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European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
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The contact lens manufacturer, Johnson & Johnson is creating 100 new manufacturing jobs at its plant in Co Limerick. The company is investing €100 million into its manufacturing facility, supported by IDA Ireland. The expansion will also create 200 temporary construction jobs, in the building of a new facility. The plant leader claimed that the new manufacturing roles will be essential in assisting the company bring pioneering contact lens products.
Johnson & Johnson employs 900 people in Limerick. The Limerick site is the largest contact lens manufacturing plant in the world.
Eurofound (2019), Johnson and Johnson Vision Care Ireland, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 97540, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/97540.