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Nypro Inc., which was recently purchased by Jabil Circuit Inc., is establishing a $78.8 million facility in Waterford, Ireland. The site will manufacture respiratory and injection devices for healthcare customers, and is expected to begin production in April 2014. The company hopes to create 200 new jobs in the area.
Nypro also has a facility in Bray, Ireland, which supplies final packaging and assembly of drugs into medical devices. This location is set to create 100 new jobs in the next 18 months, expanding its workforce to 460 employees.
“We have a great relationship with the Waterford Institute of Technology, which will support us with technicians and engineers,” Nypro Vice President Chris Nother told United Kingdom-based Plastics and Rubber Weekly. “Foras Áiseanna Saothair—the Irish Training Alliance—can provide us with general employees.”
Director of programs and engineering for Nypro Healthcare Europe, Ken McClannon, said that Nypro would be installing rainwater harvesting and solar panels in the new facility. The company has worked with Sustainable Energy Ireland to develop more energy efficient clean rooms, resulting in a reported 20 percent savings in energy.
“Jabil is bringing its healthcare divisions in under the Nypro brand and management, creating one the largest healthcare manufacturing and development companies in the world,” said Nother. “Nypro’s healthcare business is worth 308 million euros and Jabil’s is 769 million euros.”
Those numbers translate to $404 million and approximately $1 billion, respectively, according to the company.
Nother also said the Jabil buy was a bonus to Nypro as it would be able to integrate Jabil’s optics and electronics technology where previously the company had to outsource those operations.
Jabil makes electronic components for devices used in healthcare, clean technology and other industries, and is headquartered in St. Petersburg, Fla. Nypro makes plastic parts for many of the same products. The two companies have conducted business for 15 to 17 years, and also competed in some areas. In the 1990s, Jabil sold two plastic molding factories in China to Nypro.
Nypro also has a facility in Bray, Ireland, which supplies final packaging and assembly of drugs into medical devices. This location is set to create 100 new jobs in the next 18 months, expanding its workforce to 460 employees.
“We have a great relationship with the Waterford Institute of Technology, which will support us with technicians and engineers,” Nypro Vice President Chris Nother told United Kingdom-based Plastics and Rubber Weekly. “Foras Áiseanna Saothair—the Irish Training Alliance—can provide us with general employees.”
Director of programs and engineering for Nypro Healthcare Europe, Ken McClannon, said that Nypro would be installing rainwater harvesting and solar panels in the new facility. The company has worked with Sustainable Energy Ireland to develop more energy efficient clean rooms, resulting in a reported 20 percent savings in energy.
“Jabil is bringing its healthcare divisions in under the Nypro brand and management, creating one the largest healthcare manufacturing and development companies in the world,” said Nother. “Nypro’s healthcare business is worth 308 million euros and Jabil’s is 769 million euros.”
Those numbers translate to $404 million and approximately $1 billion, respectively, according to the company.
Nother also said the Jabil buy was a bonus to Nypro as it would be able to integrate Jabil’s optics and electronics technology where previously the company had to outsource those operations.
Jabil makes electronic components for devices used in healthcare, clean technology and other industries, and is headquartered in St. Petersburg, Fla. Nypro makes plastic parts for many of the same products. The two companies have conducted business for 15 to 17 years, and also competed in some areas. In the 1990s, Jabil sold two plastic molding factories in China to Nypro.