BCD Engineering
BCD - Engineering Success Established over 30 years ago, the ongoing success of Charleville based BCD Engineering is a lesson in how to adapt and thrive in spite of harsh economic conditions and a battered construction industry. ‘BCD is also unique in that it offers a full package to clients, including design, build, commissioning and installation’
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ate last year, the firm announced the creation of 40 new jobs off the back of a new multi-million euro vaccine plant project in the Asian market; this news came after pharmaceutical and biotechnology project wins in the Irish, UK and Belgium markets. According to CEO Sean McGowan, the impressive uptake in business experienced at the firm in recent times can be attributed to changes implemented in how BCD operates. “Internally, we’ve carried out many changes to our processes. What we’ve found is that in many mid-sized companies, business is carried out by individuals and is very much reliant on people and their own specific knowledge. We’ve implemented particular processes that ensure our business doesn’t need to be as reliant on individuals. We’ve managed to increase our capacity without adding more people into the mix and because of that, we’ve won more business.” The firm has remained cost competitive, with the majority of work outside Ireland. “70% of our work at the moment is abroad but in saying that, last year we saw a strong uptake in the Irish market, particularly in the food and beverage sector which is very strong.” By ensuring a strong foothold in several markets at any one time, the firm remains busy if any one
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