The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Computer, Electronic And Optical Products 26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
1,600 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
23 March 2021
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Intel will create 1,600 new jobs over 3 years at its manufacturing campus in Kildare. Construction of a new fabrication plant has been ongoing for the past two years and is due to be completed by 2024. This will more than double the manufacturing space at its Irish operation as part of a global plan to accelerate its chipmaking capabilities. The jobs will be largely technical roles such as engineering and technicans.
Intel currently employs 5,000 people in Ireland, with 4,500 working at the Kildare plant.
Eurofound (2021), Intel, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 104419, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/104419.
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