Mitsubishi Electric moves to showcase facility

Mitsubishi Electric Ireland’s modern new premises in Plunkett House in Grange Castle Business Park, Dublin 22, makes a bold statement about the company’s commitment to its Irish customers. In addition to extensive office and meeting room facilities, the new premises features a state-of-the-art training centre and interactive demonstration areas, along with the highly-advanced technological infrastructure required to support the development and testing of innovative projects.

“There were a number of reasons behind the move to the new premises,” says Ciaran Moody, President, Mitsubishi Electric Ireland. “The new premises provides a better working environment for our staff, as well as capacity for future growth. Over the last 10 years our workforce has grown more than fourfold. This new facility not only accommodates the current staff complement, but can also cater for our continued growth and expansion.

“At Mitsubishi Electric customer service is key. Consultants and clients can come here to learn about our products and applications, and test them to ensure they will work in the environment they are intended for. Everything has been designed around the needs of our customers. They can sit down with engineers in the design room, work on a concept and then proceed to physically test it in the demonstration area. We already run three to four training courses every month for our customers and the demand for that service has been increasing. Our new facility will enable us to meet that demand.”

Mitsubishi Electric’s Irish operation was first established in 1981 when it was a predominantly consumer electronics company. However, the first product line after that was factory automation, which included a range of products to automate industrial production processes. Very soon, air conditioning products were added to the line-up so that today, Mitsubishi Electric Ireland has two divisions, Living Environmental Systems (LES) and Factory Automation (FA).

Living Environmental Systems

The Living Environmental Systems division covers both commercial and residential applications and the dedicated showroom and demonstration areas in the new premises showcase heating, ventilation and air-conditioning solutions. Applications cover hotels, offices, gyms, schools, data centres, homes and apartments.

Factory Automation Solutions

Despite the division’s name, Factory Automation covers not just the automation of factories but any industrial process that can be automated. This includes a vast array of industries but Mitsubishi Electric solutions can typically be found in the pharmaceutical and medical device, food and beverage, packaging, water and waste water, process and education industries. Product examples from both divisions are prominently featured in the new showroom/training areas, some of which are featured right.