Analog Devices

We have built up a formidable base of technology expertise and knowledge, with over 450 engineers designing and launching over 80 new products to market every year. Perhaps because Ireland is a small country, the Irish tend to have a more global and outward-looking perspective. We know we're not the centre of the world, and so we're highly flexible and adaptable in our approach. Dick Meaney, Vice-President, Analog Devices, Limerick.

Founded in 1965 Analog Devices Inc. are world leaders in high performance signal processing and are synonymous with high performance and innovation among electronics manufacturers. Their diverse product portfolio covers Entertainment and Media, Industry and Aerospace, Medical Technology, Wireless and Automobiles Applications.

Analog Devices Inc. carries out the following operations in Ireland:

• Research & Development
• Sales & Marketing
• Distribution
• Manufacturing
• Treasury
   

The company established in Ireland in 1977 with the support of IDA and has grown to employ 1,200 people at its original and main Irish hub in Limerick and over 40 people at its design facility in Cork.

The focus of Analog’s Irish operation is to produce quality precision products through precision manufacturing while exploiting cost-efficiencies.

“We're prepared to take decisions and the responsibility that goes with it. We have the commitment to do everything that needs to be done and deliver.”
Dick Meaney, Vice-President, Analog Devices, Limerick

Analog Limerick has a great deal of local autonomy in product development. Access to R&D and highly skilled manufacturing and technological experts allows the Irish operation to develop and bring to market an average of 80 new products each year. Innovation is fostered through teamwork, both within the Irish operation and through cross-national research teams throughout Analog Devices globally.
 

The success of Analog’s Irish production function is reflected in its ongoing capital investment in its leading-edge manufacturing plant.

Through the manufacturing expertise of the Irish workforce, Analog Limerick has moved up the value chain within the company and now out-sources low-level manufacturing to Analog plants around the world, retaining the management responsibility at the Limerick base.

Analog has stated that the importance of the Limerick facility in Analog’s global hierarchy is based on the ability of the local workforce to continually innovate through its adaptability and outward looking attitude.

“The Irish perform exceptionally well in this team environment; it’s where our natural ability to communicate and get on well with people comes into its own”
Bill Hunt, Design Engineer Fellow, Analog Devices BV, Limerick.
 

Analog has benefited from the Irish government’s commitment to encouraging foreign direct capital investment

The Limerick manufacturing site allows access both commercially and logistically to the wider EMEA market.

Access to Ireland’s highly skilled workforce across technical, engineering, business, financial and interpersonal areas allows Analog to manage multi-functional activities in its Limerick location.

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