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 Manufacture Of Chemicals And Pharamceuticals Manufacture Of Basic Pharmaceutical Products And Pharmaceutical Preparations 21 - Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations
125 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
12 April 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
30 April 2011
Description
Medical devices specialist Becton Dickinson plans to invest 52 million in expanding one of its Irish facilities and create 125 jobs. The US-based company plans to invest the money in expanding its facility in Drogheda, Co Louth, where it makes equipment and injection needles for diabetes treatment. The move means it will increase staff numbers there from 95 to 220 over five years. One in three new workers will hold a third-level qualification, the company said. Development agency IDA Ireland is supporting the move.
Becton Dickinson already employs 450 people in the Republic at two facilities in Louth and Dún Laoghaire in Dublin. The US-based group is one of the longest-established in its business. It is headquartered in New Jersye and has operations in 50 countries. It employs a total of 25,000 people.
Sources
20 April 2013: The Irish Times
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Becton Dickinson, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 63361, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63361.
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