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07/11/2002
Strabane firm to construct 'intelligent' building for Baileys
A Strabane ICT firm has won a £100,000 contract to help create a state-of-the-art 'e-enabled' complex at Newtownabbey for Baileys, which will manufacture Irish cream liqueur for international market.
Meritcom, a specialist in the design and installation of cabling systems for electronic voice and data communications, will turn the £41m investment by Baileys into one of the first ‘intelligent’ buildings in Ireland.
Advanced cable networks will facilitate the internal transmission of large volumes of voice and data between computer work stations and also enable the building to be internet linked. This will mean that information from all systems and operations at the Newtownabbey plant will be accessible by executives with security clearance from locations anywhere in the world.
Formed in April 2001 by partners Frank Donaghy and Martin Donnelly - both qualified electrical consulting engineers - Meritcom is an Invest NI client company which has enjoyed considerable success. It employs 28 people and has completed a series of major contracts in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, including a £120,000 project to design and install the cable networks at the new Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education Millfield campus.
The company, a winner of the Best Startup category in last year’s Innovation West Awards, has received Business Startup assistance from Invest NI and help with business planning and winning business through initiatives including the Marketing Awareness Programme.
David Bradshaw, Client Executive at Invest NI’s Local Office in Omagh, said:
“The company is a first class example of the type of knowledge-led company that Invest NI is assisting in its work to strengthen the economy and provide rewarding career opportunities in Tyrone and Fermanagh.”
(CL)
Meritcom, a specialist in the design and installation of cabling systems for electronic voice and data communications, will turn the £41m investment by Baileys into one of the first ‘intelligent’ buildings in Ireland.
Advanced cable networks will facilitate the internal transmission of large volumes of voice and data between computer work stations and also enable the building to be internet linked. This will mean that information from all systems and operations at the Newtownabbey plant will be accessible by executives with security clearance from locations anywhere in the world.
Formed in April 2001 by partners Frank Donaghy and Martin Donnelly - both qualified electrical consulting engineers - Meritcom is an Invest NI client company which has enjoyed considerable success. It employs 28 people and has completed a series of major contracts in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, including a £120,000 project to design and install the cable networks at the new Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education Millfield campus.
The company, a winner of the Best Startup category in last year’s Innovation West Awards, has received Business Startup assistance from Invest NI and help with business planning and winning business through initiatives including the Marketing Awareness Programme.
David Bradshaw, Client Executive at Invest NI’s Local Office in Omagh, said:
“The company is a first class example of the type of knowledge-led company that Invest NI is assisting in its work to strengthen the economy and provide rewarding career opportunities in Tyrone and Fermanagh.”
(CL)
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