Friday evening. SL Controls placed 30th on the list.   “Just being named among the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 is a huge achievement,” said Keith Moran, Managing Director of SL Controls. […]

SL Controls has been shortlisted for the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) award in the 2018 Limerick Chamber Regional Business Awards. The announcement was made this morning. The category we are shortlisted in is the Best CSR Contribution to the Region 2018. It is sponsored by Deloitte. Two other companies were also shortlisted for the BST […]

SL Controls has successfully completed the See Change programme. Our certification was presented to us by See Change CEO John Saunders earlier in the month.   We took the See Change pledge in February and have been working throughout the year to complete the six stages of the programme. See Change is an organisation that […]

At the end of this week, SL Controls engineer Paul Dillon will swap his computer screens for a gruelling obstacle course in the Obstacle Course Racing (OCR) World Championships. OCR is a sport that is growing in popularity at a huge rate. He will compete with athletes from more than 60 countries after qualifying at […]

If you’re a student or graduate at LIT or IT Sligo, we will be at a Careers Fair on your campus this week. Come see us – we’d love to have a chat. University careers fairs are a great place to meet potential employers and find opportunities in your chosen industry. At the SL Controls […]

As today is World Mental Health Day, SL Controls has launched a series of events to support the official campaign. The official campaign from the World Federation for Mental Health is Young People and Mental Health in a Changing World. The objective is to bring attention to the issues our youth and young adults face […]

SL Controls has been named on the shortlist of the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Awards. It is a leading awards programme in Ireland that celebrates innovation and entrepreneurship. This is the 19th year of the awards. The shortlist is determined by revenue growth over the last four years. Deloitte partner David Shanahan said the awards […]

SL Controls picked up two awards at the Sligo Business Awards on Friday night. We won the Best Corporate Social Responsibility Award, which was the category we were shortlisted in. We also won the big award of the night, the Best Overall Business Award. Keith Moran, SL Controls Managing Director, said: “We are delighted to […]

The annual Company Marathon Challenge took place in Limerick on Friday, with the team from SL Controls setting a new fastest time. We came sixth in the event overall, with a time of 2 hours 21 minutes, two minutes faster than last year. The Company Marathon Challenge is organised by Limerick Sports Partnership and takes […]

Are you an engineering student or a recent engineering graduate looking for an employment opportunity? We’d love to meet you, and this week is the perfect opportunity! We’ll have a stand at both the Graduate Careers Fair at GMIT (which is today, 1 October!) and the Graduate Jobs Fair at NUI Galway (which is tomorrow, […]

At SL Controls, we are always interested in speaking to up and coming engineering talent. This talent is the lifeblood of our industry and is crucial to not only our success, but the success of the country more generally. For this reason, we visit as many careers’ fairs across Ireland as possible, particularly in those […]

Watch the video to find out more about our shortlisting in the Innovator Excellence Award category of the 2018 Sligo Chamber of Commerce Excellence Awards.

SL Controls has been shortlisted for another award – the Best Corporate Social Responsibility Award at this year’s Sligo Business Awards. The award is sponsored by AbbVie. The judges shortlisted SL Controls for our Live Well at SL and Think Well at SL Programmes. The other companies shortlisted in the corporate responsibility category include Format.ie […]

The team at SL Controls took part in Ireland’s Biggest Coffee Morning for Hospice yesterday. We hosted coffee mornings in each of our regional offices, with staff members donating to the annual Hospice campaign. All the money raised at each office will be donated to the local hospice group. Ireland’s Biggest Coffee Morning for Hospice […]

SL Controls has donated €500 to the Galway Simon Community. We made the donation as part of our ongoing Share the Love campaign. Share the Love involves getting employees in each of our regional offices to nominate local causes in their area they think SL Controls should support. We focus on one regional office per […]

SL Controls has been shortlisted in the Innovator Excellence Award category at the Sligo Chamber of Commerce Excellence Awards. The shortlisting is based on the new suite of products we launched earlier in the year, TOTALline. TOTALline replaces manual manufacturing processes with automated, integrated, and highly efficient solutions. The products in the TOTALline range include […]