A new manufacturing training centre in Dundalk points to a future of quality jobs in high-tech and productive industry

A new initiative in Dundalk, spearheaded by the Chief Executive of Louth and Meath Education and Training Board (LMETB) seeks to put manufacturing at the centre of society, with advanced training and the development of high-tech techniques.

The Advanced Manufacturing Technology Centre of Excellence (AMTCE) in Dundalk aims to re-skill and up-skill students to use the new emerging technologies used in ‘industry 4.0’, as well as enabling them to develop new careers in advanced manufacturing through apprenticeships and traineeships.

AMTCE’s Technical Director, Dr Michael McGrath, said manufacturing’s contribution to the economy was significant, accounting for 260,000 direct jobs and supporting a further 200,000, and amounting to a third of GDP.

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