Optel Hires 100th Employee in Limerick and Continues to Grow

  • Optel Group

Optel Group, a global leader in the development and integration of innovative machine vision inspection, verification, serialization, and traceability technologies.

Our main mission is to develop technologies to ultimately creating a better world. We have a headcount of over 1,000 employees across our four sites worldwide, 100 employees of which are now located at our EMEA Manufacturing and Operations facility in Limerick.

In 2014, the Irish site became the first satellite office outside of Canada. The clampdown of counterfeit drugs but also the advancement into other business sectors is driving the expansion along with the securing of new major global clients.

With increased regulations around pharmaceutical serialization, which involves the track and trace of healthcare products from the production line to the end user. Optel Group is in a prime position to be able to support our customers worldwide. 

This means in turn that our 100th employee, marks a firm 60% increase to the staff numbers this year at the EMEA Operations in Limerick.

With our continued growth, our recruitment drive for enthusiastic and talented individuals who are specialists in the areas of Engineering, Production, Validation, Software Configuration, Supply Chain, Technical Support and Sales is currently on-going.

“This is a very exciting time for Optel Group. Today marks a significant milestone in our EMEA Operations here in Limerick. We are looking forward to the next phase of our success story by expanding all our departments with the best talent available to service and support our EMEA customers and to continue our rapid growth into other business markets” said François Boivin, Executive Vice President, Optel Group.

Mid-West Regional Manager with IDA Ireland, Niall O'Callaghan, said "We at IDA Ireland very much welcome Optel Group continued growth in Limerick. The milestone reached this week of the 100th hire is testament to the availability of a large, flexible talent pool with a strong work ethic and a determination to succeed. Both management and staff should be complemented for their efforts since Optel Group chose the Mid-West Region for its EMEA Manufacturing and Operations Centre. We are delighted to support Optel Group and look forward to working closely with the team into the future". 

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