Abiomed, global leader in heart assist technologies, is to establish a Global Manufacturing facility for its Impella 2.5 cardiac assist device in Athlone, Co Westmeath, creating 250 new jobs over five years.
Aetna Inc., a US-based health benefits company, will create 70 new positions at its existing Castleisland, Co. Kerry, facility over the next three years.
Alcon Inc., the world's leading eye care company announced a €15.6 million expansion of its Irish operation – Alcon Laboratories Ireland Limited - at the IDA Business & Technology Park, Model Farm Road in Cork.
Beckman Coulter Inc., a worldwide provider of biomedical testing systems, is to launch an innovative four year collaborative research programme with NUI Galway in the field of Molecular Diagnostics
Blizzard, an electronic gaming company significantly increased their employment at their operations centre located in Cork during the year.
Boston Scientific Corporation, which specialises in medical devices for use in minimally invasive surgical procedures, is to invest €50 million, with the support of IDA Ireland, in strategic Research and Development at its Galway facility.
Business Objects, an SAP company, is to invest €29 million in establishing a R&D Centre in Ireland. The centre, which will be located at the SAP facility in Dublin will recruit a research and development team of 100 people, over a four year period.
Cameron Corporation of the US, one of the world's leading providers of oil and gas pressure control equipment and services to the global oil and gas exploration industry, is to significantly develop and expand its existing manufacturing and R&D facility in Longford Town.
Citi, one of the world's largest financial services companies, is to base its €35 million investment in next generation eBanking platform at its Dublin operation for Research, Development & Innovation. The investment will establish a new Centre of Technology Excellence (CTE) and will lead to the creation of 30 high calibre positions, such as project managers, technology architects, business analysts and software/hardware engineers.
Coca-Cola commenced the construction of a flavour manufacturing and innovation facility on a 41 acre site in the IDA Business & Technology Park in Wexford. The facility will support the company's strategic growth initiatives and will involve manufacturing, laboratory and pilot plant facilities to enable process development and product commercialisation.
Cook Medical, one of the world's largest privately held medical device companies, is to invest €25 million in the expansion of its medical devices manufacturing and services facility - Cook Ireland Limited - in Limerick. The investment will add 200 high quality jobs over the next five years. It will also establish the Limerick operation as the sole global manufacturing site for Cook's new drug eluting stent, Zilver PTX, for the treatment of peripheral arterial disease. This is the first time such a stent will be manufactured in Ireland.
CSN Stores LLC will establish its EMEA Headquarters in Galway, creating 200 positions over the next 36 months in Multilingual Customer Service, IT, Localisation, Finance, HR and Sales & Marketing functions. The company will also locate several buyers across Europe to source products directly from manufacturers.
DePuy Ireland Ltd., part of one of the world's leading orthopaedic products companies, is to carry out next generation product and process development at its Ringaskiddy, Co Cork facility, with the establishment of an Innovation Centre. The Centre is an important part of DePuy Ireland's future global strategy and the work of the Cork Centre will support the development of next generation orthopaedic products and operations. 20 people, with PhD, MSc and Bachelor Degrees in Biomedical Engineering, materials and quality, will work in the new purpose-built Innovation Centre and labs.
EMC Corporation will invest €20m in research and development activities over the next five years, creating up to 50 new engineering positions at its campus in Ovens, Co Cork. The R&D investment and related new engineering positions will initially focus on software development for EMC's industry-leading storage systems and resource management software products.
Facebook, the world's leading social networking site, is to establish its international headquarters in Dublin. Dublin will be the centre for Facebook's international operations and will provide a range of online technical, sales and operations support to Facebook's users and customers across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Freightquote has established a European Headquarters in Sandyford, Dublin. Freightquote, the leading online freight services provider, will create 100 new positions over twelve months with recruitment already under way.
Genzyme, a leading global biotechnology company, is to invest €130 million at its Irish operation in Waterford. The investment, supported by IDA Ireland, will create 170 high skilled positions and significantly increase the manufacturing capacity at the Waterford facility over the next three years.
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, is to invest a further €30 million in the expansion of its existing over-the-counter (OTC) pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford. The jobs will be in areas of production, quality, technical and engineering.
IBM is establishing an exascale stream computing research 'collaboratory' in Dublin. An IBM collaboratory is a laboratory where IBM Researchers co-locate with a university, government, or commercial partner to share skills and resources to achieve a common research goal.
IBM is to establish a Global Centre of Excellence for Water Management at its facility in Mulhuddart, Co Dublin. The company will invest €7 million and create 18 research and development positions for suitable candidates with appropriate third level software/engineering qualifications at PhD and Masters level.
IBM is to establish Europe's first Cloud Computing Centre. The new centre is to be located at the IBM Innovation Campus at Mulhuddart. It is expected that 21 people will work in the Centre, of which 9 will be focused on research in the area of cloud computing. The Centre will serve as a European hub to provide research and services to a number of satellite facilities to be built in Europe, Middle East and Africa.
IBM is also investing €30 million in a next generation'Green' Data Centre.
Lancaster Laboratories, one of the largest commercial analytical laboratories in the US, is expanding its operation in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford. It will result in the creation of 100 new high level positions over the next five years. The majority of these positions will require people at PhD, Masters and graduate level.
Marriott International, Inc., one of the world's largest hoteliers, is to establish its second operation in Cork creating 220 new high quality jobs over five years.
Microsemi is announcing 315 new jobs over the next 18 months, at its operations facility in Ennis, Co Clare, with the support of Government through IDA Ireland. These new roles will be in manufacturing, sales and technical support.
Netezza Corporation of Massachusetts, USA, is to locate a European Operations Centre in Dundalk, Co. Louth. The company will create 65 highly skilled positions over 5 years in a customer support and financial services operation to serve the European market.
ON Semiconductor of Phoenix, Arizona, US, a premier supplier of high performance energy efficient silicon solutions is to establish a new Research and Development Centre at Raheen Business Park, Limerick, which will create 49 high calibre jobs for semiconductor designers and engineers.
Pauwels Trafo Ireland Ltd. (PTI) in Cavan Town is to create 70 new high quality jobs over two years in a €12 million investment for the substantial expansion of its manufacturing facility into higher value products and new markets.
Pfizer Inc., the world's largest pharmaceutical company, is to invest €190 million for the establishment of a biologics facility at Shanbally, Co. Cork. The new plant will create approximately 100 high quality Pfizer jobs over three years.
PPD, Inc. headquartered in Wilmington, North Carolina, is to establish a contract research facility in Athlone, Co. Westmeath, which will initially include a cGMP analytical testing laboratory.
SATIR, one of the world's leaders in infrared technology, is to establish its European Headquarters in Dundalk.
SES Astra SA and the Eutelsat Communications SA, Europe's two leading satellite operators, have selected Ireland as the Corporate Headquarters for their new joint venture company, Solaris Mobile. With a combined investment to-date of €130 million in a new satellite, the new company, specialising in the emerging market for Mobile Satellite Services in Europe, is projected to create up to 50 exceptional high value jobs over three years in Dublin.
ServiceSource, the global leader in Service Performance Management, is to expand its new EMEA Headquarters in Dublin. The expansion will create more than 100 additional high quality multi-lingual professional sales positions.
Teva Pharmaceutical, the world's largest manufacturer of generic medicines, is investing €65 million at its existing facility in Waterford. The investment, will create up to 165 highly skilled positions over five years.
Thermo King, the global market leader in the design and manufacture of transport refrigeration equipment, is to undertake highly innovative Research and Design work on the next generation 'environmentally friendly' products at its long established Galway facility.
Unum is to establish a strategic software service centre in Carlow town. Unum is a US-based industry leader in employee benefits and the largest provider of group and individual disability income protection insurance in the US and the UK. The new investment will create up to 200 new high-level positions.
Vistakon Inc., a division of Johnson & Johnson, is to invest €100 million in a further expansion of its manufacturing operation, which already employs over 600 people in Limerick.
Wellman International Ltd. is to undertake a leading-edge 'green' Research and Development initiative to develop its high value speciality business and move its operation higher up the value chain.
Zimmer Holdings Inc., a global leader in medical devices, is to establish a new manufacturing operations base at the Shannon Free Zone. The Irish operation, with an investment of up to €50m in the first two years, will focus on the manufacture of Zimmer branded knee and hip products, and is expected to create 250 new high quality jobs supported by Shannon Development over the next five years. Winning this prestigious investment is the result of a significant collaborative marketing campaign undertaken jointly by Shannon Development and IDA Ireland.