Health Technology company Abbott is expanding its site near Donegal Town, creating 200 jobs.
Abbott’s Diabetes Care facility in Donegal currently employs 640+ staff developing glucose testing products.
The expansion is part of a €440 million investment which includes a new 30,000-square metre Kilkenny facility. The Kilkenny site will employ more than 800 people.
An Taoiseach, Simon Harris, TD, marked the official opening of its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Kilkenny.
Mr Harris said: “Abbott, which has been in Ireland since 1946, is one of the longest-established global companies and largest employers in our country. This latest investment is a further vote of confidence in Ireland as a location for world-class advanced manufacturing and healthcare businesses. With the opening of this new site, Ireland is now at the global centre of diabetes care.”
In Ireland, Abbott currently employs about 6,000 people across 10 sites located in Dublin, Donegal, Clonmel, Cootehill, Galway, Kilkenny, Longford, and Sligo.
The Donegal facility was established in 2006.
Outside Ireland, Abbott is expanding its manufacturing capacity across Europe with a further £85 million investment in its Witney facility in Oxfordshire, UK.
Abbott’s FreeStyle Libre portfolio is the world’s leading2 continuous glucose monitoring system, now helping more than 6 million people across over 60 countries.
General Election candidate John McNulty welcomed the announcement saying “I want to warmly welcome the announcement today by Taoiseach Simon Harris of 200 more jobs for the Abbott facility in Donegal Town.
“This will take employment locally to 840, giving a further boost to the entire south Donegal area. These extra positions are another vote of confidence in our economy under Fine Gael.”
Fellow candidate Pat the Cope Gallagher also welcomed the jobs boost.
