Industry & Business

Enterprise Ireland has announced the creation of 60 new jobs for the Cork region through six of its client companies – Aventamed based in the Rubicon Centre, Cork; Coolmore Foods based in Bandon; EviView based in South Mall, Cork; Intelligent Implants based in central Cork; Rinocloud based in central Cork and Velona Systems based on Anglesea Street, Cork. The new positions vary across sectors including software, medical devices and food.

Aventamed, has developed an innovative device which transforms ear tube (grommet/tympanostomy tube) surgery in children and adults. The company will be hiring for 15 new positions and recruitment has already begun. The jobs are in the areas of sales, marketing, quality, regulatory and R&D. Coolmore Foods, established in 1980 in a family farmhouse in West Cork, is a leading cake manufacturer servicing the Irish market and exporting to 12 countries and will be hiring for two new positions. The new positions are in sales and marketing and recruitment will begin immediately. EviView, provides best-in-class production and reliability management software to pharma and biotech companies that are looking for continuous improvement of their bulk API manufacturing processes. The company will be hiring for 12 new positions and recruitment will begin in April. Positions will vary across IT, sales and marketing.

Intelligent Implants is at the forefront of electrotherapeutic devices to treat disease and aid recovery in bone and other tissues through pioneering the use of data, engineering, and biologics to bring novel, active and connected medical devices to healthcare. The company will be hiring for 10 new positions and recruitment will begin in the summer. The new positions will vary across regulatory, quality and R&D. Rinocloud, the Cork and Cambridge based start-up, provides online solutions for the management of raw data generated by researchers in academic and corporate research sectors. Rinocloud will be hiring for 10 new positions in Cork and recruitment will begin immediately. The new positions are for scientists and software professionals.

Velona Systems make VoIP communications safer by providing real-time detection and protection via Cloud SaaS solutions to reduce risk of revenue loss, productivity loss, or brand damage. The company will be hiring initially for seven new positions in Ireland, rising to 13 positions in 2018 and recruitment will begin in May 2017. The new positions will vary across R&D, customer support and sales and marketing.

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Mary Mitchell O’Connor TD said, “As Minister, my priority is to ensure an environment exists that nurtures development and job growth across the country and in particular the regions of Ireland. Today’s jobs announcement, with the support of Enterprise Ireland, is hugely welcome and of great significance to the local economy. Cork is a region with valuable resources, infrastructure and community – all the fundamentals required to scale a successful business. I warmly congratulate all six companies and wish them every success for the future.”