Leading semiconductor firm expands in Dublin

Infineon Technologies AG of Germany, a leading company in the worldwide semiconductor industry, is to establish a Customer Logistics Management Centre at its existing premises at Fitzwilliam Lane, Dublin.

It will be one of three such competence centres in Europe.

The Centre, supported by IDA Ireland, will service Infineon's key European corporate clients.

It results from the company's centralisation of its existing European customer services operations, a total of 19 centres, into three locations - Dublin, Kista (Sweden) and its headquarters in Munich.

Making the announcement the Tanaiste Mary Harney said that, when fully operational, the company would employ around 30 people.

The jobs will be for third level diploma graduates in logistics, sales and marketing.

Infineon was ranked as No 6 in the semiconductor industry in 2002.

It was founded in 1999 when the semiconductor operations of its parent company Siemens AG were spun off to form a separate legal entity.

It designs, develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of semiconductors and complete systems solutions used in a wide variety of microelectronic applications, including computer systems, telecom systems, consumer goods, automotive products, industrial automation and control systems and chip-card applications.

Fred Tyler, Managing Director, Infineon Technologies Ireland Limited, said: "Dublin was chosen as a location for one of the centres because of the quality of staff we know will be available for recruitment, the availability of sufficient capacity in our existing premises to house the Centre and the ability of a fast start-up as a result."