The move by Technimark, which makes custom plastic components and packaging for the consumer packaging, healthcare, and industrial markets, signals Ireland remains an attractive destination for foreign direct investment. The proposed investment comes amid fears that foreign firms considering expanding in the Irish market would dry up due to US president Donald Trump\u2019s tariff agenda and his push to bring US multinationals home.<\/p>\n
Technimark Ireland is looking to build a three-storey manufacturing facility at the former Eir depot site in Templemichael Business Park, Longford. The company acquired the site from Longford County Council.<\/p>\n
The company recently filed a planning application with the council detailing its plans.<\/p>\n
Documents filed with the planning application show that Technimark hopes to build a 9,545 sqm plastic moulding plant.<\/p>\n
Technimark would produce injection-moulded products at the facility, including vital medical devices. The medical equipment manufacturer chose the former Eircom depot as it is near its existing facility in Longford, where it already employs around 147 staff.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur clients have been operating in this area since June 2017 on a 24\/7 day basis,\u201d planners wrote on behalf of Technimark in the document.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn order for this business to grow, additional clean rooms for the production of medical devices is essential. Technimark Ireland hope that this proposal is considered favourably by Longford County Council and look forward to a positive outcome to the submission.\u201d<\/p>\n
A traffic assessment for the site said Technimark could create up to 120 jobs at the new hub, if granted planning permission.<\/p>\n
Technimark has been actively investing in its Irish operations for several years.<\/p>\n
In 2022, Technimark announced it would invest \u20ac26m to expand the capacity of its current Longford facility for medical manufacturing. The expansion was for precision injection moulding, value-added assembly, finished device assembly and contract manufacturing.<\/p>\n
The 2022 expansion also included Technimark\u2019s first European Innovation Centre. The centre included office space for the company\u2019s designers and engineers, and a full production lab for prototype manufacturing.<\/p>\n
The Government supported the project through IDA Ireland.<\/p>\n
In recent years, Technimark acquired a 204,000-sqft medical facility adjacent to its US headquarters. The company has also announced major expansions at facilities in the UK, Germany and China.<\/p>\n
Technimark did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The move by Technimark, which makes custom plastic components and packaging for the consumer packaging, healthcare, and industrial…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":170701,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[103,397,396,61,60,5913],"class_list":{"0":"post-170700","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-health-care","10":"tag-healthcare","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-sean-pollock"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170700\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}