Type
Business expansion
Country
Ireland
Region
Border; Midland and Western; Midland
Location of affected unit(s)
Athlone
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing
Other Manufacturing
32 - Other manufacturing

250 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
4 August 2008
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2009

Description

An American medical devices multinational, Abiomed, is to create 250 new jobs over the next 18 months in a new plant in Athlone in the Irish Midlands.

The plant will manufacture a product for patients suffering acute heart failure. Abiomed is based in Massachusetts, and specialises in medical technologies designed to assist or replace the pumping of the heart.


Sources

  • 6 August 2008: The Irish Times

Citation

Eurofound (2008), Abiomed, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 66979, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66979.