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Shire create 400 new jobs

20150415Bruton Shire Jobs Announcement

Minister Bruton announcing 400 jobs at Shire Biotechnology 

Shire has announced plans to expand its global biotechnology manufacturing capacity over the next four years by investing $400 million in Ireland.

Shire will create a new, state of the art biologics manufacturing campus, which it expects will lead to the creation of approximately 400 permanent jobs on a 120 acre site at Piercetown, County Meath. Construction of the new site will begin in mid-2016 with the site expected to be operational by mid-2019.

The facility will employ flexible production strategies enabling it to supply both clinical and commercial scale products. The roles at Shire’s new campus in County Meath will consist of highly skilled, full time jobs in the areas of R&D, operations, technical staff, engineering and construction.

Jobs Minister Richard Bruton said:

The scale of the global investment being made by Shire and the creation of 400 full-time positions in Ireland, as well as over 700 additional jobs during construction, will have a major impact,  and further validates Ireland’s position as a leading global location for biotechnology manufacturing and R&D. Biotechnology is a key sector which we have targeted as part of our jobs plans, and Shire's decision to build on its very capable team already in Ireland with a $400million investment is a very welcome step-up in its presence here.

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