# Grant Engineering opens €14m factory expansion in Birr, Ireland

Grant Engineering officially opened a €14 million extension to its facility in Birr, Ireland, including an R&D innovation centre, customer services centre, training academy, and expanded manufacturing with robotics and automation. The expansion, announced in 2016, was expected to create 50 new jobs.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2020-01-17
- Where: Birr, County Offaly, Ireland
- Value: $15.5M (14.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 50
- Starts operating: 17 Jan 2020
- Status: completed
- Products: condensing oil boilers, air source heat pumps, solar thermal panels, hot water cylinders, heat emitters, underfloor heating
- Sectors: [HVAC and Industrial Refrigeration](https://endata.com/sectors/hvac-refrigeration.md)

## Companies

- [Grant Engineering](https://endata.com/companies/44588.md)

## Sources

- [offalyindependent.ie](https://www.offalyindependent.ie/2020/01/16/taoiseach-to-open-e14m-factory-expansion-in-birr/), 2020-01-16: "An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will officially open the new €14m extension to Grant Engineering's facility in Birr tomorrow afternoon (Friday, January 17)."

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