Stryker named Cork Company of the Year

Opened in Cork in 1998, the medical technology firm now operates across six sites and employs more than 4,000 people

Cork Chamber announced Stryker as the Overall and International Cork Company of the Year 2023. At the Cork Chamber annual dinner held at City Hall is Ronan Murray, Cork Chamber president; Sinéad Scully, head of large business, Vodafone Ireland; Bernard O’Connor, VP advanced operations and global additive technologies, Stryker; Laura Healy, senior director HR, Stryker; John Crowley, VP global technology officer GQO, Stryker; John Meany, VP manufacturing, and Conor Healy, Cork Chamber CEO. Picture: Darragh Kane

Medical technology firm Stryker was named overall Cork Company of the Year winner at the 25th Cork Chamber annual dinner held in City Hall on Friday night.

The US firm which first opened in Cork in 1998 has expanded significantly to operate across six sites today employing more than 4,000 people. It produces a range of orthopaedic medical devices along with lifesaving products for the treatment of brain aneurysms and strokes.