Press releases

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

Students hear of opportunities in biopharma& medtech sectors

11/01/2018 - BioPharmaChem Ireland (BPCI) and the Irish Medtech Association, the Ibec groups representing the biopharmaceutical and medtech sectors in Ireland, say it’s vital for world leading manufacturing