The international firms shortlisted for the Cork Chamber Company of the Year Awards

In the last of a four-part series looking at the finalists for Cork Chamber’s Company of the Year Awards, sponsored by KPMG, deputy business editor Martin Claffey profiles contenders in the international company category

Maria Quirke; Sean Moran; Taoiseach Micheál Martin; IDA executive director Mary Buckley, and Tim Hyde, Sanmina, at the expansion announcement. Picture: Provision

Qualcomm making global impact from its Cork operations base

It’s over a decade since Qualcomm hired its first engineer in Ireland. Earlier this month, the company announced it is investing €125m in operations in Cork, which will see the number of employees here pass 1,000.