US firm to create 250 jobs at medical-device plant

A US healthcare company yesterday confirmed it is to create 250 manufacturing jobs over the next five years in Galway.

US firm to create 250 jobs at medical-device plant

Zimmer, which describes itself as a worldwide leader in musculoskeletal healthcare, is to invest more than €51m in a building in Oranmore, where it will manufacture orthopaedic implants.

The new facility will also be home to the company’s sales and marketing division for a direct sales force in Ireland, supplying hospitals and orthopaedic surgeons with implants for hips, knees, extremities, spine and trauma.

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