The last 24 months have seen both a jump in demand for Modern Water’s Microtox monitoring equipment and reagents and the development of the Mobile Monitoring Unit, with its on and off-site monitoring capabilities and real-time results. Due to this growth, Modern Water is delighted to announce its expansion with the acquisition of a new manufacturing and logistics centre in Charleville, Co Cork, Ireland.
The new centre covers 6,000 square meters and will support assembly, logistics, manufacturing and distribution of Modern Water products, in combination with the Deepverge Technology Centre of Excellence in Fermoy, Cork and the Modern Water laboratories in York UK – creating an axis of product development within the UK & EU.
The creation of this new European base ensures manufacturing of Modern Water’s exclusive Microtox reagents is guaranteed and creates a reduction in distribution costs while raising competitiveness within the monitoring market.
The acquisition of the new European base also strengthens the core sales and product development teams within Modern Water. The mobile monitoring unit was designed and assembled at the Charleville premises and will continue to be the focal point of assembly going forward. The sales team now covers a wider range of industries and territories, with former Apple employee Cathal Murphy taking control of the Middle East.
Meet the New EU Team
Tony Ryan
Tony Ryan is Director of Sales and Operations of Modern Water. He was previously Managing Director of Glanaco in Charleville where he developed a successful export strategy for the business, enabling export within Europe via a growing dealer network.
Michael Fitzgerald
Michael is also a Director of Sales and Operations of Modern Water. He previously worked as UK sales development for Glanaco, and built up and managed a client base as well as heading up product development and engineering.
Jon Shepherd
Jon is EU & UK Business Development Manager for Modern Water and has twenty years experience in the water industry, with detailed technical knowledge of analytics, lab instruments and reagents, process measurement and control and optimisation. Jon has deep and specific knowledge of treatment and pumping applications, specialising in water and waste treatment and supporting customers and colleagues in the how and why of analysis and data collection.
Cathal Murphy
Cathal is Business Development Executive at Modern Water. With over 25 years experience in financial services and 9 years sales experience with Apple, Cathal will bring significant business development experience to Modern Water.
Patricia O’Connor
Patricia is Accounts & Office Manager at Modern Water, having spent over a decade as a service team lead in investment banking and, more recently working with indigenous SME’s Patricia will use her experience to improve work processes and utilise resources more efficiently.
Emma Fitzgerald
Emma joined the team in Modern Water April 2022 as a Marketing Executive.
