€ 3million investment at Sanmina-SCI in Fermoy, Co.Cork
17 July, 2007
Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Micheál Martin TD announced on Thursday 28th June 2007 that Sanmina-SCI, a leading electronics contract manufacturer, is to undertake a €30 million investment for the transformation of its Fermoy, Co. Cork, facility into a manufacturing and design Centre-of-excellence for the medical industry. Up to 50 highly skilled engineering and other professional positions will be created as a result. It will also consolidate the existing employment in Fermoy, further enhance the facility's position within the parent company and will make it a flagship operation within Sanmina-SCI.
Supported by IDA Ireland, the investment will establish an R&D centre of engineering excellence to develop and design processes and products. Additionally the investment will facilitate the continuous upgrade of the facility and equipment to enable it to stay ahead of the ever increasing and exacting regulatory and quality standards of the medical industry. Upgrading of the skills of existing employees plus the addition of new highly skilled professionals in multiple disciplines is envisaged.
Sanmina-SCI is the world's largest electronics manufacturing services (EMS) provider to the medical industry. It provides manufacturing, design and supply chain management solutions for original-equipment-manufacturers (OEMs). Established in 1989 by SCI, its Fermoy facility which serves customers in both the electronics and medical technologies industries, employs 400 permanent employees and 200 temporary employees and is the largest medical unit within Sanmina-SCI.
Sanmina-SCI
Sanmina-SCI is based in San Jose, California, US, and employs over 48,000 people globally. As the world's largest EMS provider to the medical industry it manufactures a variety of products, including magnetic resonance imaging equipment, respiration monitors, ventilators and glucose monitors. It also provides design, manufacturing and supply chain management solutions for OEMs in the computing, communications, multimedia, automotive and medical technologies sectors. It had revenues of US$10.96 billion for the year ended September 31, 2006.
For further information -
Sanmina-SCI - Paige Bombino, Investor Relations, Tel: +1(408) 964-3610,
E-mail: paige.bombino@sanmina-sci.com
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment - Press Office, Tel: 01- 6312200
Jerry O'Connor, Press Advisor, Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Tel: 087 6630338/016312200
IDA Ireland - Brendan Kenny, Press Officer Tel: 087 9036126
Ruth Croke, Press & PR Manager.
Tel: 087 4195051 ruth.croke@ida.ie