J&J ex­pands in Ire­land with a $100M+ in­vest­ment for con­tact lens man­u­fac­tur­ing site

As man­u­fac­tur­ers con­tin­ue to in­vest in fa­cil­i­ties through­out Ire­land, J&J is look­ing to get in on the ac­tion even more.

The com­pa­ny an­nounced on Fri­day that its vi­sion sub­sidiary, John­son & John­son Vi­sion Care Ire­land, will ex­pand its man­u­fac­tur­ing fa­cil­i­ty in Plassey, Ire­land, a sub­urb of the city of Lim­er­ick.

The com­pa­ny is plac­ing a €100 mil­lion ($100.2 mil­lion) in­vest­ment in the fa­cil­i­ty, which in­cludes putting in new man­u­fac­tur­ing lines that are ful­ly au­to­mat­ed. Ac­cord­ing to a com­pa­ny spokesper­son in an email to End­points News, con­struc­tion on the site has al­ready start­ed and is ex­pect­ed to be­gin pro­duc­tion in 2024.

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