HID Global has officially opened its new facility at Mervue in Galway, where recruitment will grow the staff capacity to 500 people.
HID currently employs 250 people in Ireland, and that number is expected to reach 300 by year end.
HID is a leader in trusted identity solutions that give people and businesses access to physical and digital places and connect things that can be identified, verified and tracked digitally.
Operating in Ireland since 2006, HID has steadily expanded its manufacturing, R&D, supply chain customer service, IT, finance, human resources, and other business functions in Galway to support its customer base across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
HID has been operating in Ireland since 2006, from a facility Tully, Co. Galway.
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The company provided the enabling technology for Ireland’s passport cards, the first programme of its kind to allow people to cross borders in Europe with an electronic passport card rather than a traditional passport booklet.
Craig Sandness, senior VP with HID Global, said: “We are very pleased to have our new Centre of Excellence open in Mervue. The hard work and determination demonstrated by everyone involved with this project to get it to completion has been nothing short of admirable.
“This state-of-the-art facility will allow us to improve efficiencies across our operations and continue to deliver for our growing customer base across EMEA.
“Ireland is a hugely important central hub for our operations, including the production of access and identification-related applications, such as electronic passports and access cards, which represent large and growing segments of HID’s business.”
Trevor Fox, site lead at HID, added: “Galway has been an excellent foundation for us to build from, and the continuing investment from HID to underpin our capability and growth plan can be seen as a huge boost of confidence in the area and the people behind the success.”
Headquartered in Austin, Texas, HID Global has over 4,000 employees worldwide.
