# Dexcom breaks ground on €300M manufacturing plant in Galway, Ireland

Dexcom has turned the first sod on a new €300 million manufacturing plant in Athenry, Co Galway, its first European site, creating up to 1,000 jobs and producing continuous glucose monitors.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2024-01-19
- Where: Athenry, Co Galway, Ireland
- Value: $327.0M (300.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 1,000
- Starts operating: Jul 2026
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: tens of millions of glucose monitors annually
- Products: continuous glucose monitoring systems, G7 glucose monitor
- Sectors: [Medical Devices](https://endata.com/sectors/medical-devices.md)

## Companies

- [DexCom](https://endata.com/companies/6670.md)

## Sources

- [rte.ie](https://www.rte.ie/news/regional/2024/0119/1427397-dexcom-athenry/), 2024-01-19: "The first sod has been turned on the site of a new manufacturing plant in Athenry, Co Galway, which will see the creation of up to 1,000 jobs."

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