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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing Other Manufacturing 32.5 - Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
20 September 2022
Employment effect (start)
20 September 2022
Foreseen end date
Description
ICS Medical Devices, a medical device company specialising in catheter design and manufacturing services, has announced it will hire 100 new employees for its new manufacturing and research facility in Galway, Ireland. ICS Medical moved into this new facility in May 2022. Recruitment for the new roles in engineering, research and development as well as manufacturing has already started.
ICS Medical Devices work with medical device 'start-ups' to develop catheter technologies for minimally invasive medicine. The company plans to begin further expansion of the new manufacturing facility in 2023.
The company currently employs 70 people in Ireland.
Eurofound (2022), ICS Medical Devices, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 107472, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/107472.
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