Abbott to add 800 jobs at Kilkenny diabetes facility

Abbott provides products including diagnostics, diabetes care, medical devices, and nutritional products

Taoiseach Simon Harris and Abbott Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Robert Ford, at the official opening of the  manufacturing facility in Kilkenny.

US medical technology firm Abbott has opened its new diabetes monitoring device manufacturing facility in Kilkenny that will employ 800 people.

The 30,000sq ft facility is part of a €440m investment in Ireland, which includes the expansion of the company’s Donegal site, where a further 200 jobs are being created.