Some 150 new jobs are to be created over the next four years at Nypro Ireland, a US headquartered medical device manufacturing company in Bray Co Wicklow.
The company manufactures devices for healthcare companies worldwide and is opening a new facility in Bray to produce a unique needle-free drug delivery device for a US pharmaceutical company. Twenty-five of the 150 jobs have already been filled.
The facility, which was opened today by Minister for European Affairs, Dick Roche and Ted Lapres, Nypro's global chief executive officer, represents a $10 million investment in Ireland and will secure long-terms jobs in medical device manufacturing.
"The new facility and the recent announcement is a vindication of our business," said James O'Gorman, vice-president and managing director of Nypro Europe.
"By specialising in the healthcare field, Nypro Ireland has positioned itself as one of the leading specialists in this field, created high value jobs as well as sustainable growth."
Nypro Ireland started operations in 1980. The new facility in Bray will be a healthcare manufacturing centre, operating state of the art cleanrooms and electric injection moulding machines integrated into complex automated assembly lines.
Some of Nypro Ireland's cusomters include 3M Healthcare, Schering Plough, Bausch and Lomb, Baxter Healthcare, Microsoft and Hewlett Packard.