Martin woos Japanese industry

IRELAND Inc is open for business, Enterprise Trade and Employment Minister Micheál Martin told Japanese business leaders last night.

Mr Martin was addressing business leaders after four Irish companies outlined details in Tokyo of new contracts with companies serving the world’s second-largest economy.

Ireland’s largest privately owned firm Glen Dimplex divulged details of its latest off-shoot Glen Dimplex Japan, which targets €30 million in sales of its electrical heating products in Japan.