Plant tour 9th May 2008 IE30 Manufacturing Building, Eli Lilly S.A. at Kinsale. Eli Lilly and Company is a leading, innovation-driven corporation committed to developing a growing portfolio of best-in-class and first-in-class pharmaceutical products that help people live longer, healthier and more active lives. Lilly products treat depression, schizophrenia, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, diabetes, osteoporosis and many other conditions. Eli Lilly is committed to providing answers that matter - through medicines and information - for some of the world's most urgent medical needs. Eli Lilly S.A.- Irish Branch, based in Kinsale, County Cork, is one of six Lilly bulk manufacturing plants worldwide, employs approximately 450 people and manufactures a range of products which are exported to fill-finish plants supplying worldwide markets. Eli Lilly and Company has approximately 42,000 employees world-wide and markets medicines in more than 140 countries.

Group at plant: includes Se‡n Doherty (4th from left front and next to him Louise Mark, both of Eli Lilly.

11 March 2008 Student Technical Talk held in Sligo IT This Paper and Demonstration showed how you can access - via an Internet Portal - all Documentation, Technical Information, Operator Manuals, Calibration Certificates, Instrument/Device Configurations, Spare Part Lists, Product Availability Information for all your E+H Field Devices and how 3rd. Party Products can be accommodated. Additionally, whether you are using HART, or PROFIBUS or Foundation Fieldbus field devices it showed - by the usage of the "enabling technology" FDT / DTM and FieldCare - how you can do Condition Monitoring on All Field Devices and use the Diagnostic Facilities to identify "stressed field devices" and thus drastically reduce breakdowns and extend calibration intervals. Photo shows (LtoR) Jim Shannon the Sligo IT Lecturer, Tony Donnelly (speaker from E+H) and Billy Walsh (UCC).

Tour of Guinness St James Gate Brewery, Dublin. February 2008 Tour Hosts: Brian Furey & Rick Nally Left to right: Brian Furey (Diageo), Rick Nally (Diageo), Tony Donnelly (E+H) Hassan Kaghazchi (UL), Tony Mahony (Datalink Communications), Rick Nally (Diageo), Padraig O'Carroll (Kerry Group), John Power (Powerflow Electronics),

Mr. Hassan Kaghazchi, Chairman: PROFIBUS Ireland talking to Terry McCarthy of Insteco Ltd. at the PROFIBUS talk in February 2008

It is with great sadness that we report the passing of former ISA Ireland President John Farrell. Ar dheis Dé go raibh sé John was honoured at the honours and awards ceremony last December with the ISA Ireland Pioneer Award. Biographical details may be found on our 2007 honours and awards pages.

Our Honourees 2007 The annual presentation of honours and awards was held in the Common Room of University College, Cork on Monday 11th December 2005. The Deputy Lord Mayor of Cork, Councillor Seán Martin, attended. Winners of the 2007 Honours and Awards. Back row: Richard Preniville, Thomas Daly, Emmett Martin, John Farrell (RIP), Barry Bolger Front row: Brian Nolan ISA Ireland, Deputy Lord Mayor Cllr. Sean Martin and President Elect ISA Ireland Mick Mead.

Group taken at technical talk "The three Fundamentals of Analytical Measurement - pH, Conductivity and Turbidity" given in Carlow IT by Jacques Fouché(Endress+Hauser) in October 2007

The annual ISA EXPO held in Houston in October'07 saw the section being honoured again with two awards being presented to members of the section.
Picture shows the Ireland Section delegation with ISA President Steve Huffman at the Honours and Awards Gala.

265 images from the Honours & Awards Gala

Éamon Creech, Distinguished Service Award, Mick Meade, President Elect, Jim Long, President, Eoin Ó Riain, Golden Achievement Award. On right: Éamon and Eoin before the presentation. Bottom right: Awardees process into Honours and Awards Banquet! Meeting of Society Delegates includes some members of the Ireland Section.

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