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Manufacturing Other manufacturing Other manufacturing 32.5 - Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies
725 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
15 January 2025
Employment effect (start)
15 January 2025
Foreseen end date
1 January 2035
Description
Medical device manufacturing company, Aerogen, is to create 725 new jobs in Ireland over the next ten years. The Irish company is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of respiratory nebulisers.
The new jobs, part of a €300m expansion supported by Enterprise Ireland, will be based at the Irish company’s sites in Galway and Shannon. The new roles will include research and development (R&D), manufacturing, science and engineering.
When the new roles are in place the company’s global workforce will be at 2,000.
Eurofound (2025), Aerogen, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 202293, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/202293.
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