Irish Manufacturing Council

Supporting and Promoting Irish Manufacturing Engineering Researchers and Educators

Welcome to the homepage of the irish manufacturing council

The Irish Manufacturing Council (IMC) has been in existence since 1984 and is a grouping of academics engaged in manufacturing research and education at third level educational institutions across Ireland.  Since our first conference at Trinity College Dublin in 1984, IMC has been a primary dissemination outlet for ground breaking manufacturing research and innovative education methods .

The Council has organised the International Manufacturing Conference on an annual basis for thirty seven years and it changes location every year.  The Conference has been and continues to be hosted by our member institutions across Ireland - North, South, East and West.  Our technical programmes have always featured the latest developments across a broad range of manufacturing disciplines - uniquely showcasing the latest innovations and research undertaken in both academia and industry.   Our keynote speakers have included industry leaders, governmental policy makers,  representatives from regional development agencies and academics who are recognised as leaders in their field.  Our technical sessions have included contributions from PhD students, post doctoral researchers, industrial research engineers, Knowledge Transfer Programme (KTP) associates and Innovation Boost (formerly FUSION) engineers .  Our conferences have also included poster exhibitions featuring manufacturing related project work by undergraduate engineers making IMC uniquely placed as a focal point for research outputs spanning all points in the developmental pipeline for talented individuals in manufacturing engineering and its associated disciplines.   Whether through a direct technical contribution or by simply registering to attend our conference, IMC represents a fantastic mechanism for companies and academic institutions alike, to get up to speed on the latest manufacturing research, to showcase their own work and network with potential future employees or researchers.

IMC President

Professor Margaret Morgan

Associate Head of the School of Engineering and Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Ulster University

IMC Secretary

Professor Guangbo Hao

Professor in Mechanical Engineering 

University College Cork

IMC Mission Statement

The Irish Manufacturing Council aims to provide a platform for researchers in Ireland to disseminate their work and act as the primary network for researchers and educators working on manufacturing technology and its associated science and engineering disciplines.  

The 41st International Manufacturing Conference will take place from

4th & 5th September 2025

& will be hosted by University of Limerick.


Conference Chair Associate Professor Dr Eoin Hinchy


Registration and submission details will be provided soon.

Papers from previous conferences can be accessed via our IMC Conference Archive.

Affiliated Higher Educational Institutions & Academic Members

ATU Members

David Mulligan

Emmett Kerr

Patrick Delassus

Una Parsons

Xavier Velay

DCU Members

John Geraghty

Paul Young

MTU Members

Ger Kelly

Matt Cotterell

Paddy Mc Gowan   

NUIG Members

Sinead Mitchell

QUB Members

Joe Butterfield

Paul Hermon 

SETU Members

Liam O'Shea

TCD Members

Daniel Trimble 

Rocco Lupoi

TUD Members

Graham Gavin

Liam Costelloe

Robert Simpson

TUS Members

UCC Members

Bill Wright

Guangbo Hao

UCD Members

Denis Dowling

Eamonn Ahearne

Jufan Zhang

Nan Zhang

IMC Webmaster

Dr Eoin Hinchy

Associate Professor in Automation and Control

University of Limerick