Type
Business expansion
Country
Ireland
Region
Southern and Eastern; South-West (IRL);
Location of affected unit(s)
Cork
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing
Other Manufacturing
32 - Other manufacturing

186 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
11 September 2008
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
30 September 2013

Description

US eye care firm Alcon Laboratories has announced that it is to expand its Cork plant, investing over €20 million, and creating 186 new jobs. The expansion of the plant will result in a doubling of the existing workforce of 200 over the course of the next five years.

Alcon manufactures intraocular lens, a prosthetic lens that replaces the eye's natural lens after cataract surgery.


Sources

  • 12 September 2008: The Irish Times

Citation

Eurofound (2008), Alcon Laboratories, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 67088, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67088.