The award comes after the company was recently announced as one of two companies to reach the final of the Pharma Industry Awards for the Engineering Project of the Year.

The Energia family business awards which were presented by Matt Cooper of Today FM celebrated the best of indigenous Irish businesses. This years theme was ‘Resilience through generations’, which recognised the most adaptable family businesses across the country and those who are continuing to help keep the wider SME sector alive.

Managing Director John Ward started the family business in 1995 with his wife Celine. “We are honoured to receive the Energia bronze award for the Manufacturing & Engineering Family Business of the Year. I am proud of our team who continue to push the boundaries of innovative automation and deliver the highest quality machines for our customers.”

Ward Automation were also shortlisted in the category Innovative Family Business of the Year.

See the full list of winners.

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Two Ward Automation Sligo staff members living in Bundoran have been giving their time to coach the junior teams.

David Smyth, well known in the local GAA community is head coach of the u15 team while Kenny Ward is on the coaching team for the u5’s and u9’s. Both lads along with the rest of the Bundoran coaches completed courses to ensure they were up to speed with the current youth coaching requirements.

While Kenny discussed the challenges of keeping the young under 5 players focused throughout the training sessions, David praised the dedication of his under 15 team over the year.

Four members of the u15 Bundoran GAA team progressed to the Donegal county development squad, where they travelled to Convoy to train alongside promising young footballers from other areas of Donegal. David’s son Lee Smyth along with Ryan McGloin successfully continued to train with the high performing development squad for the majority of the season.

Ward Automation commend all the coaches for their efforts and wish the Bundoran teams the best of luck in their future endeavours.

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Up to 200 surfers are expected to participate in the annual event which aims to empower students in sport at third level and promote a healthy lifestyle. The 20×20 Women in Sport campaign entitled ‘If she can’t see it, she can’t be it’ will be central to the weekend’s events.

Ward Automations facility is on the Wild Atlantic Way, where events like this help to promote the area as a great place to live and work.

You can keep up with the action at the Surf Intervarsity’s here

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The event will bring together 3000+ key stakeholders in Ireland’s leading Pharmaceutical, Medical, Cleantech, Chemical, Renewable, Life Sciences, Electronics, Process Engineering and Instrumentation, Precision Instruments, Building Materials, Machinery & Tools and more where issues facing key decision makers throughout Ireland’s manufacturing sector, North & South will be addressed.

The aim of the conference is to showcase new and innovative approaches in the industry to manufacturers large and small from across the country. There will be over 150 leading experts on the day speaking on Brexit, Smart Factory, Lean, Skills & Training, Procurement, Health & Safety, Clean Room, etc. Representatives from Ward Automation will present and be panelists on The Automation and Robotics Event Stage

Ward Automation will be located at stand M18.

Our representatives will be on hand to discuss how we can provide you with innovative automation solutions for your medtech and pharmaceutical  needs. If you’d like to meet one of our experts at the event, please get in touch.

Register for free entry to the event here.

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The awards celebrate companies that have made exceptional use of Robotics to maximise competitive advantage with a manufacturing facility across the Island of Ireland and showcases exceptional achievement, teamwork and innovation in Irish manufacturing industry.

Hosted by Premier Publishing & Events the awards ceremony will be held on January 29th 2020 in the Citywest Hotel, Dublin. The black tie event will be hosted by Newstalk’s Vincent Wall.

At Ward Automation, we have vast experience in implementing robotics into our machines. Watch some examples in the video below and learn more about the robotics we use here. 

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Pat Small received the award for the highest grade in Bachelor of Engineering in Precision Engineering and Design, Level 8. Pat completed a yearlong work placement at Ward Automation in the 4^th year of his degree course at Sligo I.T. and he recently started his new role as Graduate Design Engineer at Ward Automation.

Cathal Gorman, a controls engineer at Ward Automation received the award for the highest grade in the Bachelor of Engineering in Mechatronics, Level 7 Online, sponsored by Ballina Beverages.

Ward Automation also sponsored the award for the Bachelor of Engineering Hons in Mechatronics, Level 8 (Full-Time) which was won by Al Moatasem Al Hadhrami.

John Ward attended the graduation to present the award to Al. He said “We promote a culture of learning throughout Ward Automation and further training of staff is an important part of this. I am delighted for Pat, Cathal and Al on their achievements at Sligo I.T.”

Watch the video below to learn more about employee training at Ward Automation.

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