The Irish Prime Minister, Leo Varadkar, has officially opened Grant Engineering's new facilities in Birr, Co Offaly
The new premises include an R&D Innovation Centre, a dedicated Customer Services Centre and a large Training Academy.
The official launch event marked the culmination of a €14 million investment project which has taken place over the past four years at Grant Engineering’s manufacturing premises in Birr.
Since the Company was established in 1978, Grant Engineering has always been based at the same site which has, over the years, undergone several expansions. This latest development programme, however, is the largest that Grant Engineering has undertaken with an additional 10,000 square foot of manufacturing, design and training facilities being added to the existing site.
Visitors to the HQ of Grant Engineering are now welcomed by a new state of the art building fronted by an extensive showroom. A Research and Development Centre is also based in the new building, where product concepts are being designed and tested to potentially form part of Grant’s product portfolios in the coming years.
A new Customer Services Centre will be on hand to provide dedicated product support for homeowners and heating engineers throughout Ireland. The building also provides a new home to Grant Engineering’s Training Academy.
The move to the new building has enabled Grant Engineering to significantly expand their training offering with a tiered lecture room and two training workshops equipped with fully operational Grant products.
The manufacturing premises have also been expanded to increase the production capacity of several product lines. The plant has also been extensively fitted with new robotics and automated equipment.
To mark the official launch of the premises, the Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, was invited to open the new building and address the guests present.
The company sees this launch as signalling a new era, as the new facilities will enable it to develop and manufacturer the heating products of tomorrow while also providing the customer and engineer support needed to move the domestic heating market, both in Ireland and in the UK, into a greener, more sustainable future.
