Johnson & Johnson Vision Care's manufacturing plant in Limerick has expanded to meet growing demand for its Acuvue TruEye range of one-day contact lenses. Joe Ayling visited the Irish factory.
Expansion at Vistakon Ireland signals the importance of contact lenses to an economy committed to growth through manufacturing. It also cements the facility’s claim as the world’s largest contact lens manufacturing plant.
Prior to this year, the Johnson & Johnson contact lens plant was already a major employer in the Mid-West region of Ireland, with close to 1,000 people on the books in Limerick including scientists, engineers and technicians.
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