Irish companies have secured over €200 million worth of contracts for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, Batt O’Keeffe announced that the firms won contracts across a range of sectors including construction, electronics, software, architecture and renewable energy.

He announced the contracts during a visit to Dublin by a senior delegation from the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) organised by Enterprise Ireland.

Enterprise Ireland has been working closely with client companies and the ODA for a number of years to maximise the involvement of Irish firms in the delivery of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

The ODA is in Dublin to meet Enterprise Ireland client companies and discuss the remaining opportunities for Irish firms in preparation for London 2012.

Congratulating the Enterprise Ireland client companies that won contracts, Minister O'Keeffe described the delivery of London 2012 as "a significant project that requires the highest levels of innovation, quality and professionalism among providers".

"The scale of contracts secured by these companies attests strongly to the excellence of their products and services.

"The ongoing co-operation between the ODA and Enterprise Ireland has resulted in valuable business opportunities and jobs for Irish firms and their workers," he said.

"The impact of the contract wins will have knock-on revenue implications for Irish sub-suppliers," he continued.

The next development phase of the London 2012 involves the fitting-out of buildings and day-to-day running of the Games.

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Thousands of contracts remain to be won in areas including security, catering, mobile buildings, waste management and venue fit-out.

The successful firms to whom contracts have so far been awarded have been revealed.

They include ABM Precast, Swords, Co Dublin which secured work on and around the infrastructure development of the Olympic Park for pre-cast concrete providing a 375 metre tunnel enclosure and a number of other civil pre-cast structures.

Anord Control Systems, Dundalk Co Louth was one of the first Irish companies to win a contract worth over £1m when it secured the package for the supply of switchgear to the site as part of the infrastructural cabling works.

Banagher Concrete, Co Offaly secured the order for pre-cast concrete terracing for the Handball Arena on the Olympic Park. This followed success at stadiums across Ireland including Lansdowne Road.

Clearpower, Co Wicklow has been commissioned to provide the renewable heating equipment for the Olympic Park complex in Stratford, East London. This comprises up to six mega watts of wood chip heating equipment.

The installation is being manufactured and will be installed and commissioned during the second half of this year.

Donseed, Co Kerry provides web-based workplace management solutions to the construction, retail and energy sectors. Donseed's solutions enable customers to track real-time attendance, eliminate time leakage, reduce costs by reducing administration, track health and safety compliance, and enable the contract teams to share project information in a secure environment. Donseed's product is being deployed on the Stratford site.

Heneghan Peng Architects, Dublin won the contract to design the Central Park footbridge in the Olympic Park which is being built by Belfast-based Lagan Construction.

John Sisk & Son is the largest Irish-owned contractor in the UK market and the company has won a significant contract award on the construction of the Athletes' Village.

Leinster Reinforcements, Athy, Co Kildare secured the contract for the manufacture and supply of reinforced steel cages for piles to the Aquatic Centre and Handball Arena.

P. Elliotts secured the main contract for the construction of one of the blocks in the Athletes' Village.

This is particularly significant because the company won this prestigious project in their first year of UK trading after only entering the UK market last year.

The company has also secured a second major project, in conjunction with Spanish firm FCC, to fit out the 55,000sq/m International Broadcasting Centre.

Techrete, Co Dublin is so far the most successful Enterprise Ireland manufacturing company at the Games with a series of successes in the Athletes' Village for their pre-cast concrete external facades. Techrete invested significantly in technology and lean manufacturing.

(BMcC/GK)