BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a leading global medical technology company, announced it plans to invest €30 million to expand its manufacturing facility in Enniscorthy, Wexford, creating 85 new jobs. The new 40,000 sq. ft. expansion will house operations to manufacture a new medical technology from BD’s Peripheral Intervention business unit. The new investment in
IDA Ireland, together with Simon Coveney TD, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, announced that Dexcom, a global leader in continuous glucose monitoring for people with diabetes, plans to build its newest global manufacturing facility in Athenry, Galway. The project is supported by the Irish Government through IDA Ireland and represents an investment of €300
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar joined the global CEO of the biopharmaceutical company Ipsen, David Loew, to launch Ipsen’s newly upgraded manufacturing site in Blanchardstown, Dublin. The official site launch follows Ipsen’s recent investment of €52 million to upgrade and expand manufacturing capabilities at the Dublin based site. The investment has supported the extension and
MeiraGTx, a vertically integrated, clinical stage gene therapy company, formally unveiled its gene therapy manufacturing facility in Shannon, with An Taoiseach, Micheál Martin TD, in attendance. The facility, online since earlier this year and stretching over 150,000 square feet, is the first commercial-scale gene therapy manufacturing site in Ireland. The facility is
Xerotech, which has worked with the European Space Agency on building battery safety tech, has announced the creation of 50 new jobs at its Galway manufacturing facility. Xerotech has already significantly ramped up its staff headcount since 2020 to cope with demand for its services. Last year, the company announced plans to take on 70 people as […]
Irish Distillers is to invest €50 million in its Midleton Distillery over the next four years to deliver carbon neutrality in its operation by the end of 2026 — one of the most ambitious decarbonisation targets adopted by an Irish manufacturing company. It plans to eliminate scope 1 carbon emissions from its operations, and scope […]
Enterprise Ireland (EI) is aiming to increase exports by its client companies by nearly 20pc to €30bn within the next three years, according to the latest strategy plan by the State agency. EI, which supports indigenous manufacturing and services companies, also intends to add 15,000 net jobs per year in that time, as it steers […]
Feature image courtesy of approcess.com APC, an Irish pharmaceutical R&D company, unveils €25m investment and 120 jobs to accelerate development and manufacture of Covid Vaccines and Advanced Therapeutics Manufacturing facility will have annual full-scale capacity for hundreds of millions of vaccine doses and other therapeutic doses Enterprise Ireland supports APC’s