Irish medical devices firm Technopath to create 40 new jobs in their facility at Ballina, Co Tipperary, it was announced today.
The company, which will invest €3m in the project, makes products that monitor the quality of hospital laboratory blood tests.
In a move supported by Enterprise Ireland, the company will expand its quality control division, which manufactures products for a number of multinational in-vitro diagnostic companies.
Jobs Minister Richard Bruton described the announcement as great news for Tipperary and for the indigenous life sciences sector in Ireland.