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Background
Industrial development in Tuam dates back to the
early 1930's when a sugar factory was built here, one of four in the
country.
This sugar factory was the mainstay of the Town and the
surrounding countryside up to the 1980's as it provided employment
for people in the town and also for people in the farming community.
This factory went into decline in the 1960's and
other smaller industries began to be developed.
The 1970's saw the development of the first
industrial estates in Tuam with Galway County Development, now the
Galway City & County Enterprise board establishing a small
industrial estate on The Weir Road just off the N 17. This enabled
local industries such as Western Refrigeration, Bontex, Home-Lee
bedding and a number of other businesses to expand and provide
greater employment for people in the area. The I.D.A. now
Enterprise Ireland also established an Industrial estate on the
Dunmore Road just outside the Town which is now accessible from the
N17.
With the closure of the sugar factory in January
1987, unemployment in the Tuam area was at its highest level with a
total of 28.8% of the population being out of work at one point.
In 1989 a local community group under the patronage
on His Grace The Archbishop of Tuam Most Rev. Dr. Joseph Cassidy was
brought together to try to tackle the stagnant unemployment problem
in the area.
With the assistance of the I.D.A., The City &
County Enterprise Board, The Sugar Co. now Greencore plc., Galway
County Council, F.A.S. new enterprises began to be established and
existing businesses expanded, particularly at the I.D.A. Industrial
estate but also on the other smaller industrial estates on the
outskirts of the Town.
Today, Tuam can offer a wide variety of employment
opportunities to those coming onto the job market. Tuam
also offers affordable housing and a friendly environment to
families who may consider moving to this area to take up employment
opportunities.
Industry
Assistance Bodies
Manufacturing Industries
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Westmann ;
Weir Rd, Tuam - Tel : +353 (0)93 25280
Website
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Charisma
Blinds ; Weir Rd, Tuam - Tel : +353 (0)93 25555
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Cuisine de
France ; Dunmore Road,
Tuam -
Tel : (0)93 25511
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Tuam
Engineering (Hynes) Ltd -
Tel:+353 (93) 24770
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Connaught Electronics Ltd ; Dunmore Rd, Tuam - Tel : +353 (0)93
25128
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Transitions Optical ; Dunmore Rd, Tuam - Tel : +353 (0)93 70600
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JFC Manufacturing Co. Ltd ;
Weir Rd, Tuam - Tel : +353 (0)93
24066
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Logstrup Ireland Ltd ; Dunmore Rd, Tuam - Tel : +353 (0)93 24151
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Home Lee Bedding, ; Weir Rd, Tuam - Tel : +353 (0)93 24345
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Larkin Engineering ; Weir Rd, Tuam - Tel : +353 (0)93 24504
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Murphy Engineering, ; Weir Rd, Tuam - Tel : +353 (0)93 24467
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Western Refrigeration ; Weir Rd, Tuam - Tel : +353 (0)93 24234
Website
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Conveyors & Packaging Ltd
; Dunmore Rd, Tuam
- Tel:+353 (0)93 25732
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CPS AutoPak
Ltd ; Dunmore Rd, Tuam, co. Galway - Tel : +353 (0)93 25732
Nationwide
Commercial Businesses
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Allied
Armstrong ; Weir Rd, Tuam, Co. Galway - Tel : +353 (0)93
25700
Website
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Belladonna ; Bullaun, Corofin ; Tel - +353 (0)91 755139
Web
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Burke Door & Gate
Sys, Caherlistrane - Tel +353
(0)93 31424 Website
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Channel Partner
Group, Claregalway, Co. Galway
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CKES, Galway
Rd, Tuam ;
Tel: +353 (0)93 52329
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Climate Control
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Weirs, Tuam,
Co. Galway -
Tel: +353 (0)93 28166
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CPS Autopak,
Dunmore Rd, Tuam, Co Galway
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Dalgan
Windows ; Shrule,
County Galway - windows
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Espresso Excellence, Tuam, Co.
Galway - coffee
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Field of Dreams
Stud, Milltown -
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Ganley Group,
Moyne Park ; Tel : +353 (0)93 43900
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Merit Solutions
; Claregalway - Telephone: +353 (0)91 738000
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Life Coaching
; Tuam County Galway - Tel : +353 (0)93
52520
Website
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Mowers & Machines
; MG Business Pk, Galway Rd. Tuam -Tel : +353 (0)93 27722
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Multiflue
; N17 Business Pk, Tuam - Tel: +353 (0)93 25488
Website
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Metlab, Airglooney,
Tuam - ndt ireland
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WOW Alternative Energy High St, Tuam - Tel : +353 (0)93 60742
Website
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EFP, Galway Rd.
Tuam, Co. Galway - Tel : +353 (0)93 27289
Website
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PEPS
; Tuam, Co. Galway - Tel : +353 (0)85
1252288
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Tile Superstores ;
N17 Business Park, Tuam - Tel: (0)93 27770
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Interhabs Ireland ; High St.
Tuam, Co. Galway - Tel : +353 (0)93 24218
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Western Refrigeration, Tuam, Co.
Galway - Tel: +353 (0)93 24234
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Western Ironcraft ; Claregalway - Tel : +353 (0)91 798756
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Western Webs
Tuam, Co. Galway - Tel : +353 (0)93 28757
Website
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