A specialist engineering company
100 years of precision manufacturing
Family owned
Reliance Precision Manufacturing (Ireland) Limited are part of Reliance Precision Limited, a family-owned, specialist engineering company. Reliance provides custom-built and high reliability precision instrumentation to customers from a diverse range of global markets.
Founded in 1920 as Reliance Gear Company Limited. Reliance continues to provide leading edge gears and geared assemblies as part of the product portfolio.
Irish site established
The manufacturing site in Bandon, Co. Cork, opened in 1970. It originally established to manufacture high accuracy, ground racks for the machine tool industry. Continuous development and expansion of the product range over the years, has seen the site quadruple in size and the workforce increase from nine to forty.
Standard parts catalogue
In the 1960s Reliance introduced a standard parts catalogue, designed for engineers by engineers, and widely regarded as the first of its kind in Europe. The catalogue has been further developed into a range of standard products that can also be offered with modifications or as part of an integrated solution. The Irish site is home to the manufacturing and distribution of all the standard catalogue products.
During the 1980s the Reliance Group expanded into scientific instrument assembly work following significant investment in the cleanroom capabilities. The cleanroom capabilities are certified to ISO 14644-1 Class 6 (Fed Std 209D Class 1,000). This enables Reliance to manufacture, assemble and undertake mechanical and functional testing of quadrupole mass filters for the mass
spectrometry industry and is area of technology in which Reliance is now regarded as a world leader.
60 years’ experience
Reliance has over 60 years’ experience in manufacturing high precision engineering components and sub-assemblies to customers. Reliance aims to consistently deliver high accuracy and high reliability products which meet customer exacting quality and standards.
Testing and the effective application of metrology is a core part of Reliance’s philosophy, with inspection and measurement disciplines an integral part of the production process.
Core principles and values
Reliance operates with the following core principles and values: innovation, quality, collaboration, and integrity. Reliance is committed to providing interesting and challenging work that continues to innovate, and explore niche opportunities, developing the knowledge and expertise its customers require.
Strategic investment in people, plant and technology ensures that the business remains a stable, independent SME, and continues to operate at the forefront of modern manufacturing and precision engineering.
The future
Future plans for Ireland include the expansion of manufacturing capacity and the facilities to continue to develop new technologies and capabilities. As well as investment in gear production, metrology, ultra-precision and miniaturisation, alongside increased focus on an organisation-wide business excellence programme, designed to drive elite performance.
Timeline of Reliance
