Amcor announced a multi-million-dollar investment to add thermoforming capabilities for medical packaging at its Sligo, Ireland healthcare packaging facility, including Class 7 cleanroom manufacturing and a design studio.

West Pharmaceutical Services has doubled its workforce at its Waterford, Ireland plant to over 900 employees to supply millions of rubber vial stoppers for Covid-19 vaccines to more than a dozen global customers.

VPK Packaging Group's Rigid Containers opened two extensions and new conversion equipment at its Limerick, Ireland plant after an EUR 8 million investment. The company plans a third shift that would add 25 to 30 jobs over two years.