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Over 600 potential entrepreneurs, existing businesses, and industry experts attended the unique one day Start and Grow Enterprise Expo in Tullamore last Friday November 18. The expo took place at the Tullamore Court Hotel where a host of seminars, talks, business support exhibitors, mentoring opportunities, and a unique ideas zone gave visitors all the information they needed, under one roof, to start, develop, and grow their business.

Galway-based medical technology company Aerogen Ltd has been revealed as contender for the 2011 Medical Technology Company of the Year Award. The shortlist of six companies was announced this week with the overall winner set to be announced at the 2011 Medical Technology Industry Excellence Awards which will take place on December 8 in Limerick.

Westmeath medical devices companies were among 80 companies exhibiting at the Enterprise Ireland Med in Ireland Expo at the Convention Centre Dublin last week, gaining exposure to 250 medical technology and healthcare companies from 31 countries. One of the exhibiting companies was Mergon Group Ltd from Castlepollard, County Westmeath.

Galway companies at the forefront of medical technology will play a key role in Ireland’s economic recovery, according to Michael Gilmore of Cappella Medical Devices and Enterprise Ireland.

SolanoTech, a four-year-old Athlone-based software company, announced this week (August 29) that it is to create 25 vacancies for design and development engineers, and hopes to have them all employed before the end of March.

Eleven new entrepreneurs have recently commenced the development of their businesses in the Midlands Innovation and Research Centre at Athlone Institute of Technology - as participants on the Midlands and West Enterprise Programme (MWEP) 2011.

Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn, was in Athlone yesterday to officially open a multimillion euro research hub at Athlone Institute of Technology.

Enterprise Ireland is calling on companies that are successfully trading in Ireland to apply for funding to explore the potential to export their services and internationalise their business.

Positive news stories are a scarce commodity these days but the GMIT Innovation in Business Centres (IiBC) in Castlebar and Galway have an opportunity for aspiring entrepreneurs to start their own business. The new Midlands and West Enterprise Programme (MWEP) can help, and an open evening will be held on Wednesday March 23 at 6.30pm and 7.30pm.

Individuals, organisations, voluntary groups, and companies across Kilkenny and the southeast are being invited to enter this year’s Spirit of Enterprise Michael Dee Award.