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About Us
Smithstown Light Engineering was founded by Brian King in 1974 and have been manufacturing in Shannon since then. Starting out with a workforce of 4 skilled toolmakers Smithstown built steadily over the years up to a current workforce of over 50 skilled workers. In 1984 Smithstown entered a partnership with Molex further strengthening our position servicing the electronics industry. At that time our primary products were plastic injection moulds typically for complex electrical connectors. We also manufactured high precision production tooling and jigs and fixtures.
In the early nineties Smithstown began to move towards specialising in Medical Device manufacturing. Our strong background in developing high quality products stood us well and we moved to develop the quality systems to support this new focus. In 1993 we obtained the ISO9001 quality standard for our Quality Management System. Since then we have invested heavily in machinery, technology and in our staff and have become a premium supplier in the medical devices sector. In 2006 we implemented ISO13485 for Medical Devices to further strengthen our QMS
In 2006 Smithstown returned to 100% Irish ownership when Molex accepted an offer from Smithstown for their share in the company. In 2011 Gerard King moved into the role of Managing Director and since then we have further underlined our commitment to continuously improving our QMS by implementing ISO14001 Environmental standard.
In the past year we have extended our floor space by adding a 4000sq foot extension to our existing facility in Shannon and have further invested in technology by adding several new machining resources. Please click on our facilities and equipment page to read more.
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