Our MD Barry Smith contributed to this month’s Business Plus Magazine Brexit Update, which is currently the hottest topic in business. The impact of Brexit will be substantial on several fronts for companies like ourselves in service based manufacturing. Barry commented that “There are a whole range of factors constraining general competitiveness in this country, which can only be tackled at the macro level. There is a lack of joined up thinking … [Read more...]

Cavan Stages Rally 2017 was launched this week in the Hotel Kilmore and we are delighted that Abcon’s brand FinishLine was announced as a new sponsor of this great annual event in Co Cavan. As media sponsor and co-sponsor with The Hotel Kilmore, Wilton Waste and Brady’s Garage, we are so pleased to be in a position to support this wonderful local club, which was established over fifty years ago, in 1964. We spoke to Mr Willie McCormick who was … [Read more...]

During the first week in November, Transition Year students from our local Comprehensive School, St Aidan’s, were welcomed to our CavMac production facilities in Cootehill. The reason for their visit was not only to learn more about what we do here, but also to see what waste materials we produce and with a view to recycling them for use in their Junk Kouture project.   Junk Kouture is Ireland’s leading fashion and art competition for … [Read more...]

On Friday 25th September, volunteers from Abrasives and CavMac Divisions of Abcon organised a Table Quiz to raise essential funds for four children’s charities: Make a Wish (Brazil), Marysia Kosinska (Poland), Jack & Jill (Ireland) and The Orphanage Children Centre of Social Services (Latvia). The event was held in the Errigal Country House Hotel.   The organizers (Nikki McGoohan, Kathryn Freeman, Mihail Medvedkovs, Bernadetta … [Read more...]

While they are very busy at work, employees from our Abrasives division at Abcon have found some time to raise much needed money for children’s charities in Brazil, Latvia, Poland and Ireland. They have already raised over €1000 with the proceeds from a cake sale and a raffle. The fundraising team were delighted with the support from other employees who donated cakes and prizes for the events. A table quiz is planned for next month which will be … [Read more...]

Recently we invited Heather Humphreys T.D., Minister for Arts, Culture & Heritage, to attend a face to face discussion with a number of businesses at the premises of Abcon Industrial Products Ltd in Cootehill, Co Cavan on 14th May 2015. We also invited business leaders from other sectors to the private meeting and the other companies in attendance were Ballytherm Ltd, Cavan Chamber of Commerce, Cootehill Chamber of Commerce, Liberty Insurance, … [Read more...]