Press releases

Special Ibec / European Investment Bank event in Galway

08/03/2019 - Future medical technology investment by Galway based Aerogen will be supported by a EUR 30 million loan agreed with the European Investment Bank highlighted at the first sector focused EIB-Ibec

New Medtech Chair to prioritise startups & connected health

12/02/2019 - The Irish Medtech Association, the Ibec group that represents the sector, has announced FIRE1 CEO Conor Hanley as Chair of the association and S3 Connected Health’s CEO John O’Brien as Vice Chair.

Medtech industry welcomes new graduates

16/01/2019 - The Irish Medtech Association, the Ibec group that represents the medtech sector, along with the University of Limerick, celebrated the graduation of the Springboard+ funded Bachelor of Science in

EU reforms make Medtech Regulatory Affairs graduates vital

02/11/2018 - The Irish Medtech Association Skillnet with the Irish Medtech Association, the Ibec group that represents the medtech sector, along with NUI Galway and IT Sligo highlighted the importance of

Brexit may jeopardise patient access to medical devices

23/10/2018 - The Irish Medtech Association, the Ibec group that represents the medtech sector, warned ahead of the Global Access 2018 conference in Galway later this week that the EU is running out of time to

Latest Brexit survey reveals concerns for Medtech

19/09/2018 - The Irish Medtech Association, the Ibec group that represents the medtech sector, today released a special report on Brexit and the Irish medtech sector’ (see attached). With a ‘Brexit summit’

Top five trends in medtech revealed at Medtech Awards launch

22/08/2018 - The Irish Medtech Association, the Ibec group that represents the medtech sector, along with Enterprise Ireland, and IDA Ireland, today launched Medtech Rising: The Irish Medtech Awards. The awards

€42m centre needed to safeguard growth of Medtech sector

15/08/2018 - The Irish Medtech Association, the Ibec group that represents the sector, has called on Government to invest €42 million in an advanced discrete manufacturing centre of scale in Budget 2019 (see

Buoyant medtech sector sees 2,070 jobs& €259m in investments

08/08/2018 - The Irish Medtech Association, the Ibec group that represents the medtech sector, today launched Medtech Rising: The Irish Medtech CEO Conference which will be held in Cork for the first time, in

Factories go digital to compete globally

07/06/2018 - The Ibec Medtech and Engineering group is calling on industry to seize the opportunities that are being presented by the latest disruptive technologies that are transforming manufacturing. “New

Manufacturing taking steps to address gender imbalance

16/04/2018 - Ibec Medtech and Engineering, the group that represents the medtech, engineering and polymer technology industries, have said that while women continue to be under-represented in leadership, Ireland