Type
Business expansion
Country
Ireland
Region
Southern and Eastern; Mid-West;
Location of affected unit(s)
Limerick
Sector
Information / Communication
Information Service Activities
Information Service Activities
63 - Information service activities

100 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
26 September 2016
Employment effect (start)
26 September 2016
Foreseen end date
26 September 2019

Description

IT support company, WP Engine, is to create 100 jobs in Limerick over the next three years.

WP Engine is a managed services company for WordPress websites, and is responsible for powering 5 percent of the world's websites.

The new office in Limerick is the first customer services hub outside of the USA. It will service around 50,000 customers in the EMEA region.


Sources

  • 26 September 2016: RTE
  • 26 September 2016: Silicon Republic.com

Citation

Eurofound (2016), WP Engine, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 88648, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/88648.