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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing Other Manufacturing 32.5 - Manufacture Of Medical And Dental Instruments And Supplies
60 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
28 November 2023
Employment effect (start)
28 November 2023
Foreseen end date
Description
Medical device company, Vitalograph, is to create 60 new jobs in Ireland, at it headquarters in Ennis, County Clare, and at its site in Limerick.
Hiring for the new roles has already begun. The majority of the new roles (50 jobs in total) will be data processors. Other roles include senior software development engineer, process engineer and manufacturing technician.
The company currently employs nearly 300 people in Ireland and 450 worldwide. In 2022, the company announced the creation of 200 positions at in Ennis and Limerick Vitalograph-2022-IE.
Eurofound (2023), Vitalograph, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 200838, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/200838.
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