Pre-tax profit trebles to €22m at Xilinx Ireland

PRE-TAX profits at the Irish arm of US technology firm Xilinx increased almost threefold to $28m (€22m), new figures show.

According to accounts just filed by Xilinx Ireland to the Companies Office, revenues at the firm increased by 30% from $496.8m to $646.3m in the 12 months to April 2 last year.

According to the directors’ report, “there was a strong recovery in company performance in the year, following a difficult business environment in the prior year”.