Industrial Maintenance and Plant Operation

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The 11-acre roof at the Monaghan facility is 23 percent skylight allowing natural light to fill the space. (IMPO photo)

Working Local

Combilift currently employs 550 people for the manufacture of its forklifts and material handling products including skilled technicians, design engineers and logistics specialists. Over the next three years the company plans to add 200 new jobs at the Monaghan facility.

With an unemployment rate of six percent in Ireland, it can be an industry challenge to find workers. However, the company is focused on hiring local. Through partnerships with area educational institutions Combilift offers apprenticeship-style traineeship programs. Last year 20 people went through the program and, in the end, all 20 were hired.

“At the moment our revenue is $280 million,” McVicar says. “If we can keep our labor content within 10 percent of that, we believe we can be competitive and export anywhere around the world. If we move this plant somewhere else, all we're going to be saving on is that 10 percent, and with the expertise here,

Combilift currently employs 550 people for the manufacture of its forklifts and material handling products.

(Combilift photo)

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