Drop is tapping into the potential of the digital kitchen with its weighing scale and recipe app, writes Trish Dromey.

In addition to the tens of thousands of attendees, thousands of start-ups, and hundreds of investors, this year’s Web Summit will bring more than €100m in revenue to the Dublin economy over the next three days.

Former presidential candidate and entrepreneur Sean Gallagher emphasized the importance of entrepreneurship in getting the economy back on its two feet.

Last Friday, I listened to a Corkman brought up on a dairy farm in Donoughmore, out beyond Blarney. Aside from his fierce pride in being from Cork, this individual is also a strong role model for any boy or girl who harbours ambition to succeed in business.

PCH founder Liam Casey told the Cork Chamber annual dinner that the city has an opportunity to be great if it uses its imagination and spirit.

Two Irish tech companies announced major developments, with PCH International making an acquisition while Limerick’s AMCS Group secured a €23.5m round of financing.

An Irish software company Zinc has secured €650,000 in funding and become the first European company to partner with PCH International as part of its accelerator programme.

Ireland’s economy is entering a phoenix stage and the president of Cork Chamber, John Mullins, wants everyone to “be confident and be part of it”.

Cork-headquartered PCH International generated €510m ($710m) in revenue in 2011 — a 72% increase on the previous year.

A company which “adds intelligence to everyday things”, allowing users of its product to control daily activities via their smartphones, has won this year’s Electric Ireland Spark of Genius award.

The Cork region cannot allow the delays which have frustrated the development of the Corrib gas field hamper the potential of Ireland’s first commercial oil find at Barryroe, Cork Chamber president John Mullins declared yesterday.

The thousands of young people leaving the country need to be prepared for emigration so they can take advantage of the opportunities the global economy provides.

Ireland should be marketed as a location for global centres of excellence — managing logistics and the flow of information and finance for multinational companies — according to PCH International founder and CEO Liam Casey.

Liam Casey saw a potential gap in a rapidly developing market. Now the Cork-born entrepreneur employs 1,200 people across the globe, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

A €21 million acquisition by Cork-based technology manufacturer PCH International will lead to the creation of jobs in Ireland.

OPTIMISM was the order of the day for the 24-hour Sleepless in Garryvoe Entrepreneur Experience workshop in Cork over the weekend.

Cork: Irish technology group PCH International is considering an initial public share offer, possibly in Asia, its chief executive told Reuters after reporting strong earnings growth last year.

PCH International has recorded a surge in profits to €34.5 million on €288.6m sales for last year.

PCH International, which delivers electronics supply chain services for some of the best-known global companies, returned to profit last year.

ONE of the country’s leading businessmen has urged Irish companies to seize more opportunities abroad.

PCH INTERNATIONAL – the Cork-headquartered international supply chain management company – has said it is on course to return to profitability this year, after significantly slashing its losses in 2008.

TRIBUTES poured in across the country for businessman Joe Gantly yesterday, who was described as a positive, energetic and talented personality.

CORK company PCH International has raised $21 million (€14.8m) in venture capital funding from three US companies.

Construction group Grafton has teamed up with Irish supply chain firm PCH to set up a warehouse facility in China which will help to streamline product supply to its markets in the UK and Ireland, according to reports this morning.