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Manufacturing (32) Other manufacturing 32.5 - Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies 32.5 - Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies
250 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
7 November 2024
Employment effect (start)
7 November 2024
Foreseen end date
31 October 2026
Description
Multi-national medical device manufacturer, Freudenberg Medical, is to create 250 new jobs in Ireland over the next two years.
Recruitment is already under way for the new jobs and the positions will include engineering, research and development, manufacturing operations and support services. The new jobs will be based at the company’s site in Carrick-on-Shannon, county Leitrim.
Freudenberg Medical currently employs approximately 1,000 people in Ireland, with 700 people currently employed at the Leitrim plant.
In 2023, the company announced the creation of 100 new jobs in Galway as a result of the opening of a newly expanded facility. Freudenberg Medical 2023
Eurofound (2024), Freudenberg Medical, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 201908, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/201908.