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Medica 2023

31 Oct 2023

With over 4,500 exhibitors from 66 countries and more than 81,000 visitors from all over the world, MEDICA 2023 in Düsseldorf is one of the largest medical B2B trade fairs in the world. Irema has attended previously and this year,...

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Recycle face masks and sustainability

08 Jun 2023

Few good things have emerged from the Covid-19 pandemic. One of them is that, due to the upsurge in mask use, businesses expanded and new businesses were created to recycle face masks. Here are just a few ways pre-loved(!)...

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Irema pandemic response

11 May 2021

Interview: How Irema responded to the pandemic   We sat down with our Managing Director, John Rice for a quick chat to discuss the transformation to the business since the onset of Covid-19, the Irema pandemic response and the...

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Irema in the news

09 Mar 2020

The outbreak of Covid-19 has seen the eyes of the world fix themselves upon our factories as we ramp up production of our surgical and respirator masks to help meet the unprecedented global demand.   Here is a sample...

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How Coronavirus exposes Single Source Procurement Policy weakness

04 Feb 2020

The World Health Organisation declaring a global health emergency over the spread of the Coronavirus brings a new clarity to the seriousness of such events. Global and national authorities are now in full-fledged preventative mode with demand for surgical...

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Irema helps combat Wuhan Coronavirus

23 Jan 2020

Irema, Ireland’s only surgical and respirator mask manufacturer, is seeing echoes of 2003 and 2009 with the spread of the ‘Wuhan’ Coronavirus. The virus which originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan in mid December 2019 has seen people...

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