Apple designs and creates iPods and iTunes, Mac laptops and desktop computers, the OS X operating system, and the iPhone. The company first established operations in Ireland in 1980. The company is based in Cork and currently employs about 6,000 people . CEO of Apple ...

The medical device company Medtronic-Covidien became the largest Ireland-based company when it began trading on the New York Stock Exchange in 2015. Following Medtronic Inc’s $49.9 billion acquisition of Dublin-domiciled surgical supplies group Covidien, the Minneapol...

Eaton is a power management company that provides energy-efficient solutions that help its customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power more efficiently, safely and sustainably. Eaton has approximately 97,000 employees worldwide and sells prod...

Formerly Ingersoll-Rand, Trane Technologies was formed in early 2020 when part of the business separated and combined with Gardner Denver (which now trades as Ingersoll Rand Inc). Trane is listed on the NYSE. The industrial techology firm makes climate control system...

Smurfit Kappa is one of the leading producers of paper-based packaging in the world. Its products include containerboard, solid board, corrugated and solid board packaging, graphic board and sack paper. The group's headquarters are in Clonskeagh in Dublin 4 and i...

Since 1984, Dell has been an end-to-end computing solutions company. With more than 100,000 team members across the globe, Dell serves customers ranging from the world's largest businesses and public-sector organisations, to small and medium businesses, and individual c...

Ipsen is a biotechnological group aiming to become a leader in specialty healthcare solutions for debilitating diseases. Its strategy is supported by three franchises, neurology, endocrinology and urology-oncology. Ipsen has a growing portfolio in prostate cancer, bla...

The company is a subsidiary of US company Transitions Optical. The main activities of the company are the manufacturing and distribution of photochromic plastic lenses and to provide sales and other support for fellow companies in Ireland.

Cook Ireland is a subsidary of global medical devices group Cook. The company develops and manufactures products for Cook Group companies. It functions as a shared service centre for all Cook strategic business unit sales activities in Europe. It employs over 700 people...

Henkel operates worldwide with brands and technologies in three business areas: Laundry & Home Care, Cosmetics/Toiletries and Adhesive Technologies. Founded in 1876, Henkel holds globally leading market positions both in the consumer and industrial businesses with we...

Schrader Electronics Ltd is part of Schrader International, a leading manufacturer of Automotive and Industrial Electronics. Schrader supplies almost every car manufacturer in the world including Ford, Daimler and Nissan, The company designs and is the market leader i...

Sandleford Limited supplies bicycle components to the bicycle industry, both in the bicycle manufacturing market and the after sales market.

Recordati, established in 1926, is a European pharmaceutical group listed on the Italian stock exchange. Recordati Ireland is based in Ringaskiddy, Co Cork and employs about 50 people. The main activity of the company is the licensing, development, manufacture, sale and...

Autolaunch Ltd. was founded in 2002. Its principal activity is the manufacture of automotive tooling and die build. Most of its customers are in the US automotive industry. The company is based in Carlow and has 285 employees.

JTI Ireland is part of Japan Tobacco International (JTI), the international tobacco business of Japan Tobacco and the world's third largest industry player. Its history in Ireland dates back to 1857, when Tom Gallaher set up an Irish roll tobacco company in Derry. Forty...

The European headquarters of breakfast cereal manufacturer, Kellogg's, is based in Dublin. The Swords office undertakes finance, supply chain, nutrition, sales, marketing and business development for Kellogg's European business. It employs more than 200 people.

BASF Ireland Limited markets a wide range of BASF products and supplies leading manufacturing industries and the agricultural sector. Its biggest customers are pharmaceutical and chemical manufacturers and companies in the cosmetics, plastics, nutrition and speciality c...

Terex Corporation is a global manufacturer of aerial work platforms and materials processing machinery.

IPL Plastics plc is a sustainable packaging solutions provider primarily in the food and consumer, agricultural, logistics and environmental end-markets operating from multiple production facilities in Canada, the U.S., the U.K., Ireland, China and Mexico. IPL Plastics ...

Greencore Group is an international manufacturer of convenience foods. The convenience foods division provides a wide range of chilled, frozen and ambient foods to major retail, manufacturing and foodservice customers in the UK and Ireland, as well as many in Contin...