# Smithstown Light Engineering invests in 24 Citizen CNC lathes for medical contract

Smithstown Light Engineering installed 24 Cincom sliding-headstock CNC bar autos at its Shannon facility to fulfill a contract for machining endoscopic device parts. The investment followed a contract from a multinational medical firm.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2019-04-26
- Where: Shannon, Ireland
- Starts operating: Jan 2019
- Status: completed
- Products: endoscopic device parts, stainless steel spindles
- Sectors: [Medical Devices](https://endata.com/sectors/medical-devices.md)

## Companies

- [Smithstown Light Engineering](https://endata.com/companies/39033.md)
- [Citizen Machinery UK](https://endata.com/companies/18238.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [mtdcnc.com](https://mtdcnc.com/news/citizen-machinery/citizen-responds-to-rapid-expansion-of-irish-medical-device-subcontract-manufacturer/), 2019-04-25: "The first of the L12s started arriving here in July 2018 and the last ones were on site by January this year."

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