ESA Phi-Lab Ireland launch event

Irish ambitions to grow its space manufacturing ecosystems have taken a major step forward today with the launch of the European Space Agency Phi-Lab Ireland, a facility that transforms cutting-edge research into commercial technologies.  

ESA Phi-Lab Ireland, headquartered at Irish Manufacturing Research (IMR) in Mullingar and run in collaboration with the AMBER Centre at Trinity College Dublin, enables firms to mature technologies in response to market needs, bolstering the country’s position in the fast-growing European space economy.

Pictured are Ruth Mackey, Chief Science Officer/COO, Mbryonics, Aubrey Dunne, CTO, Ubotica, Minister Peter Burke TD, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Dietmar Pilz, Director of Technology, Engineering & Quality, and Head of ESTEC, ESA, Philip Thomas, Head of ScaleUp Programme Division, ESA and Barry Kennedy, CEO, IMR.