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 Dublin 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 Airbnb 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 Amazon 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 Facebook 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.