This article is from page 12 of the 2013-07-23 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 12 JPG
FIVE Clare companies have exported a total of € 2 billion, and made their way on to the 2013 edition of Top 250 Exporters in Ireland and Northern Ireland, in association with Investec.
None of the five companies made it on to the top ten, but have been praised by the Irish Exporters Association (IEA), for contributing to the Irish export market.
Three Clare companies made it on to the top 100 with Benex Ltd making it on to the top 50 at 36th place.
The Shannon-based company exported € 1.074 billion worth of goods.
Mentor Graphics Ireland was in 74th having exported € 393 million worth of goods while Phardiag Ltd was in 77th place with € 368 in exports.
Zimmer Orthopedics Manufacturing Ltd was in 144th place with € 122 million exports and Enterasys Networks (Distribution) Ltd was in 153rd with € 114 million exports.
John Whelan, Chief Executive, The Irish Exporters Association, said, “The dominance of the information communications technology (ICT) sector in the top echelons of Irish exports industry continued in the Top 250 survey for 2013.
Total exports from the sector grew by 12 per cent in the past year maintaining Ireland’s place as the second largest exporter of computer and IT services in the world. Of the Top 20 companies listed, 10 of them are focused within the ICT arena.”