Hi Kemble! Dell to create up to 600 jobs in Ireland
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Dell to create up to 600 jobs in Ireland
Reuters Story - February 04, 2000 08:42
By Tony Roddam
LIMERICK, Ireland, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Dell Computer Corp, the world's number two personal computer maker, said on Friday it would take on up to 600 additional staff at its new plant in Limerick, west Ireland.
Dell currently employs 5,680 people in Ireland, with some 4,580 staff at three manufacturing facilities in Limerick and the remainder on the other side of the country at a sales and support centre in Bray, just outside of Dublin.
Speaking at the official opening of the third Limerick plant, Dell Chairman and CEO Michael Dell said: "Our ongoing expansion in Ireland is driven by our continued growth in Europe, Middle East and Africa, and reflects our confidence in Ireland and its people."
The newly opened plant, which cost $90 million, is the first custom-built facility for Dell in Ireland. It will produce both desk-top and portable computers.
Dell is one of a growing number of multinational companies to use Ireland as their European hub. The presence of a young, well-educated workforce, low corporate tax rates and government agency incentives have helped to bring them here.
Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern attended the opening and welcomed Dell's commitment to Ireland.
"Dell has, wisely, chosen Ireland to be the heart of its European operations," Ahern said in a speech.
"Like many other major corporations, Dell has recognised that, though we may be on the periphery of Europe in geographic terms, in many other ways we are very much at the centre, or heart, of Europe." Michael Dell told reporters he expected the use of television to access the Internet would prove a spur to PC sales rather than a threat. He said it would encourage people to buy personal computers for the greater flexibility and functionality they offer.
Dell said he was encouraged about the growth prospects for PCs in Europe.
"Europe's economy is a little bit bigger than the United States' but the number of PCs is half...I think there is a growing realisation of the importance of information as the currency of capitalism and progress," he said.
The company said last month that fourth quarter revenue would rise about 30 percent from the year ago period, below previous growth figures in the high 30 percent range
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