IMR and CIRCULÉIRE welcome Minister of State Alan Dillon to Mullingar Lab

Tuesday 8th April, IMR Mullingar, Co Westmeath

CIRCULÉIRE members and staff gathered for the special visit

Irish Manufacturing Research (IMR), as Secretariat of CIRCULÉIRE, was delighted to welcome Alan Dillon TD, Minister of State with special responsibility for the Circular Economy, to their Mullingar RD&I Lab to showcase CIRCULÉIRE services and members’ circularity in action.

Award winning enterprise and industry representatives from a cross-sectoral cohort of circular businesses and innovative circular solutions were on hand to talk about their circular impact and the benefits membership has delivered.

CIRCULÉIRE Cross-Sectoral Membership & Impact

The ICT/WEEE sector was represented by IQuTech (RDS 2025 Circular Economy Award Nominee), Green IT and WEEE Ireland.

Plastics, packaging and print were represented by Novelplast, Rebox (RDS 2025 Circular Economy Award Nominee) and iSupply (2025 PWC/Business Post Sustainable Small Business of the Year).

Alumni from CIRCULÉIRE’s Circular Ventures Accelerator including HaPPE Earth (2025 HIHI awardee), BladeBridge (CEIG 2024 awardee), shareclub and Eriu were on hand to highlight their circular journeys and efforts to scale.

Decotek, an automotive business, elaborated on their circular practices, while past and present CIRCULÉIRE Industry Steering Group members also attended to round out representation from the Built Environment and Financial Services sectors.

Comments About the CIRCULÉIRE Member Showcase

Minister Alan Dillon said “I am impressed with the scope and scale of the circular business models and practices on display here today.  I have heard from pioneering cross-sectoral enterprise on their journeys to put circular design principles into practice. I thank IMR and CIRCULÉIRE members for a very insightful and hands-on showcase of circularity in action”.

Minister Alan Dillon TD (left) and CIRCULÉIRE member Sarah Fliessbach (right) of Shareclub

Barry Kennedy, IMR CEO, said “We are delighted to welcome Minister Alan Dillon, here today.  IMR partners with industry to demystify emerging technologies, derisk adoption, and deliver real-world impact - helping businesses scale and innovate with confidence. CIRCULÉIRE, our national platform for circular innovation, is at the forefront of driving carbon emission reductions by mainstreaming circular business and events like this today are important to put a spotlight on this very important work to protect our climate”.

Dr Geraldine Brennan, Head of Circular Economy at IMR and CIRCULÉIRE lead, said, “Established in 2020, IMR has co-developed the first large-scale industry and enterprise focused platform to deploy circular economy design principles and methodologies in Ireland’s industrial base and we are proud to have the opportunity to showcase CIRCULÉIRE members’ impacts so early in the Minister’s tenure. As we embark on the pathway to 2030, IMR is committed to working with stakeholders in Ireland’s circular ecosystem to realise our shared ambition to make Ireland a leading testbed for circular innovation”.