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IN BRIEF
SOGETI ADDING 65 NEWJOBS
Sogeti is to create 65newjobs throughthe expansionof its DublinandGalway offices over thenext three years. The ITconsultancy andserv-
icesproviderhashadapresence inIrelandsince 1979 andis a sub- sidiary of global consulting, IT andoutsourcing company Capgemini. Thepositions createdwill be a
mix ofhighskilledandgraduate roles inthe ITsector,withre- cruitment already inprogress. The expansionwill see the com- pany’s Irishworkforce increase to over 150people. “Sogeti Irelandis anintegral
part inCapgemini’s global opera- tions andits expansionis inno smallpartdue to the track recordof theSogeti teaminIre- landandthe availability of a skilledworkforce,matching the type of talented,motivatedcandi- dates thatwe seek,” saidJean- FrancoisCourtines, chief sales officer andheadof alliances of theSogetiGroup.
PEPSICO OPENS R&D CENTRE IN CORK
PepsiCohas openedanewR&D centre fornext generationprod- ucts inLittle Island,CoCork. Currently employing 18people,
allwithPhD,MSc andbachelor degrees infoodscience, chem- istry andengineering, thenew R&Dcentre,whichinvolveda €10minvestment,willplay akey role inPepsiCo’s strategy for growthacross its global business. Itwill allowPepsiCo to create a critical, sustainable competitive advantage throughnewandinno- vativeproducts, ensuring its next generationproductsmeet consumerneeds inthe future. The company currently
employs 600people inIreland. 6 INNOVATION IRELAND REVIEW Issue 4 Spring/Summer 2012
COOK MEDICAL INVESTING €16.5M IN R&D IN LIMERICK
Medicaldevice companyCookMedical is to invest up to€16.5mover the next four years creatinghighly skilled posi- tions in research and development activities at itsLimericksite. The new investment will focus on two
key
projects.The first involves setting up a state-of-the-art research and develop- ment laboratory,whichwill foster innova- tion through enhanced collaborationwith doctors and clinicians, developing new anatomical models to provide a more realistic environment for product evalua- tion and testing prior to commercial release. The secondwill establish Cook Ireland
as the key site for R&D for the Zilver product line ofperipheral interventionde- vices. The Limerick-based site is cur- rently the sole manufacturing plant for the Zilver PTX Drug-Eluting Peripheral Stent. This new investment will enable Cook Ireland to create an R&D team exclusively for this product pipeline and expand its current capabilities of endoscopy and urology productR&D.
L–R: BillDoherty, executive vice- presidentEMEA, CookMedicalwith BarryO'Leary, CEO IDAIreland and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton TD
IRELAND IS MOST GLOBALISED WESTERN ECONOMY
Ireland is theworld’s secondmost globalised nation in termofGDP, and remains themost globalised nation in thewesternworld, according toErnst &Young’s 2011 annualGlobalisation Index. The report also says that Ireland is
forecast tomaintain its overall second place ranking until at least 2015. Drafted in collaborationwith the
Economist IntelligenceUnit (EIU), the report reveals that in addition to retain- ing its second position overall, Ireland is themost globalisedwestern economy and themost global economyworldwide in two key categories: global technology exchange and globalmovement of fi- nance and capital. The top 10most globalised nations in
2011, fromone to 10, areHongKong, Ire- land, Singapore, Belgium, Sweden,Den- mark, theNetherlands, Switzerland, Finland andHungary. The Globalisation Index has five
measurements to assess a country’s individual global ranking: openness to global trade, global capitalmovements, global exchange of technology, global labourmovements and cultural integra- tion. The report finds that the increase in
Ireland's score between 2010 and 2011 wasmainly the result of greatermove- ment of goods and services as a proportion of GDP.
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