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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing Other Manufacturing 32.5 - Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies
230 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
15 December 2021
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2027
Description
Global medical technology company BD is creating 230 new jobs across Ireland over the next years. One hundred people will be hired at the manufacturing site in Drogheda, County Louth, where syringes are produced. New positions are in engineering, production, machine operations, logistics, management, and administration. Half the positions have already been filled, with remaining jobs expected to be filled by the end of 2023. Recently, a €62 million investment has been made in the plant. The Drogheda site currently employs 240 people.
Another 130 new jobs will be created at the research and development centre in Limerick over the next five years, following a €70 million investment. New positions will be in the fields of engineering, software, electronics, hardware, and immunology. The Limerick facility in Castletroy opened in 2017 and currently employs 350 workers. It is the company's global research hub.
BD first began operations in Ireland in 1964 and now operates across four sites. It develops innovative technology, services and solutions that help advance both clinical therapy for patients and clinical process for health care providers.
Eurofound (2021), BD, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 106147, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/106147.
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