The European Chips Diversity Alliance (ECDA) is an innovative and robust partnership between academia and industry in the microelectronics sector to enhance diversity, equity, and inclusion and to lower barriers to participation for under-represented groups that constitute the MISSING TALENT for the growth and competitiveness of microelectronics in the continent. Read more…
Lotta Pick – Enterprise Ireland – Sun 28 Jul 2024 at 02:30 “We cannot allow strategic technologies to take place and be made in Asia or exclusively in America,” Reiner Haseloff, the local Governor of Germany’s Saxony-Anhalt, said last year, as he was commenting on the largest-to-date foreign direct investment Read more…
With its decades-long track record in semiconductors, Ireland can play a critical role in meeting the industry’s challenges, from supply chain resilience to innovating with new technologies like quantum computing and AI. Semiconductors are everywhere: as our world becomes more digital, it’s driving up demand for chips which in turn Read more…
MIDAS member, Infineon Technologies has announced plans to significantly expand its Research and Development (R&D) presence in Ireland within the next four years by over 100 new jobs in the Cork and Dublin sites. The jobs, all highly skilled engineering positions, will be split evenly between the Dublin and Cork Read more…
Our General Manager, Leonard Hobbs, held his last MIDAS Ireland AGM on 30th January after 7 years in the role. During that time, the number of MIDAS members has significantly grown and MIDAS has gone from strength to strength. The MIDAS Gala Dinner and Awards Ceremony, initiated by Leonard and run Read more…
A new survey from Engineers Ireland shows that 71% of engineering firms see potential for growth this year. But a slightly higher percentage – 72% – are concerned that a shortage of engineering talent will be a major barrier to acheiving that growth. The top skills that are being sought Read more…
Analog Devices, one of the biggest tech companies in the country has announced a €630m investment plan in a new research and development facility at its Limerick plant. It is anticipated it means an extra 600 jobs, bringing employment at its Limerick plant to over 2,000. Analog Devices has been Read more…
