asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce the name, location, and main products of, and number employed in the eighty-three industrial undertakings that have started operations in the past two years.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Industrial Undertakings and Factories.
The names of the eighty-three industrial undertakings which came to notice as having commenced production in the period from the 1st July, 1958, to the 30th June, 1960, together with their locations and the main products, are set out in a tabular statement which I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to have circulated with the Official Report.
It would not be appropriate for me to give individual employment figures in respect of private commercial firms.
Following is the statement:
NEW Industrial Concerns which came to notice as having commenced production in the period 1st July, 1958 to 30th June, 1960.
Name of Firm |
Location |
Main Products |
Cold Rolling Mills of Ireland Ltd. |
Carlow |
Steel strip. |
Belco Plastics Ltd. |
Carlow |
Plastic clothes pegs. |
M/s. Richard Nelson & Co. |
Ennis |
Handkerchiefs and other articles of lace, linen and cotton. |
Gallaher Bros. |
Killybegs |
Frozen fish fillets. |
Jay Mac Importers Ltd. |
Dublin |
Assembly of ball point pens. |
Expandite (Ireland) Ltd. |
Dublin |
Joining and Sealing preparations for the construction industry. |
Brent Chemical Products (I) Ltd. |
Dublin |
Degreasants and metal working chemicals. |
Maurice D.Curwen (I) Ltd. |
Dublin |
Metallic Naphtanate. |
Metal Spinners Ltd. |
Dublin |
Aluminium hollow-ware and electric kettles. |
Geepacks, Ltd. |
Dublin |
Conversion of transparent packa ging materials (polythene and cellulose). |
Patrick Monahan & Co. Ltd. |
Dublin |
Watches (assembly) |
Accurate Recording Instrument Co. (I) Ltd. |
Dublin. |
Industrial Recording Instruments (assembly). |
Wavin Pipes Ltd. |
Dublin |
P.V.C. Piping. |
John Bruton & Sons Ltd. |
Tuam |
Cotton and rayon weaving. |
Irish Wire Wool |
Roscrea |
Steel wool. |
Tailteann Textiles |
Mullingar |
Plain and fancy hosiery. |
New Ross Rubber Co. Ltd. |
New Ross |
Moulded rubber electrical acces sories |
Blessington Handweavers |
Blessington |
Handwoven tweeds, rugs and scarves. |
Industrial Yarns, Ltd. |
Bray |
(i) Tyre cord fabric; (ii) nylon throwing. |
Cape Asbestos (Ireland) Ltd. |
Limerick |
Moulded brake and clutch liners for motor vehicles. |
Research and Production Ltd. |
Dublin |
Four-speed record players. |
Master Zip Fasteners Ltd. |
Dublin |
Zip fasteners. |
Frank Bonser & Co. Ltd. |
Dundalk |
Rotary cultiva ors. |
Duffner Bros. |
Dundalk |
Watch assembly. |
William Harney & Co. Ltd. |
Dublin |
Watch assembly. |
Warren Business Forms Ltd. |
Dublin |
Continuous stationery. |
John Mulligan |
Ballyshannon |
Mineral waters. |
Red Rose Products |
Dublin |
Ladies Powder Compacts. |
Precision Instruments |
Dublin |
Fuel injection pumps. |
Hans F.E. Soese |
Dublin |
Gas lighters (assembly). |
Abbey Products Ltd. |
Clones |
Concrete floor tiles. |
Youghal Pottery |
Youghal |
Pottery ware. |
Hallmark (Ireland) Ltd. |
Dublin |
Greeting cards. |
Tralee Fashion Knitwear Ltd. |
Tralee |
Fancy hosiery. |
Liebherr (Ireland) Ltd. |
Killarney |
Cranes. |
Irish Refining Co. Ltd. |
Whitegate, Co. Cork |
Petrol and fuel oils. |
Magnus Organ Manufacturing Co. Ltd. |
Dublin |
Electric organs. |
Whispies (I.) Ltd. |
Edenderry |
Ladies' light shoes. |
Kennealy (Sales) Ltd. |
Dublin |
Cutting and shaping of tufted carpets. |
Lyte Aluminium Co. Ltd. |
Howth |
Aluminium ladders. |
Technical Equipment Co. Ltd. |
Dublin |
Brass castings including door and window fittings. |
Irish Electronics Ltd. |
Bray, Co. Wicklow |
Electron guns for television cathode ray tubes. |
Mr. J. O'Brien |
Broadstone, Dublin |
Roller conveyor systems for factories etc. |
Cosmacs Ltd. |
Limerick |
Ecclesiastical ware in gold and silver. |
Leaf Ltd. |
Kilcock |
Ball gum. |
Kinsale Cannors Ltd. |
Kinsale |
Canning of fish. |
Gael-Linn |
Carna, Co. Galway |
Freezing of fish and vegetables. |
Elaine Styles |
Monkstown, Dublin |
Ladies skirts. |
Brillo Manufacturing Company of Ireland Ltd. |
Dublin |
Steel wool. |
Swan Engineering Co. |
Dublin |
Nuts and bolts |
Magowan Vicars Ltd. |
Dundalk |
Wood preservatives, fire lighters, insecticides, etc. |
Pearicraft (Dublin) Ltd. |
Dublin |
Watch assembly. |
Josef Polgar. |
Dublin |
Watch assembly. |
L. Donegan |
Courtown, Co. Wexford. |
Sealing compound. |
Roux International Ltd. |
Coolock, Dublin |
Cosmetics. |
Brunsgregor Ltd. |
Dublin |
Bowling equipment. |
Times Veneer Co. (Eire) Ltd. |
Dublin |
Veneers. |
Chipboard Ltd. |
Scariff, Co. Clare |
Chipboard. |
I.B.N. (Ireland) Ltd. |
Dublin |
Machine Record Cards. |
Bestak Ltd. |
Dublin |
Fishing tackle (assembly). |
Mr. O'Connor and others |
Killorglin, Co. Kerry |
Processing of shellfish. |
Sundries (Ireland) Ltd. |
Douglas Road, Cork |
“Nu-Ventex” Bread Improver. |
The Coleman Rug Co. |
Dundalk, Co. Louth |
Floor rugs. |
Irish National Veneer Industries Ltd. |
Ards, Co. Donegal |
Veneers. |
J. Bird Moyer Company of Ireland Ltd. |
Kilsaran, Co. Louth |
Dental Supplies and Pharma ceutical Specialties. |
Rony Ltd. |
Ennis, Co. Clare |
Loose covers for automobile seats, auto floor mats, camp stools and beds. |
F. Graepel Ltd. |
Kinsale, Co. Cork |
Grain-driers, steel screens, etc. |
Tylors of Ireland Ltd. |
Dublin |
Water and industrial liquid meters. |
W.Barrington Pink Ltd. |
Shannon Airport, Co. Clare. |
Textile marking devices. |
Tomac (Ireland) Ltd. |
Dublin |
Sewing machines. |
N. W. Robbie & Co. Ltd. |
Ennis, Co. Clare |
Jute carpets. |
Mr. Malachy Larkin |
Dublin |
Canning of ham and other meat products. |
Tabetex Ltd. |
Shercock, Co. Cavan |
Tap stry, blankets and tie-silks. |
Irish Agricultural Wholesale Society Ltd. |
Limerick |
Stainless steel creamery equip ment. |
Mega Ltd. |
Dublin |
Domestic refrigerators. |
Dillon, O'Carroll & Co. Ltd. |
Kilkenny |
Adhesives. |
Progress (Universal) Ltd. |
Shannon Airport |
Floor-cleaning machines. |
Sony Corporation |
Shannon Airport |
Transistor radios. |
Lana-Knit (Ireland) Ltd. |
Shannon Airport |
Jersey fabric. |
Hibernian Jewellers Ltd. |
Dublin |
Costume jewellery. |
Calor Gas Filling Station Ltd. |
Midleton, Co. Cork |
Liquefied petroleum gases. |
Irena Ltd. |
Ennis |
Jewellery boxes. |
The British Rotothern Co. Ltd. |
Killiney, Co. Dublin |
Dial thermometers. |
35.
asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce the name, location, main products to be manufactured and the number expected to be employed in the case of the thirty-five factories at present in course of construction.
I assume that the question relates to a statement made by me on the 10th October, 1960, that thirty-five factories were in course of construction on the 30th June, 1960. I am advised that, of the thirty-five projects, fourteen have commenced production in the period since the 30th June, 1960. The names, locations and products or processes of the fourteen firms concerned are given in a tabular statement which I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to have circulated with the Official Report. I am not free to give similar particulars in respect of the remaining cases as industrial proposals are treated by me as confidential until the stage is reached at which production commences. It is for the promoters to decide whether to publish information about their proposals in advance of that stage.
It would not be appropriate for me to give individual employment figures in respect of private commercial firms.
Following is the statement:
FACTORIES under construction on 30th June, 1960 which have come to notice as having commenced production since that date.
Name of Firm |
Location |
Products or Process |
Sanbra-Conex (Ireland) Ltd. |
Dublin |
Plumbers' brassware. |
Hammond Lane Industries Ltd. |
Dublin |
Stainless steel sinks. |
Universal Fabricators (Dublin) Ltd. |
Dublin |
Dished metal ends for tanks. |
W. & H.M. Goulding Ltd. |
Cork |
Sulphuric acid and super phosphate. |
Shamrock Fertilisers Ltd. |
Wicklow |
Sulphuric acid. |
Seafield Fabrics Ltd. |
Cork |
Screen-printed cotton and rayon cloths. |
Irish Fibres Ltd. |
Dublin |
Processing of synthetic and cotton waste. |
Verolme Cork Dockyard Ltd. |
Cork |
Shipbuilding and repairing. |
Jack Pot Ltd. |
Cloghan (near Birr) |
Peat-moss horticultural pots. |
S.P.S. International Ltd. |
Shannon Airport |
Precision threaded fasteners and miniature capacitors. |
Eugen Dahm, Paper Mills Ltd. |
Kenmare. |
Photo corners and small paper items. |
Lana-Knit (Ireland) Ltd. |
Shannon Airport |
Knitted Jersey fabric. |
Pafina Ltd. |
Dublin |
Plastic-ball decorations. |
Newport Trades Ltd. |
Newport, Co. Mayo |
Adhesives and flexible tubing. |