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Manufacturing (32) Other manufacturing 32 - Other manufacturing 32 - Other manufacturing
175 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
8 February 2010
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
US-owned medical devices multinational Boston Scientific has announced up to 175 redundancies at its Galway plant. Boston Scientific Galway presently employs 3,000 staff, and 5,000 in total in Ireland. Many staff at the Galway site are employed in high-skill jobs.
Eurofound (2010), Boston Scientific, Internal restructuring in Ireland, factsheet number 70170, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/70170.