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 Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing Other Manufacturing 32.5 - Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies
120 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
9 March 2022
Employment effect (start)
9 March 2022
Foreseen end date
31 March 2025
Description
American multinational Johnson & Johnson VisioN will create 120 new jobs over the next three years as part of an expansion of its plant in Limerick worth a €35 million investment.
Other 80 temporary jobs will be created during the construction phase. The recruitment process has already started and the company is looking for data engineers, supply chain data analysts, lead software developers and Salesforce developers.
The company manufactures eye health products at its plant in Limerick and currently employs 1,600 people there.
Eurofound (2022), Johnson & Johnson Vision, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 106453, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/106453.
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