An Economic and Spatial Plan for Limerick Appendices
An Economic and Spatial Plan for Limerick Appendices
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<strong>Limerick</strong> 2030 <strong>An</strong> <strong>Economic</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Spatial</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Limerick</strong><br />
A further public sector organisation involved in innovation in <strong>Limerick</strong> is Enterprise Irel<strong>and</strong> (EI), which<br />
runs a range of programmes designed to promote innovation <strong>and</strong> commercialisation of research.<br />
Across the State in 2010, EI assisted ten businesses <strong>for</strong>med as a result of spin-outs from third level<br />
colleges <strong>and</strong> the EI continues to assist in the development of a number of new businesses each year.<br />
EI has supported the commercialisation of research through the Technology Transfer Office (TTO) at<br />
the University of <strong>Limerick</strong>. Since 2000, the TTO has supported over 80 separate projects including a<br />
number of notable company <strong>for</strong>mations:<br />
Stokes Bio Ltd: Dedicated to development <strong>and</strong> application of microfluidic technology <strong>for</strong><br />
genetic analysis, particularly gene expression measurement <strong>and</strong> gene target detection.<br />
Powervation Ltd: Delivers energy-efficient solutions <strong>for</strong> power systems used in Networking,<br />
Storage <strong>and</strong> Computing applications.<br />
Crescent Diagnostics Ltd: Is developing a new prognostic test <strong>for</strong> hip fracture risk that analyses<br />
toe nail proteins <strong>and</strong> estimates bone health.<br />
Further to the range of education institutions <strong>and</strong> EI supported companies undertaking R&D in<br />
<strong>Limerick</strong> there are also a number of businesses in ICT, medical technologies <strong>and</strong> advanced<br />
manufacturing that have strong inter-linkages <strong>and</strong> a R&D focus. A selection is shown below.<br />
Table 16: <strong>Limerick</strong> based companies with strong inter-linkages <strong>and</strong> a R&D focus<br />
Sector R&D Specialism’s Business<br />
- Computer<br />
- <strong>An</strong>alog Devices<br />
manufacture <strong>and</strong> - ON Semiconductors<br />
assembly<br />
- Dell Products<br />
- Consultancy services - Channel Advisor<br />
& e-commerce<br />
- Martin Dawes Systems<br />
- AR Europs<br />
ICT<br />
-<br />
-<br />
FEASA Enterprise Ltd.<br />
Intel Irel<strong>and</strong><br />
- Hardware <strong>and</strong><br />
software development<br />
-<br />
-<br />
-<br />
Digital River<br />
Rovsing<br />
Beta Layout<br />
- Mentor Graphics<br />
- Tecnomen<br />
- RSA Security<br />
- Curran Aluminium<br />
- Electronics <strong>and</strong><br />
optical equipment<br />
-<br />
-<br />
-<br />
OMC Scientific Engineering<br />
Methode Irel<strong>and</strong><br />
Litho Circuits Ltd<br />
High-Tech<br />
- B.S & B Safety Systems<br />
Manufacturing - Machinery valves <strong>and</strong><br />
power systems<br />
- Rettig Irel<strong>and</strong> Ltd.<br />
- Aerospace <strong>and</strong><br />
precision engineering<br />
-<br />
-<br />
-<br />
SES<br />
Aldous & Parc Aviation<br />
AerCap<br />
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