Milestone Solutions in Cork, which provides IT and automation services to multinational manufacturing companies, has announced plans to create 80 new roles through an expansion of its operations into mainland Europe.
Milestone assists life sciences, pharma, food and beverage businesses to plan, deliver and commission new facilities or to upgrade existing ones.
The company said it has entered a strategic partnership agreement with a company in Switzerland, and is in discussion about other projects in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium.
Established in 2008, Milestone Solutions specializes in manufacturing IT and Automation, including Quality Management, Task Management and Asset/Resource Management. The company helps customers to project manage, commission, qualify and validate capital projects and support their IT and automation systems.
Operating company Milestone Automaton Solutions Ltd booked a profit of €1.3m in 2020, up from the €1m profit recorded the year before. The company employed 23 people through 2020 and year-end trade debtors were €3.4m, up from €2.2m the prior year. Milestone’s principals are William Wilmot and Kieran Nolan.
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Minister Simon Coveney commented: “Ireland has established itself as a global leader in life sciences, pharma, food and beverage. A company like Milestone Solutions is using that expertise to grow their own business and help export some of that leadership to facilities across Europe.”
Peter Davies has been appointed as MD of European operations. “Irish engineers and specialists have a proven track record in helping deliver and commission manufacturing plants for the businesses who established in Ireland over recent decades,” he said.
“The Irish have helped set the gold standard expertise in commissioning and upgrading critical manufacturing plants, and we believe that experience can help existing and new multinationals achieve more across the continent.”
Photo: Minister Simon Coveney with Milestone executives Lisa Cooney, Peter Davies and Martin Lynch. (Pic: Darragh Kane)
