European tech firm opens design centre in Limerick

Company will grow its workforce here to 70 in the coming year

Denis Curran, IDA Ireland; Jackie O'Dowd, IDA Ireland; Marc Fernandez, corporate general manager; Cesc Guim, chief executive; enterprise minister Peter Burke; Michael Lohan, chief executive, IDA Ireland; Theresa Phelan, IDA Ireland; Robin Giller, chief product officer; Therese Jamaa, vice-president, strategic alliances and marketing and communications; and Peter Mangan, director of software engineering, at the official announcement of Openchip’s new design centre in Limerick City. Picture: Arthur Ellis

European chip developer Openchip has announced an expansion to its operations in Ireland, with the opening of a new design centre in Limerick, which will allow it to grow its workforce here to 70 in the coming year.

Headquartered in Barcelona in Spain, the company currently employs more than 350 people across Spain, Italy, Poland, Belgium, France, Germany, and Ireland.