50 New Jobs in Online Manufacturing

Recovery in Sight As Online Marketplace MFG.com Creates 50 New Jobs in Drogheda

MFG.com, an online marketplace for buyers and suppliers in the global manufacturing sector, is creating  50 jobs in Drogheda, Co Louth, at a new Operations Centre serving Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

Atlanta-based MFG.com is the world's largest online sourcing marketplace for the manufacturing sector. It connects buyers with suppliers in the global manufacturing sector and allows them to trade online.

Billions of dollars worth of discrete manufacturing services, industrial components and textiles have been sourced on the website since it started life in  2000.

The 50  new positions will be created over the next two years as recruitment starts immediately for jobs in  customer technical support, sales and human resources. Most will be based at the Operations Centre in Drogheda.

Announcing the jobs, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, Batt O'Keeffe TD said the investment was strategically important for the north-eastern region.

"Drogheda can provide the skills base and expertise to draw an innovative world-leader such as MFG.com - demonstrating our capacity to strengthen the employment profile in the regions as Ireland enters economic recovery.

"This announcement consolidates Ireland's reputation in the global business services sector as a top location for innovation-intensive and knowledge-based investments," said Minister O'Keeffe.

MFG.com's general manager for Europe, Stefan Bachmann said: "Drogheda was a natural choice for our EMEA expansion, given the flexible highly qualified workforce and the increasingly competitive pro-business environment.

‘We look forward to building the Drogheda operation into our pivotal hub for the EMEA region and to welcoming more Irish-based buyers and suppliers who want to broaden their international reach," Bachmann said.

IDA Ireland chief executive Barry O'Leary said: "Today's announcement is in line with IDA Ireland's recently published Horizon 2020 Strategy which aims to drive regional economic development through the location of high-value investments in regional locations.

"This investment clearly reinforces Ireland's reputation as one of Europe's leading locations for business services companies." O'Leary said.

MFG.com  also has offices in Paris, Geneva, Munich, Bangalore and Shanghai. It is now the largest global sourcing marketplace for the manufacturing industry, with  more than 200,000 members on five continents.

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