Visitors to Ward Automations Sligo facility will be familiar with the Francis Rynd conference room. Francis Rynd (1801 – 61) was an Irish surgeon from Dublin who is credited for aiding in the development of the hypodermic syringe. He is known for constructing a hollow steel needle used to inject medicine in 1844, while working […]
Huge congratulations to Ward Automation’s Deirdre Dolan who was the winner of the 2020 Ard Chuain Connaught Grand Prix Show. It took place last Sunday on the 12th July in Sligo, where riders provided a day of fantastic jumping and an exciting atmosphere. The amateur league event attracted 31 entries and was sponsored by Martin […]
Our Sligo team have designed and built a fully automated end of line syringe inspection packaging machine, handling 600 syringes per minute. System processes BD Hypak SCF™ syringes and can be adapted to other pre-filled syringe tub formats. • Syringes are inspected for chips, cracks & defects. Syringes are counted and tip caps are checked […]
Following a €2.2 million investment, Ward Automation has moved into a new purpose-built facility in Sligo. The new building will allow the company to increase production capacity and will enhance the service it offers to customers. The new building is close to its previous location in the Finisklin Business Park, Sligo. With the addition of […]
The new Ward Automation facility in Sligo has four conference rooms named after great Irish engineers. Harry Ferguson (1884- 1960) was an Irish mechanic and inventor from Dromore, Co Down who is noted for his role in developing the modern agricultural tractor and its three point linkage system. His name is still famous today in […]
Here is an inside look into our production process of 3D printed face shields. Initiated by a number of our engineers, this project’s aim has been to donate PPE to hospitals and nursing homes to aid in the fight against COVID 19. The shield design is the 3D Verkstan Iso 838. Any individual or company […]