Enterprise Ireland
Annual Report and Accounts 2004

Delta Off-Site Solutions

• Homepage
• Chairman's Statement
• Chief Executive Officer's Report

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• Section 1
  Achieving Export Sales
• Section 2
  Investing in Research and Innovation
• Section 3
  Competing Through Productivity
• Section 4
  Starting Up and Scaling Up
  • Connecting HPSUs and Investors
  • Start-up Class 2004
  • Opsona Therapeutics Ltd.
  • Delta Off-Site Solutions
  • Valista
• Section 5
  Driving Regional Enterprise

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• Membership of the Board & Committees
• Organisation Structure
• Statutory and Other Notices
• Financial Statements
• Office Network

Delta Off-Site Solutions was set up in Cork in 2003 by Patrick O’Callaghan, an expatriate who returned to Ireland from Jamaica. In 2004, the company experienced phenomenal growth, reaching turnover in the region of €9 million and direct staffing levels of 120. The company’s success reflects a trend emerging for expatriates to return to Ireland to set up businesses, a trend which Enterprise Ireland actively encourages.

Delta manufactures pre-assembled bathroom and kitchen pods and modular building extensions that are built off-site and shipped to their final location. This new industry is being encouraged by independent bodies such as the Build Off-Site Organisation as the way forward for higher quality and more efficient construction. A cluster of such construction companies has emerged in the Cork area and is actively supported by Enterprise Ireland.

Delta’s rapid growth exceeded all expectations. Its clients now include many of the largest construction companies in Ireland and the UK and its innovative technology is currently under a patent application. Pat O’Callaghan was named Emerging Entrepreneur of The Year in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards 2004.

Delta availed of Enterprise Ireland’s Mentor Network to gain independent advice on production and corporate structuring from a mentor with valuable CEO experience in key areas for Delta. Pat O’Callaghan, Delta Managing Director, found the Mentor Network very helpful on a strategic level for quality feedback on planning. He says: "We had access to the wealth of talent and knowledge that the Mentor possessed, with no agenda other than to pass on the experience gained over many years."

Enterprise Ireland also assisted Delta with R&D support to refine its products for the UK market and gave market entry strategy assistance. Delta currently has two agents in the UK and is working on increasing its number of strategic alliances in the UK market.

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