Father and son enjoying life at ambitious Cork pharma plant

Meet a father and son working for Thermo Fisher Scientific, the life sciences company which continues to expand in Currabinny, Co Cork

Father and son John and Killian Hackett, who both work at Thermo Fisher Scientific in Currabinny, Co Cork.

Father and son John and Killian Hackett are enjoying working together at Thermo Fisher Scientific, which has been operating successfully for the past 18 months at its site in Currabinny, Co Cork.

The site has hosted pharmaceutical manufucturing for the past 45 years, Thermo Fisher Scientfic having acquired the plant in 2019 from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in a deal reportedly worth €90 million. The sale saw the ownership of the site, including all facilities, business operations and around 400 employees transfer to Thermo Fisher.