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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing Other Manufacturing 32.5 - Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
13 June 2016
Employment effect (start)
13 June 2016
Foreseen end date
Description
Medical devices company Surmodics is to hire 100 people at its R&D plant in Galway. The company has already hired 32 individuals at the former Creagh Medical facility in Galway.
Surmodics is an American company, and has its headquarters in Minnasota. Its primary function is to make medical devices used in the treatment of heart disease. The company is to invest a further €9.5m in research and development, and will allocate €7m in to upgrading its facility in Ballinasloe.
Sources
13 June 2016: Silicon Republic.com
13 June 2016: RTE
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Surmodics, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 87725, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/87725.
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