International focus helps engineering firm increase sales 30% to €65m

CORK-based engineering firm, Dornan said sales will be up 30% this year to €65 million while increasing its workforce by a third to 720 employees.

This follows a year when the company saw pre-tax profit and turnover decline but the company is now planning for expansion.

In 2009, pre-tax profits at Dornan Engineering, which is headquartered in Little Island, Cork, were down from €2.08m in 2008 to €1.6m. Turnover was down from almost €52m to €50.7m.