Abbott

Global healthcare firm Abbott is sites: Clonmel, Cootehill, Donegal, industrial estate. The move will see active in over 150 countries, has Longford and Westport, along with a combined investment of almost 74,000 employees around the multiple functions in and €10 million and will enable the world and operates in the nutrition, Sligo and headquarters, in Liffey consolidation of manufacturing diagnostics, vascular care, vision, Valley. In 2017 they announced they and business support within one diabetes and pharmaceuticals would relocate the Irish Nutritional building, enabling the creation of a segments. It traces its lineage Devices business from its existing medical nutrition device centre of back to 1888, and has an Irish base in Sligo, to a new, purpose-built excellence. operation since 1946. It currently IDA Ireland Advance Technology has around 3,000 employees in ten building located in the Finisklin

Aerie Pharmaceuticals

A new entrant to Ireland’s FDI constructed 2,650m2 IDA Advanced sufferers. Estimated project-wide scene, US pharma company Aerie Technology Building. The Athlone costs are €25m and the company announced in 2017 that they would facility will produce commercial will initially create 50 jobs in sterile establish their first manufacturing supplies of Aerie’s products which manufacturing, quality, engineering plant in Athlone’s recently offer a new treatment for glaucoma and other support capabilities.

AIG

AIG is a global giant within the clubs across Ireland. Their recent worldwide, and acts as insurer to insurance industry, and has had acquisition of Laya Healthcare in more than half of the world’s top an ever-growing presence within 2015 place them as a dominating 100 companies. Now established in Ireland since the 70’s—from its force not just within Ireland but Ireland for just over 40 years, they flagship office in the heart of Dublin in Europe. The company has a employ 400 in Dublin alone and to its dozens of sponsored GAA presence in over 160 markets have voiced plans to expand.

Airbnb

California-headquartered is Airbnb’s Irish operation – its converted 19th-century Warehouse one of the highest-profile players European HQ – has grown rapidly – the company’s second-biggest in Dublin’s Docklands. Over 60m since the initial announcement in office worldwide. Airbnb employs guests have visited locations in 2013, and now functions across two over 400 people in Dublin, from over 191 countries and the company prime Silicon Docks offices: the over 40 countries. is hotly tipped to IPO this year. Watermarque, and the restored and

Alexion

Since 2013, Alexion’s facility in operations in support of its Global number of jobs in the location. Staff Blanchardstown, Dublin has Manufacturing network. In 2016 numbers are projected to reach 500 served as the company’s Global Alexion announced a €100 million between the two sites by the end Supply Chain and Operations investment into a manufacturing of 2019. headquarters. The site is also used facility in Athlone, expanding its to house packaging and testing biologics unit and doubling the Allergan

Allergan marked 40 successful Ireland, also announced details of in Westport, Co. Mayo – as well as years of business in Ireland a new €50,000 Innovation Award an international supply chain office by confirming an additional Programme with Irish colleges in Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin. The investment of €42 million in around the country. Allergan Westport and Clonshaugh facilities its Irish operations in 2017. operates three facilities in Ireland develop and manufacture a range of The company, which employs -- two manufacturing operations, branded medicines primarily for the approximately 1,700 people in one at Clonshaugh, Dublin and one export market.

Allianz

With a century-long presence in has a long-standing reputation in people at its head office in Elm Park, Ireland alone, Allianz stands as Ireland as a sponsor of the GAA and placing it among Dublin’s biggest one of the leading players in the a supporter of the arts, with close employers. Having surpassed their insurance industry, with over to a million customers nationwide. 2017 turnover goals, Allianz is on 80 million customers worldwide More than that however, the target to hit its projections for 2018. across 70 countries. The company company employs over 1,500

Almac Group

Almac Group, the global contract arise due to Brexit. InJanuary 2018 at its European campus which is pharmaceutical development the Group announced further scheduled to be operationally ready and manufacturing organisation, investment at the campus including by January 2019.This €34 million confirmed that it secured new a new QC laboratory and packaging investment complements the premises in Dundalk, Ireland in facility for commercial drug existing clinical supply and drug January 2017 as part of its ongoing products and a dedicated 79,000sq product development operations global expansion strategy, to meet ft EU Distribution Centre for clinical offered from its Global HQ site in client demand and to address any trial supply. This investment will Craigavon, NI potential challenges that may more than treble the GMP footprint

ALPS Electric

Japanese electronics manufacturer €6 billion. It established Irish aroudn 700 people in its cutting- Alps Electric supplies over 40,000 operations in Millstreet, Co Cork, edge Millstreet facility, a setup that different components from 21 in 1988, where it manufactures is ISO14000-certified, and has been factories worldwide to about 2,000 products for the automotive honoured with quality awards from companies all over the world. The industry in Europe. It has also Jaguar Land Rover and Volvo. Alps Group overall has 42,000 branched out into medical and employees and annual sales worth white goods. ALPS Electric employs

Amazon

Online retail giant invested over €1.5bn since, with AIB headquarters in Ballsbridge, has a large setup in Ireland, operations in Dublin and Cork and which would provide a comfortable encompassing datacentre, software datacentres around the Dublin area. home for the 1,400 staff they engineering and customer support It is understood to be interested already have in the city, along with functions. It established its in rivalling as the next the 500 new staff it is planning to presence here in 2004 and has prospective tenant for the current recruit. Apex

One of the largest fund services in employees along with staff in all administrator in the world and the the IFSC, Apex agreed to acquire of its other offices will join Apex largest independent administrator Deutsche Bank Alternative Fund following the deal. The transaction with $300bn of AUA. Apex already Services (AFS) unit last year; will add $170bn to Apex’s assests has three offices in Ireland, in almost half of Deutsche Bank AFS’s under administration (AUA), Dublin and Cork. global staff are based in Dublin. All propelling the Bermuda-based of the around 130 Ireland-based firm to become the eighth largest

Apple

Tech leader Apple opened its 1,100 new jobs in the county. announced that the government Cork facility in 1980, expanding Their proposed €850m Athenry will collect the controversial €13 through a series of investments and datacentre development finally got billion ‘Apple Tax’ but wish to evolutions ever since. Apple already the planning green light in 2017, dispute it to the European Court employs 5,000 people in Cork and although it is unclear whether the of Justice and prove there was no in 2016 got the go-ahead for an project will go ahead at this point. special deal in place with Apple. expansion to facilitate a further Taoiseach Leo Varadkar recently

Arvato

With roots tracing back to the Company, Arvato is a leader the two countries. Today they printing industry almost two in supply chain management stand as an active player in the Irish centuries ago, this German-based and customer relationship market, and is particularly involved company has offices in over 40 management. In recent years the within the utilities, banking and countries worldwide and serves company has a had a growing telecommunications sectors, a consumer-base of 70,000. A presence within Ireland and the serving customers in both the subsidiary of the Bertelsmann UK, employing over 4,000 across public and private sector.

Bank of America

In July last year it was announced Bank of America joined the growing investment banking division of that Bank of America Merrill Lynch number of international financial Bank of America, formed through confirmed Dublin as the location for institutions – including Barclays, the combination of the corporate its post-Brexit EU hub; the merged Citigroup and Morgan Stanley – to and investment banking activities entity will be led by vice-chairman increase their footprint in Dublin of Bank of America and Merrill Bruce Thompson, a former group following the UK’s decision to Lynch following the acquisition of chief financial officer and head of leave the EU. Bank of America the latter by the former in January risk for the Bank of America group. Merrill Lynch is the corporate and 2009.

Bank of China

Bank of China opened its first European countries. At the branch Promoting Trade and Investment Dublin branch in June 2017, in a opening, Bank of China Chairman between China and Ireland, signed sign of the growing importance Tian Guoli and Taoiseach Leo by Martin Shanahan, the IDA of economic relations between Varadkar witnessed the signing of Chief Executive, and Tian Jun, the Ireland and China. Bank of China a Memorandum of Understanding General Manager of Bank of China has branches or subsidiaries in 16 Regarding Strategic Cooperation for Dublin Branch. Bausch & Lomb

Contact lens and eyecare leader €85 million extension at the plant, €200 million in the Waterford Bausch & Lomb’s roots date back to increase Biotrue ONEday contact facility’s operations, infrastructure to New York in 1853. It has been lens manufacturing capacity and and manufacturing line growth and owned by Valeant Pharmaceuticals add 112,000 sq ft on an adjacent the factory employs around 1,250 since 2013, and its Irish operations 17-acre site, adding 125 jobs. Valeant people. Parent company Valeant are centered on its Waterford plant, Pharmaceuticals International, employs 22,000 worldwide. which is over 35 years in operation. the parent company of Bausch Last year saw the opening of an + Lomb, has invested more than

Bayer

This German based global ranging from innovative cancer The company employs over 117,000 enterprise is a leading figure in the treatments to agricultural products. worldwide, and a bid to acquire the fields of Health and Agriculture. The company has had a standing Monsanto Firm later this year for Since its inception over 150 in Ireland for the past 50 years, and USD$66 billion is set to propel the years ago, the company has been today employs around 100 people company to new heights. producing a wide range of products at its facility in Sandyford, Dublin.

Beckman Coulter

Beckman Coulter, which develops, facility at Lismeehan, County Clare, County Clare is a strategic site manufactures and markets creating 70 jobs over the next for the global Beckman Coulter products that simplify, automate two to three years. The project is Diagnostics business, with 330 and innovate complex biomedical supported by the Irish Government people working there. The new testing, is expanding the company’s through IDA Ireland. The company’s expansion will add an additional development and manufacturing 9,700 m2 site at Lismeehan in 6,700 m2 to the facility.

BioMarin

Since opening its doors in 2011, in-class therapeutics that have they treat. BioMarin has recently BioMarin has grown to 365 the potential to improve clinical extended its site footprint to employees in Cork, with an outcomes of patients with rare 20 acres as the company continues additional 67 people based in genetic diseases. The company to experience a rise in the global Dublin and 2,400 employees currently has six approved products demand for its therapies to treat globally. BioMarin focuses on that are the only drugs available on rare genetic diseases that mostly developing first-in-class and best- the market today for the diseases affect children.

BNY Mellon

US banking powerhouse BNY the bank’s legal entities. Its Irish clearing and custody services and Mellon has a 20-year history in operations provide services to a funds platform. Globally, the Ireland, and now has offices in Cork, asset managers, banks, pension company – founded in 1784 – has Wexford and several in Dublin, funds, insurance companies over $30 trillion under custody and/ adding up to a total headcount of and corporations. Its Pershing or administration, and $1.7 trillion around 1,600 under a variety of subsidiary also provides execution, under management. Boston Scientific

Medical devices firm Boston established in 1998 and acquired facility is the company’s largest, Scientific established its Irish in 2006 and particularly serves the and handles functions such as new operations in 1994 with the support cardiac sector. Cork was established product development, regulatory of the IDA and has grown to be the in 1998 as part of Boston Scientific’s affairs and analytical laboratory largest medical device employer manufacturing expansion testing. It is a major contributor to in Ireland. The company has three programme and serves sectors the company’s drug eluting stent sites – Clonmel, Cork and Galway such as peripheral intervention, product line. – and exports around 10m medical endoscopy and cardiology. The devices annually. Its Cork plant was Galway manufacturing and R&D

Bristol Myers Squibb

NYSE-listed pharma firm Bristol- Dublin, and external manufacturing Co Dublin, as Bristol-Myers Squibb Myers Squibb has been in Ireland in Shannon. In June 2017 shifts manufacturing focus in since 1964. Its facilities in Ireland South Korean company SK Ireland to reflect growing biologics include a state-of-the-art, large- Biotech acquired their Active portfolio with ongoing investment scale biologics manufacturing Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) in Cruiserath biologics facility. facility in Cruiserath, County manufacturing facility in Swords,

Circle

The social payments app Circle has $1 billion in transactions in 2016. China. This was facilitated by a been quietly growing its workforce The digital disruptor has saw 300 $136m investment from Facebook’s in Dublin and doubled it to 30 last per cent quarter-on-quarter growth investor Jim Breyer and Goldman year. The company, which set up over the 2016-2017 period following Sachs, among others. its international headquarters in its international expansion into Dublin in July 2014, handled over Ireland, Spain, the UK, US and

Cisco

Networking hardware supplier celebrated its tenth anniversary last and cloud enabled desktop, mobile Cisco has two facilities in Ireland: year. It was the subject of a €26m applications, desktop virtualisation East Point in Dublin, and Galway. investment in 2012, creating 115 new and real-time web communications. Cisco’s Sales and EMEAR capital positions and taking the centre into The global company has 73,711 operations take place at East Point, communication and collaboration employees and announced $48bn in while Galway is an R&D facility that software technology via enterprise global revenue for 2017.

Citrix

Citrix announced in April 2017 the adding 26,000 sq ft of office space and will host the EMEA Inside Sales creation of 150 new jobs, adding to to the current footprint, in order to and Tech Support functions and the 225 already employed, as part centralise Inside Sales activities. other support roles to support Citrix of an expansion of its East Point The expanded office will provide transition to a cloud model. Business Park office in Dublin, workspaces for over 400 employees Coca-Cola HBC

Coca-Cola Hellenic is one of the Antrim. The head office is in Dublin east, from the Arctic Circle in the world’s largest bottlers of Coca-Cola. and across Ireland there is a staff north to the tropics of Nigeria in the The Coca-Cola franchise first came of more than 300 in the Republic south; it is is headquartered in Zug, to Northern Ireland in 1939, and set of Ireland and 450 in Northern Switzerland and has a premium up in Cork and Dublin in 1952 and Ireland. The Coca‑Cola HBC group listing on the London Stock 1953 respectively. The largest Irish operates from Ireland in the west Exchange and secondary listing on operation is now in Lisburn, Co. to the Pacific coast of Russia in the the Athens Exchange.

Comtrade

Comtrade Digital Services is part Its Irish headquarters are in Dublin in Ireland, such as the annual Quest of Comtrade Group, a leading IT and it works closely with digital for Quality conference focusing on provider with offices in 11 countries leaders, such as Ryanair, to help quality assurance (QA) and testing across Europe and North America. them accelerate innovation and in software development, and The group was established in 1990 fully embrace digital transformation. most recently hosted a blockchain and operates through 16 companies Comtrade Digital Services regularly hackathon exploring how technology with a global staff base of over 1,500. hosts high profile technology events can impact the aviation industry.

Cook Medical

Cook Medical designs and Cook Medical EMEA and managing the late eighties, Doherty recognises manufactures a broad range of director of Cook Medical Ireland – he the need to stay competitive, and minimally invasive medical devices was their first employee in Ireland in ensures R&D is a big focus at the including stents, catheters and 1994 and the company has grown its Limerick site, as well as providing biopsy needles. The medical device Limerick operations to around 900 services for the wider business, with manufacturer is headed up in Ireland people. Having worked in Atari when the EMEA shared service centre for by Bill Doherty, vice-president of they closed their Limerick plant in customer-facing activities.

Dell

Ireland is a strategic global hub support services, is a hub for sales services operations, supply chain for Sales, Services, Centres organisations, marketing, talent and operations and finance. The historic of Excellence, Operations, IT, diversity management and is also EMC Cork facility has become a Manufacturing, Finance & Solutions the European HQ for Dell Financial multi-functional campus since its Development with approximately Services. Dell EMC’s Limerick establishment in 1988 and in 2009 5,000 team members across Dublin, campus is a strategic global hub became a Center of Excellence (CoE) Limerick and Cork. The Dublin for the company in the areas of IT incorporating research and training. campus provides multilingual, high research and development, software It is the largest manufacturing site of complexity data centre enterprise and solutions development, historic EMC outside of the US.

Dropbox

The Hatch Street-headquartered just filed papers with the Securities $250m second-round fundraiser at cloud and file-sharing service and Exchange Commission that the end of 2011.That funding round provider established its pave the way for the company’s valued Dropbox at about $4bn. Its International Operations Centre in initial public offering, in a much- most recent funding round was in Dublin in 2012, the company’s first hyped tech flotation. Bono and the early 2014, when it raised $250m to move outside the USA. Dropbox has Edge invested in Dropbox during its give it a valuation of $10bn. Eaton

Eaton Corporation is one of of $19.7bn in 2016, and gross profit around 50 at Eaton as they actively Ireland’s biggest companies by of $6.3bn. It is based out of the site recruit to grow numbers up to 100 turnover. The Irish-headquartered, of the old IBM headquarters on headcount covering legal, treasury, Cleveland, Ohio-born multinational Pembroke Road, although while IP, IPO, tech, internal audit, finance with 95,000 employees, has a IBM at one point housed 600 and sales positions. presence in 60 countries, net sales staff on site, there are currently

Element Six

Element Six, a world leader in at its Shannon facility as part of a a four year period. The new jobs synthetic diamond super-materials €7million investment at the plant created in the areas of supply chain, and member of The De Beers in 2017. The investment brings engineering and manufacturing, Group of Companies, announced to €40million the overall spend brought overall employment at the creation of a further 100 jobs by Element Six at Shannon over Element Six in Shannon to 550.

Equifax

Equifax is a global information workforce to over 350, and their Its Dublin centre develops new and solutions FinTech company decision to double their Dublin advanced solutions for its global headquarted in Atlanta, Georgia. workforce within a year of opening customers, and employs software Their announcement last November its Dublin facility bolsters Ireland’s engineers, business analysts and of 150 new jobs to be created in reputation as a tech hub. Equifax other IT specialists. their IT development centre in also have a facility in Wexford Dublin over 2018 brings its Irish where 100 people are employed.

Evo Payments

The Dun Laoghaire-based card 50 positions at their new Irish established a presence here in 2014 payment service provider EVO headquarters. Operating under and works in partnership with Bank Payments International announced the BOI Payment Acceptance of Ireland. They have grown their a €9.1 million investment in the brand name in the Republic, an presence in Ireland from 5 people in Irish market last year, creating alliance with Bank of Irelan, EVO 2014 to over 130 last year.

Facebook

Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook is headquarters in Dublin’s Docklands, energy-efficient centre powered by the biggest name in social media, now housing approx 2,200 100% renewable energy. Facebook and has substantial operations in employees. It has also chosen confirmed late last year that they Ireland since entering the country in Clonee in Co. Meath for its first plan more hires in 2018, possibly 2008, and opening its international Irish data centre, an advanced and creating up to 800 new jobs. Fazzi Healthcare

US-based Fazzi Healthcare Services is the transformation of healthcare services to the US homecare and established a new Irish-based diagnoses, treatments, procedures, hospice sector, and will expand coding and healthcare services outcomes and services into into billing and distance learning company in Limerick,in 2016, universal medical alphanumeric offerings for International- creating 300 jobs over five years. codes, known as ICD. The Irish based insurance companies and Medical coding, a regulated process company provides ICD-10 coding governmental healthcare entities.

Fidelity International

Fidelity International is a global administration of €82.4bn. It has a be added. According to Brian Conroy, investment and retirement savings presence in Ireland since 2000 with President of Fidelity International, business serving investors in all over 280 in its state of the art Dublin “Dublin is a key international hub to corners of the world, managing office and last October announced a support our global growth objectives assets of €265.8bn and assets under further 250 additional roles would for the business.”

First Data

NYSE-listed First Data houses around and development centre. The said the Nenagh centre staff will work 300 staff between two Dublin payments processing company’s on “developing digital innovations facilities, and its new 32,000 sq ft original ambition for the centre is with Augmented Intelligence facility in Co Tipperary is set to open to accommodate 300 staff there. solutions, creating intelligent this March, with 150 technology Dr. Christopher Mascaro, head of infrastructures and forging the next engineers staffing the new research research & development at First Data generation of commerce platforms.”

Fitbit

Founded in 2007 by James Park competitors—Pebble, Vector Watch 2016. According to the International and Eric N. Friedman, Fitbit has and Coin—Fitbit is positioning Data Corporation (IDC), Fitbit is exploded onto the health scene itself as a dominating force in the leading in the wearables sector by in recent years with its innovative wearable tech industry. Based in 23%. Fitbit products are carried wearable technology. Having San Francisco, the company opened in 46,000 retail stores across 78 acquired three of its closest its EMEA headquarters in Dublin, in countries around the globe.

Fragomen

Global immigration services firm FDI companies relocating staff this year. Established in 1951 Fragoman opened its Dublin from abroad or sourcing new and headquartered in New York, office in October 2017. Fragomen staff, and as such is a vital part Fragomen already has 40 offices is a leading immigration services of the FDI ecosystem. It expects around the world with a global provider, servicing a portfolio of to have expanded to house 20 workforce of over 3,400. multinational clients, assisting immigration specialists in Dublin GlaxoSmithKline

GSK employs 1,450 people in Ireland manufacturing operation, where functions. GSK is investing up to and first established operations here it develops and produces a range €250 million over five years at its in 1975. It has two manufacturing of bulk pharmaceuticals, together production site in Currabinny, Co operations in Dungarvan and is with R&D and European Trading Cork to manufacture products for a the largest employer in the town operations in Cork; and in Dublin new breast cancer treatment, creating with almost 700 staff; it has a third there are Sales and Marketing up to 150 new high level positions.

Google

It was 2003 when locations. With the opening of their this year recruiting new roles for its announced it would establish its latest offices in the new Velasco cloud and enterprise business. Apart European HQ in Ireland, with the Building in , from its Silicon Dock offices, in 2015 creation 200 jobs over three years. which has 51,000 sq ft of space, it Google also began construction on a Fifteen years later, Google employs brings total investment in Ireland by €150m data centre at Profile Park in 7,000 people in Ireland, over seven Google to €809m. The company is West Dublin, its second in Ireland.

Graebel Companies Inc

Graebel, headquartered in Denver, There will be 125 new jobs created provide a broad range of finance Colorado, is a leading provider of over the next three years at its functions, including general ledger, workforce and workplace mobility newly established Europe Middle treasury and compliance, as well as services for Fortune 500 and Global East and Africa (EMEA) Financial customer support roles. 100 firms in 165 countries, with a Shared Services and Operations workforce of aroudn 800 globally. Centre in Dundalk. The centre will

Hasbro (Boulder Media)

Hasbro, the American multinational recorded a rise in sales last year employs 160 people is ramping up toy and board game company, has of more than 17 per cent to €19.7 its hiring signiifcantly this year, on had a presence in Ireland at its million and a 24 per cent rise in a recruitment drive across Dublin, Waterford-based manufacturing profits to just over €1 million. London, Paris, Lisbon, Madrid, facility since 1977, employing Hasbro acquired Irish company Milan and Barcelona, in advance an average of 260 staff over the Boulder Media in 2016, and the of production of the first ever CG past year. The Waterford facility animation studio, which currently feature film to be made in Ireland.

HCL Technologies

Indian HCL Technologies is a Analytics, Infrastructure in Dublin, operating customer global technology firm with Management and Engineering services on behalf of eir, with a a €6 billion annual turnover, Services solutions. Last September further 200 staff in Cork and 500 providing innovative technology they announced 100 new jobs at a between Armagh, Belfast and solutions built around Digital, IoT, new call centre in Limerick. They Kilkenny. Cloud, Automation, Cybersecurity, already employ close to 1,000 staff Henkel

Henkel employees circa 400 staff Little Island, Cork (DYLON Colour Tallaght, Dublin, where the global across three Irish sites; Tallaght Catcher manufacturing). They company already has a significant (Adhesives R&D, production, announced in late 2017 that Henkel manufacturing and R&D operation bottling & packaging), Ballyfermot Ireland, will establish a major for a wide range of adhesive (adhesives manufacturing) & Additive Manufacturing project in technologies, serving a global market.

HSBC

Formed in Hong Kong in 1865, about 400 people here. It offers guarantees, trade financing, cash HSBC is one of the world’s largest services to both corporate and management, and insurance. Their banking institutions. Over the past institutional clients. The range Head Office is currently based on the decades the company has become of products that HSBC provides Grand Canal Square in Dublin. The increasingly active within Ireland. includes foreign exchange solutions, company has 3,900 offices world- HSBC Ireland has been in operation structured treasury products, wide and over 38 million customers. for over 30 years and today employs trade and supply chain services,

Huawei

In December 2017, Huawei, the Cork R&D operation, which is increase from 2016. Huawei now global ICT leader, announced a growing from a small team to employs over 160 people in Dublin, new research partnership with nearly 20 highly-skilled staff. These Athlone and Cork across its business as part of its developments bring Huawei’s R&D and R&D operations, of which 75% growing R&D footprint in Ireland, investment in Ireland to $21 million are locally recruited. and the expansion of the company’s ( €17.7 million) in 2017, a significant

Hubspot

Inbound marketing company One Dockland Central, adjacent to Dublin was its first international Hubspot develops CRM, marketing the Convention Centre Dublin, and is office, and the new state-of-the-art and sales products and has amassed affectionately nicknamed Dubspot. facility has some unusual perks such 21,000 customers in 90 countries In 2016 it announced a commitment as an on-site pub, a library, quiet since its founders met in 2004. The to hiring an additional 320 rooms and a fitness room. company’s EMEA headquarters is at employees over the next three years.

IBM

Pioneering computer firm IBM is one in Mulhuddart, west Dublin; the Centre in Dublin. The new IBM of the best-known companies in the European Sales and Services Digital Delivery Centre will provide world. The company opened its first Support Centres in Blanchardstown, clients with leading design and Irish office in 1956 and now has a and laboratories in Cork and Galway implementation skills across a range workforce of over 3,000 employees that serve the world market. IBM of digital technologies including working on sales, marketing and will create up to 150 new, highly AI, data insights, machine learning, services operation IBM Ireland; the skilled digital roles over the next two Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud. company’s Technology Campus years in a new IBM Digital Delivery Indeed.com

Jobs site Indeed is a notable recruiter to a team of 530 people in its 500 new employees over the next in itself, having established its EMEA St. Stephen’s Green office. Continued two years. Last year it launched a headquarters in Dublin in March expansion plans for its Dublin-based new service, Indeed Prime, aimed 2012 and over the last couple of years headquarters for Europe, the Middle specifically at technical candidates in more than doubled its numbers East and Africa (EMEA), will add the Irish market.

Integer (Lake Region Medical)

Minnesota firm Lake Region Medical after renaming in 2016, Integer site with over 800 employees on was founded in 1947 has been Corporations Holdings is, with the site and markets to customers in operating in New Ross, Co Wexford combination of Greatbatch and Lake more than 30 countries worldwide. since 1994, and also operates a Region Medical in October 2015, the Lake Region Medical in Galway, is facility in Galway. In 2015, Texas- largest medical device outsource located in the hub of medical devices based Greatbatch Inc acquired Lake manufacturers in the world. Lake in Ireland, employs 280 employees Region Medical for $1.7 billion. Region Medical in New Ross, is a and is the International Research & Greatbatch is now known as Integer, large, high volume manufacturing Development Centre.

Intel

Microchip manufacturer Intel is one in investments to its current status intelligent systems R&D site at of the best-known names on the as one of the company’s most Shannon. Intel Cork joined the group Irish FDI scene, having celebrated advanced manufacturing plants as when the company acquired McAfee 25 years in Ireland last year. The well as a hotbed of research activity. in 2011 and 350 employees joined company built up its state-of-the- Over 4,500 people are employed the Intel family, with the facility now art Leixlip campus on the site of a at Leixlip, and the company also part of the Intel Security Group. former stud farm via over $12.5bn operates a communications and

Jaguar Land Rover

Jaguar Land Rover will be opening a role to play in realising the company’s Rover vehicles. All new Jaguar Land new software engineering centre in vision for electric and automated Rover lines will be offered with the Shannon in 2018, creating 150 jobs to driving vehicles. It will develop option of electrification from 2020. develop advanced automated driving new technologies to support The first fully electric performance and electrification technologies. The electrification and self-driving SUV, the Jaguar I-PACE, goes on sale Shannon facility has an important features on future Jaguar and Land in 2018.

Janssen

The pharmaceutical arm of Johnson Johnson in Dublin and Johnson & existing manufacturing space by & Johnson incorporates seven sites Johnson Vision Care in Limerick. an additional 19,100m2, provide in Ireland - four Janssen sites (three Janssen Sciences Ireland UC employment for up to 450 people in Cork, one in Dublin), DePuy announced an expansion of its during construction and an extra Synthes employing over 575 people Ringaskiddy, Co. Cork last October, 200 people once completed. manufacturing orthapaedic hips involving an investment of more and knees in Cork and Johnson & than €300 million to increase the JP Morgan Chase

JP Morgan, the US investment bank, allow them to double their Irish industry ranking for the second last year acquired a 130,000 sq ft workforce to 1,000, enabling them year in a row on Fortune magazine’s building in the Capital Dock to meet their growth plans within list of “The World’s Most Admired development in the heart of the European Union, as an anchor Companies of 2018.” Fortune also Dublin’s docklands, which will, for their post-Brexit operations. ranked the firm as the tenth most- when they move across the river, JPMorgan Chase was given the top admired company in the world.

LinkedIn Ireland

Professional social network LinkedIn Place EMEA HQ last year, a 17,650 to work after career breaks. LinkedIn established its Irish operations with sq m building that is the first that will offer additional training, an just three staff in 2010, and has now LinkedIn has built outside the USA, extended on-boarding period, and grown to a headcount of 1,200 that and is the result of an €85 million the provision of ongoing mentoring supports over 50 markets from its investment. A new initiative, called to ensure that participants make a EMEA headquarters. The company ReturnIn, is being piloted in Dublin seamless transition back into the moved into its high-spec Wilton aimed at encouraging people back workforce.

Medtronic

Medtronic operates out of five sites present in Ireland since 1999, having cardiac rhythm diseases. Today, in Ireland, in Athlone, Tullamore acquired a cardiovascular business over 2000 people are employed in and two in Galway, along with a established in Galway in 1982. Ireland with most of the company’s sales and support office in Dublin. Medtronic’s Galway site is a centre employees working at the state-of- Medtronic was founded in 1949 in of excellence for the development the-art facility in Galway, including Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA and and manufacturing of a number over 100 dedicated to research today does business in more than of the company’s key medical and development. The company 120 countries and employs 38,000 technologies for the treatment and has R&D links with third-level worldwide. Medtronic has been management of cardiovascular and institutions throughout Ireland.

MetLife

Late last year, insurance company to become one of the largest life at its Dublin facility now overseeing MetLife openeed a new global insurance providers in the wrold, life and non-life insurance products technology campus in Galway, to serving around 100m customers in Europe and operating a financial house 200 IT professionals at full- and with operations in around 50 services centre, the insurer’s first capacity. The NYSE-listed company countries. It established its Irish centre of excellence outside the US. was founded in 1868 and has grown operations in 2006, with 300 staff

Microsoft

Software, hardware, cloud and established Irish operations in 1985 with a 1,600-strong workforce at services firm produces and now operates three divisions Sandyford. The company has also some of the world’s best-known here: Microsoft EMEA Operations joined the datacentre scene, with tech products, such as Windows, Centre, Microsoft European its Grange Castle facility opening in Office, Word and the newer Surface Development Centre, and Microsoft 2009 and undergoing several phases range of devices. The company Sales, Marketing & Services Group, of expansion. N3

Atlanta-headquartered N3 plans and others, N3 also has offices in serves as a key strategic location to to double its Dublin workforce Bogota, Fargo, Fort Lauderdale, service our global clients,” CEO Jeff this year - th eglobal B2B sales and London, San Jose, Costa Rica, Sao Laue said. Clients include Microsoft, marketing firm is recruiting in the Paulo, Seattle and Singapore. “As SAP, Cisco, and others. cloud technology area. With clients the technology sector continues to including Microsoft, SAP, Cisco, rapidly expand in Europe, Ireland

Northern Trust

The Chicago-headquartered wealth has a presence in Ireland since as aChicago-based bank founded in management firm has 1,000 staff 1989, opened its Dublin office in 1889, Northern Trust now has more at its Irish operations in Limerick, 2000 and opened in Limerick than 20 international locations and and plans were announced last year in 2007 with 19 staff, growing 16,500 employees globally. to bulk up this figure to 1,400 over numbers by an average of 100% the next five years. The company every year since. From its origins

Optum

Leading US health services Since then Optum has grown been awarded has been recognised company Optum established exponentially in the area, now as the ‘World’s Most Admired operations in Letterkenny, Donegal employing around 1,000 employees Company’ in the Insurance and in 1999, with 30 employees, when in the largest Optum site in the Managed Care category, by Forbes it acquired the existing US health EMEA region. Optum’s parent magazine for five consecutive years. insurance provider Pacificare. group, UnitedHealth Group has

Oracle

NYSE-listed enterprise services its Irish subsidiary, Oracle of a recruitment drive for 1,400 giant Oracle, the world’s second- EMEA Limited. Last year Oracle new cloud sales professionals largest software manufacturer has announced 450 additional sales across the EMEA region, focusing almost half a million enterprise jobs in Dublin as part of a major on Dublin and five other locations customers in 175 countries and new expansion to support the (Amsterdam, Cairo, Dubai, Malaga employs almost 1,500 people growth of its cloud business, as part and Prague).

PayPal

The last year has been hugely employs close to their 2018 target publicly-listed company in 2015, successful in Ireland for online of 3,000 staff between Ballycoolin, with the relationship severing payments firm PayPal, seeing west Dublin Global Operations completely as it was announced profits almost double to over €10m Centre for EMEA, and Dundalk, in February 2018 that eBay plans at its Irish unit. Revenues here Co Louth. PayPal, which had been to replace PayPal with Ayden as its rose from €168m to €184m in the established under online auction primary payments processor. substantial Irish operation, which site eBay, was spun off as a separate PennEngineering

Penn Engineering’s presence experienced people, and Penn’s planned for the future, as they bring in Galway began in 2001 when continued investment over time the footprint to over 200,000 sq ft it acquired Precision Steel has grown this number to over 200. in order to support their growing Components, who were founded in With a new expansion announced markets in Europe. 1985. At the time of the acquisition, last year, 20 more jobs were added the facility employed 80 highly immediately with more additions

Perrigo NYSE-listed over-the-counter and headquarters remaining at Allegan, store brand market. The Company prescription company Perrigo is Michigan, where it was founded also is a leading provider of branded one of the top five pharma firms in and grew in the private-label OTC products throughout Europe the world. It traces its origins back manufacturing market. Perrigo and the U.S., as well as a leading to 1887 and is headquartered in is one of the world’s largest producer of “extended topical” Dublin 2 following the acquisition manufacturers of over-the-counter prescription drugs. of Irish pharma company Élan (“OTC”) healthcare products and in 2013, with its North American suppliers of infant formulas for the

Pfizer

Pfizer is one of the best-known Wyeth in 2009, to encompass over best-selling and cutting edge drug names in the Irish FDI and pharma 4,500 employees in eight locations products, as well as shared services, sectors. As one of the first pharma across Cork, Dublin, Kildare and R&D, treasury and commercial firms to establish operations in Limerick. With a total investment operations in Ireland. Ireland, in 1969, the company has level of over $7bn, the company grown, since the acquisition of operates manufacturing of some its

Pitney Bowes

Pitney Bowes currently operates Centre in Dublin that will house a Centre and Research & Design in Dublin a Global E-commerce three-year multi-million euro R&D Centre, creating approximately centre, supporting cross-border project focused on developing 100 new jobs for technical support, retail for many of the world’s a next generation e-commerce customer support and e-commerce most iconic retailers and brands. and payments platform for global R&D professionals in the region In May last year they announced brands.The new Operations Centre over the next few years. plans to open a new Operations will comprise a Client Support

Pluralsight

Utah-headquartered Pluralsight, plans to hire 150 people in Dublin in the top 20 on Forbes Cloud 100 an enterprise technology learning over the next three years, across list and is one of Fast Company’s company, opens its new EMEA a variety of roles, including sales, World’s Most Innovative Companies. headquarters early 2018. The Dublin marketing, operations, finance, In 2017, Pluralsight announced office will house the company’s and customer support. Pluralsight partnerships with Microsoft, Oracle, strategic business operations for was recently named one of 2017’s Adobe, and Google and launched its the region and support its growing Best Workplaces by Great Place philanthropic entity, Pluralsight One. customer base in Ireland and to Work® and Fortune Magazine. throughout EMEA. Pluralsight Additionally, Pluralsight ranked Pramerica

Prudential Financial’s software and and infrastructure, particularly ICT, engineering, and Pramerica Business contact centre sibsidiary, Pramerica, is in place. The company is based in Services handles analytics, contact is one of the biggest employers Letterkenny and has a headcount centre and IT support, among other in the north-west, exemplifying of 1,530, having grown from a mere functions. Pramerica Systems successful regional development, 100 employees when it was founded Ireland’s new state-of-the-art whereby quality jobs can be in 2000. Pramerica Technology campus near the existing Windy Hall attracted to a location far from the Services undertakes functions facility officially opened last year. major cities, when the right skills such as software development and

Regeneron

Nasdaq-listed New York- and investing in its first industrial multi-functional team in Dublin. headquartered Regeneron operations and product supply Last year they announced further pharmaceuticals first announced bioprocessing campus outside of investment bringing the total plans to invest in Irish operations the US, an investment of around expected employment at the site to in 2013. The company built up its $650m that houses the largest- 800 people and total investment to Irish presence by acquiring the scale bulk biologics production $750 million. former Dell facility in Limerick facility in Ireland. It also has a

Sanne

Sanne, an international provider services offering that includes further recruitment in 2018. It has of trust and fund administration fund administration, financial offices across three global regions: services, has recently acquired a reporting, company secretarial and The Americas, EMEA and Asia- fudn administration licence in order management support services. The Pacific & Mauritius. to grow its presence in Dublin by company’s plans for for organic developing a fully integrated client growth, strategic acquisitions and

Sanofi

French healthcare group Sanofi staff based in Dublin. Between the Genzyme is situated on a 37-acre conducts its business in Ireland former Genzyme plant in Waterford, site in Waterford. This multi-phased through its subsidiaries Sanofi- which it acquired as part of a $20bn biopharmaceutical facility has seen Aventis Ireland Limited, Genzyme global deal seven years ago, and capital investment of over €500 Ireland Limited and Genzyme a facility in west Dublin, Sanofi million, and turnover has increased Therapeutics Limited. Sanofi has employs about 700 people in the more than four-fold in the past ten a regional medical and marketing Republic. Established in 2001, years.

SAP

German multinational business and Galway. The Dublin facility is support centre for SME and software company SAP is listed responsible for service, support, multinational enterprise customers in Frankfurt and New York, and sales, financial and engineering works in 29 languages with staff has two major facilities in Ireland and houses the SAP Business of 50 nationalities and a variety of – employing around 1,700 people Objects Research and Development associated teams. across 41 lines of business in Dublin Centre. In Galway the company’s Shire

In 2016 Shire announced a $400m to be operational by mid-2019 and Street, with 300 staff on site there investment in a state-of-the-art roles will include R&D operations, and room to grow the ranks further. biologics facility, expected to create technical and engineering as well as around 400 jobs at its 120-acre construction. Last year they moved Piercetown, Co Meath site. The their offices from Citywest into new biologics campus is expected Miesian Plaza on Dublin’s Baggot

SK Biotek

SK Biotec represents the first 84,000 associates globally with in June 2017 and completed the pharma investment by a Korean annual revenue of €99.7 billion. SK deal by year-end 2017. Over 360 company in Ireland. SK biotek is biotek announced the acquisition staff employed on Swords Campus, a solely owned subsidiary of SK of the former Bristol-Myers Squibb dedicated to API Operations, Group - a Top 100 Fortune 500 active pharmaceutical ingredients transitioned to SK biotek Global Company which employs (API) facility in Swords, Co. Dublin employment from 1st January 2018.

Smartbox Group

Gift company Smartbox has grown points of sale, as well as online. the lead arranger in conjunction since its creation in 2003, to Headquartered in Dublin, with a with Credit Agricole, Credit Suisse generate sales of over €500 million workforce of 400 and 100 new jobs and Caixabank. across 11 countries in Europe, announced last year, they have just working with over 38,000 providers recently closed €176 million senior and distributing through 12,000 debt financing, with AIB acting as

Sodexo

French multinational services serving around 75m customers fifth annual Facilities Management company Sodexo employs around daily. Its Irish headquarters are at Awards. In June 2017, for her 3,700 people of 100 professions in Blackrock in south Dublin, and the work in supporting diversity and 200 locations across Ireland and company also has Cork and Belfast inclusion and women in business, Northern Ireland. The company operations. Margot Slattery, Country she was made a Chevalier de l’Ordre was founded in Marseilles in 1996 President of Sodexo Ireland, was National du Mérite by the then and now numbers around 420,000 recently presented with the 2018 French Ambassador to Ireland. employees in 80 countries, FM Leader of the Year award at the

SQS

Software Quality Systems founded 1982 and has over 4,500 staff. It Dublin and Belfast, and in 2016 SQS its Irish operations in 2006 and has serves a wide variety of sectors announced a three-year managed over 150 consultants in-house, with from banking to the automotive service agreement with VHI to an office on Dublin’s North Wall industry. In 2013 the company provide quality assurance and Quay. The LSE AIM-listed global underwent a major expansion in specialist consultancy services to firm was founded in Germany in Ireland, creating 75 new jobs in the health insurer. State Street

Boston-headquartered NYSE-listed Naas and a strong involvement in count. The company has also set financial services firm State Street Irish industry groups. The global up a crypto-currency initiative established its Irish operations in firm has around €25tn in assets in conjunction with University 1996. It now employs over 2,500 under custody and administration, College Cork and China’s Zhejiang in Ireland and 10,000 in the EMEA and €1.8tn under management University. region. The company has offices globally – and is responsible for in Dublin, Drogheda, Kilkenny and 11% of the world’s assets, at last

STATS

STATS, the worldwide leader Middle Eastern and African (EMEA) of SportsTech Ireland) to run the in sports data and intelligence operations, bringing more than 100 new office and drive growth and announced the opening of a new high quality jobs to Limerick. In development in Ireland and greater office in Limerick last autumn, addition, the company announced EMEA. which will serve as its regional the hiring of Irish sports technology headquarters overseeing European, pioneer Gráinne Barry (co-founder

Stryker

Stryker is one of the world’s leading revenues, with numbers up by technology development center medical technology companies. 11%, from €271m to €301m. The and centralised additive technology Although profits were down employee headcount increased manufacturing hub located in the last year, the medical device from 939 to 1,062, with the IDA Business & Technology Park in manufacturer did report increased grand opening of the new global Carrigtwohill, Cork, in May 2017.

Symantec

US tech firm Symantec is significantly in 2013 with the Fortune 500 company was founded headquartered in California and announcement of a new European in 1982 and now has over 11,000 is a global name in cybersecurity. Customer Management Centre, employees in around 35 countries; Its Irish operations were founded creating 200 jobs that year to around 900 of the global headcount in Blanchardstown in 1991, when provide Europe-wide sales and are based in Ireland. its Security Operations Centre was support functionality to customers opened. The company expanded and partners. The NASDAQ-listed

Takeda

Top Japanese pharma firm Takeda (Clondalkin) was opened in 2002 to €40 million investment in total, established its Irish operations manufacture active pharmaceutical the plant is scheduled to become in 1997, and now employs over ingredients for the group’s global operational in the second half of 400. Its Bray facility manufactures production network. In May 2017 FY18. Citywest’s Takeda Products some of the company’s leading the groundbreaking ceremony was Ireland markets the company’s drug products for Europe and held for a new production facility products throughout the Republic. the US, while Grange Castle on the Grange Castle site. With a Tech Mahindra

Tech Mahindra, a specialist in Digital Services. Tech Mahindra, one currently employs around 220 digital transformation, consulting of the top five Indian IT services people that primarily serve two and business re-engineering, companies, has been serving Irish major Irish telecom providers. opened a Centre of Excellence (CoE) Customers since its inception; over Tech Mahindra is part of the part of in Dublin early in 2017, creating 700 full time employees work for USD$17.8 billion Mahindra Group jobs for 150 engineers, focusing its Irish customers of which over that employs more than 200,000 on emerging technologies such as 320 are located in Ireland. In 2015, people in over 100 countries. Robotics and Automation, Business the company opened a 300-seater Analytics, Cloud Infrastructure and delivery centre in Waterford which

Theravance Biopharma

Established in 2013, San Francisco- other companies, including Glaxo company opened a new corporate headquatered Theravance is a Smith Kline. Theravance has just office in Dublin late last year, with biopharmaceutical company with signed a new deal with pharma plans to expand its employee base one approved product, Vibativ, giant Janssen to development a new with a further 30 hires over the next and a pipeline of internally treatment for inflamatory intestinal two years in clinical development, discovered product candidates diseases that could see it earning as finance and technical operations. and strategic collaborations with much as $1 billion in payments. The

TravelSky (OpenJaw Technologies)

Chinese state-owned TravelSky Technologies. OpenJaw is set to an annual gross transaction value is the dominant provider of almost double its workforce from of $2bn taking advantage not only information technology solutions 230 to 450 employees in the next of the fast growing trend towards for China’s aviation and travel three years, with at least 50 of the e-commerce in travel retail, but also industry. Their investment in jobs being located at the company’s their unique access to China, one of Ireland is through Irish travel offices in Dublin and Galway; this the fastest growth markets. software company and wholly from its roots as an Irish start-up owned subsidiary, OpenJaw in 2002 to a business processing

Twitter

Twitter is one of the world’s most 2011. Late 2016 year Sinéad in $91 million on $732 million in popular social networks, and the McSweeney was appointed its revenue, a 2% increase on 2016 company has substantial Irish Irish head, following the departure figures. It now has 330m monthly operations in Dublin’s south city of Mark Little. The NYSE-listed active users, up from 218m in 2013 centre, having first established microblogging site’s turned a profit at the time of its IPO. an international office here in for the first time in Q4 2017, pulling

Unilever

Unilever has over 400 brands Unilever plc and is responsible for and a small manufacturing site used by over 2 billion people and the local selling and marketing of in Carrigaline, Co. Cork. Unilever is a global market leader in a portfolio of leading food, home Ireland’s head office has been the consumer packaged goods and personal care brands.Unilever located at the Citywest site since (CPG) industry. Unilever Ireland Ireland has regionally-based sales 2004, with about 150 staff on site. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of personnel throughout the country Veritas Technologies

Veritas Technologies, a leader in 130 roles will be filled within cloud data management platform. multi-cloud data management, this year. Veritas has already Veritas will also focus on creating announced the launch of a Veritas started recruiting for a wide- close links with universities across research and development (R&D) array of open positions, working Ireland and intends to launch an centre in Dublin, Ireland. Following closely with the IDA Ireland to internship graduate programme in a multi-million Euro investment, secure top talent with the cloud- 2018. Veritas will be creating 250 new based technology skills needed to jobs in Dublin by 2019, of which accelerate the company’s 360 multi-

VMware

Founded in 1998 as a subsidiary The VMware office opened in to maintaining online security. of Dell EMC, VMWare is a global Ballincollig, Co. Cork as of 2005 The company has over 500,000 leader in cloud infrastructure and has been a major boon to the customers in 120 countries digital workspace technology. community, and has a headcount worldwide. Based in California, the company of over 800 employees. VMWare’s employs 20,000 people worldwide. services range from IT development

Wasdell Group

Pharmaceutical services company The privately owned British 70,000 sq ft greenfield facility on Wasdell Group announced late company’s capability includes a c.2.88 hectare site at IDA’s site in last year that it is to establish a clinical trials packing, primary Mullagharlin, Dundalk, representing pharmaceutical packaging, testing and secondary packaging and an investment of €30m. and distribution facility in Dundalk, distribution of biopharmaceutical creating 300 jobs over five years. products. Wasdell is to build a

West Pharmaceuticals

West Pharmaceutical Services is a company has opened two facilities operates in 50 locations worldwide, leading global manufacturer in the in Ireland over the past decade—one and reported full-year net sales of design and production of integrated in Waterford, and the second in $1.599 billion for 2017, an increase containment and delivery systems Dublin. The two employ around of 6% over the prior year. for injectable medicines. The 500 workers between them. West

Xilinx

Xilinx, a leading provider of All and IT centre along with centralized senior silicon and electronics Programmable semiconductor supply, finance, legal and HR engineering staff and an additional products, first established functions. Xilinx also has R&D 25 employees to be hired across a operations in Dublin in 1995. operations in Cork, since 2001. broad range of business disciplines Today it employs 350 at its EMEA Xilinx plans to invest a further supporting the continued growth of headquarters in Citywest, Dublin, USD$40 million expanding R&D Xilinx in Ireland. where it operates a research, and engineering operations in product development, engineering Dublin and Cork, recruiting 75 XL Group

NYSE-listed insurance and around 30 countries worldwide, a challenging year, “at the same reinsurance firm XL Group has and the company has over 7,000 time, as the year developed, our around $58.7bn in assets and $9.3bn employees. It recently announced underlying strengths continued in total revenues. It moved into its its Q4 and full-year 2016 results: to emerge” such as a focus on Dublin base on St Stephen’s Green according to CEO Mike McGavick, efficiency and underwriting quality. in 2013, one of over 100 offices in despite a disappointing start and

YapStone

YapStone, which first established million) in the creation of 200 accolades including placement operations in Ireland in 2012, new tech jobs, at its International on the INC 5000 List of Fastest opened a new 16,000 square-foot Headquarters in Drogheda, Co. Growing Companies, The Deloitte International headquarters in Louth, Ireland. The company’s Fast 500, The San Francisco 2016 where it currently employs hyper-growth in both Ireland and Business Times Top 50, and the 125 people. It announced late last the United States has continued 2018 Wealthfront Career-Launching year it will invest $48 million (€41 well into 2017, earning numerous Companies List.

Yahoo

Search, email and internet company opened its Irish doors in that is expected to close in the first pioneer Yahoo has long has a 2003, growing into a multilingual quarter of this year. The announced significant Irish presence, with and multinational workforce. Last transaction was valued at $4.83bn a substantial Dublin Operations year the company made a major in cash for a company that has over Centre undergoing several phases announcement, with media/ a billion monthly active users. of growth as it supports the telecoms firm Verizon acquiring company’s EMEA activities. The Yahoo’s operating business, in a deal

Zendesk

Web-based customer support include help centre, live chat, here in 2012 with two engineers, software firm Zendesk was founded call centre and social networking followed by its European Data in Copenhagen and is now based solutions. In 2014 Zendesk officially Centre in 2013. The NYSE-listed in San Francisco, growing to serve opened its new offices at Grand company’s most recent quarterly over 87,000 paid accounts in 150 Parade in Dublin, having first results recorded a 45% year-on-year countries. The company’s products established its development centre revenue growth to nearly $81m.

Zimmer Biomet

Zimmer Biomet is a publicly where it is part of the medical biologic, craniomaxillofacial traded medical device company. devices business cluster. It is a and dental markets. Their Irish It was founded in 1927 to produce worldwide leader in the design operations are in Galway and aluminum splints. The firm is and manufacture of products for Shannon. headquartered in Warsaw, Indiana, the orthopedic, sports medicine,