Mullingar-based J L Goor Machinery are the Irish partner for FANUC’s ROBOSHOT range of all-electric injection moulding machines, with over 700 units installed in Irish industry. Now, the relationship is being extended to include FANUC’s ROBODRILL CNC compact machining centres, serving key industry segments including medical devices, aerospace, automotive components, fabrication and precision engineering.
A Natural Evolution of Services
J L Goor Machinery’s offering for ROBOSHOT fit-out, installation and support has grown in scale and complexity over the past two decades, resulting in record-breaking sales this year. The company has recently opened its 1,200m2 Centre of Excellence in Mullingar, which includes manufacturing space for electrical design, installation, testing, fabrication and machinery customisation, plus a dedicated training and mould testing facility. With its position cemented as Ireland’s leading supplier of injection moulding machines, J L Goor Machinery is now extending its offering to include FANUC’s renowned CNC machining centres, the ROBODRILL range.
Supporting Irish Industry: FANUC’s Commitment to Local Expertise
“Since the establishment of FANUC Ireland in 2022, we have been committed to supporting our Irish customers with on the ground sales, service and technical support, and J L Goor Machinery have been an important partner in this customer offering,” says Conor O’Kelly, FANUC Ireland Office Manager. “Ireland is a key territory for FANUC globally and our J L Goor Machinery partnership has enabled us to support customers with a moulding footprint in Ireland, Europe and the US. We are acknowledging that many of J L Goor Machinery’s and FANUC customers have both a polymer moulding requirement as well as a metals machining requirement, in key sectors like medical device and aerospace manufacturing. It’s therefore a natural evolution of our relationship and we expect J L Goor Machinery to become as strategic a partner for our machining customers as they are for our moulding customers.”
World-Class Manufacturing Operations in Ireland
Phil Watters, Managing Director, J L Goor Machinery Ltd, comments: “Manufacturers in Ireland are world class operations in critical industries where zero defect quality and compliant production is demanded. They base their manufacturing on highly reliable equipment, supported by local expertise. J L Goor Machinery and FANUC have been providing this service to manufacturers in Ireland for decades now. We are delighted to extend this service to another key industry in Ireland – precision engineering – using the ROBODRILL product range.”
Meeting Market Demand in CNC Machining
To meet expected demand, J L Goor Machinery have appointed a salesperson experienced in the machining sector, Noel Bracken, who states: “There’s real potential for the ROBODRILL to transform drilling, milling, cutting and polishing applications for companies in sectors such as medical devices, aerospace and precision component manufacturing. I’m looking forward to representing the FANUC range and showing manufacturers the benefits it can bring to their operation in terms of increased productivity, reduced costs and energy savings.”
