Stryker to upskill 5,500 Irish workers through new centre of excellence

Programme developed with IDA Ireland

Limerick will be the first site in Styrker's nationwide Training Centre of Excellence rollout. Pictured at the nnouncement in Limerick were: Kevin O’Keeffe, Site Lead, Stryker Limerick; Maureen Timlin, IDA Ireland US Midwest Territory Manager, Medical Technologies Division; Michael Lohan, IDA Ireland chief executive, and Conor Tolan, Stryker Vice-President of Manufacturing for Joint Replacement. Picture: Don Moloney

Medical technology firm Stryker  is beginning a three-year training initiative to upskill its Irish workforce, the company announced on Monday.

Stryker has about 5,500 workers at eight sites in Ireland, with 4,000 of these based in Cork. It has five manufacturing facilities and three innovation centres across sites in Cork (Anngrove, Macroom, Model Farm Road, Springhill, and Tullagreen) and Limerick. Stryker’s Limerick facility manufactures devices for joint replacements, CMF, Spine and T&E across knees, oncology and bone cement portfolios.