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Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
125 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
16 May 2019
Employment effect (start)
16 May 2019
Foreseen end date
31 May 2022
Description
Irish software company Poppulo is to create 125 new job vacancies in Cork over the next three years. The new jobs are advertised are in hi-tech engineering, R&D, sales and marketing positions. Poppulo currently employs 163 people in Cork and 37 people in Boston, USA. The company's clients include Unilever, Bank of America, Nestlé, Johnson Controls, Rolls-Royce and many major pharma companies. A few months ago, the US private equity firm Susquehanna Growth Equity invested €30 million in Poppulo. The expansion is supported by Enterprise Ireland.
Eurofound (2019), Poppulo, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 98193, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/98193.
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