Irish automation firm to almost double in size adding 70 new jobs

Cork headquartered firm trebled revenues last year

Pictured with An Taoiseach Micheál Martin at SimoTech’s Carrigaline headquarters are (from l-r): Martin Corkery, Regional Director at Enterprise Ireland; Aishlyn Kerr, Talent Acquisition Lead at SimoTech; Pat Desmond, CEO at SimoTech; and Brian Clune, Head of Talent Management at SimoTech. Picture: Darragh Kane

Irish automation and IT Firm SimoTech is to significantly expand operations in Ireland creating 70 jobs over the next two years.

The company creates manufacturing IT systems for the pharma/biotech sector. In an announcement today, the company said the jobs will be based in Ireland, including Carrigaline in Cork where SimoTech has expanded to a new headquarters to facilitate its continued growth. 20 of these jobs will support the company's overseas work from Ireland, including its first contract in Singapore, working with a large vaccine provider on a major capital project in the region.