Building work has started on a new manufacturing facility for West Pharmaceutical Services in Waterford.

The Waterford facility will manufacture packaging components for insulin injector cartridges and other high-value packaging components for injectable drugs.

The company intends to employ approximately 150 people in engineering, production and other positions by the commencement of operations in late 2018.

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"West's presence in Ireland is of great importance to us for meeting customer demand for high-quality packaging components," said Eric Green, Chief Executive Officer at West. "Packaging systems play an important role in ensuring the purity, long-term stability and efficacy of injectable drug products. The advanced components that will be produced at our state-of-the-art Waterford plant will help our pharmaceutical and biotechnology customers deliver their products to patients."

The 95,000 square foot (approximately 8,800 square meter) facility will be situated at a 44-acre site at Knockhouse on Old Kilmeaden Road in Waterford.

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