SMART MANUFACTURING
SMART MANUFACTURING
CENTRE OPENS
A community of practice where industry, researchers, and the general
public can learn about smart manufacturing and Industry 4.0 has
opened in Limerick.
Confirm, the worldleading
Science
Foundation Ireland
research centre in
Smart Manufacturing
hosted by University
of Limerick, has
launched a new
headquarters, a bespoke 1,619 m2 Digital
Manufacturing facility, located within
the University of Limerick Digital
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District. It has been supported by a
€3.1m investment by UL.
A virtual launch of the new facility
took place, attended by Director of
Confirm Professor Conor McCarthy, UL
President Professor Kerstin Mey, UL
Vice President for Research (VPR)
Professor Norelee Kennedy and
Professor Mark Ferguson, Director
General of Science Foundation Ireland
and Chief Scientific Adviser to the
Government of Ireland.
Minister for Further and Higher
Education, Research, Innovation and
Science, Simon Harris, TD, sent a video
message to congratulate Confirm on
opening the new facility.
Confirm is dedicated to fundamentally
transforming industry to a smart
manufacturing ecosystem by integrating
intelligence within products, machines,
production systems and supply chains.
As such, the Centre is focused on
delivering research excellence to inform
the future of manufacturing, while
underpinning industry through research,
talent and collaboration. Confirm
believes in creating a community of
practice where industry, researchers, and
the general public can learn about smart
manufacturing and industry 4.0.
Researcher network
Since it launched in October 2017,
Confirm has an extensive researcher
network that spans nine Irish Higher
Education Institutes led by University
of Limerick including the Tyndall
National Institute, University College
Cork, Cork Institute of Technology,
National University of Ireland Galway,
Athlone Institute of Technology,
Maynooth University, Limerick
Institute of Technology and the
Institute of Technology Tralee, along
with those in key international
institutions. To date, Confirm has
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