BIA Obair - Affordable Food Production Units

THE BIG PICTURE

An Affordable Place To Start

An affordable place to work is the bedrock of the BIA Innovator Campus offering to food entrepreneurs.

BIA OBAIR fulfils a real need and tackles a bottleneck in scaling our regional food companies. It consists of 12 food-grade production units and 4 co-working incubator kitchens allowing a continuum of growth options

Starter Units

9 independent own door starter units

HPSU Growth Units

3 independent own door HPSU growth units

Co-working Incubators

4 unique co-working food incubators (Dairy, Meat, Seafood and Multi-Product)

Best Practice in the Food Industry

Considerable research and reference to best practice, consultation and collaboration has gone into BIA OBAIR, crafting a formula of unit specialization and scale to allow companies to progress from a hot desk in BIA EOLAS to using a specialist Co-Working/time share facility to taking a Starter Unit to progressing to a Growth/HPSU unit as their business develops. Of course, companies can go straight in at Growth Unit level should they be at that scale.

Facilities

Find the right place to produce

Not Just A Space To Rent

Users of the kitchens will have access to BIA Innovator Campus Innovation Specialists whose role is to support new products from concept approval to launch.

Supportive Community

Be co-located with a community of 40+ food and drink businesses. Networking is a really crucial part of overall BIA Innovator Campus experience. Participants and staff will be encouraged to build and share networks. We will also use our reach and influence to plug food entrepreneurs into an active network of professionals, suppliers and potential investors who can help accelerate their company’s growth.

Benefit From

BIA LUAS support of food businesses to grow and scale through:

Business Engagement Zone

For entrepreneurship peer learning, mentor coaching and client meetings. This will also act as base for Local Enterprise Office Galway access to an business advisory support and mentor panel. It is very important that this area will facilitate peer learning and problem solving.

Buyers Showcase

This dedicated area will operate an a space to host small trade events, meet and present buyers – a place to do business.

What the food community are telling us

"We've outgrown our current facilities and our production capacity is maxed out. We are currently unable to take advantage of new business opportunities due to capacity constraints in current facilities."

“We are being limited by our production facilities.”