US firm to create 100 Dublin jobs

A US based multinational is to create 100 jobs by 2012 in Dublin, it was announced today.

Maxim Integrated Products, a firm which designs and manufactures analog, mixed-signal, high-frequency, and digital circuits, said this morning it is to establish a new international business operation in Dublin with the creation of 50 jobs by mid-to-late 2010.

Recruitment has already begun for the positions which include accountants, financial analysts, supply-chain specialists, IT technicians, and multilingual customer-service staff.

The firm said it intends to create an additional 50 jobs by 2012.

Maxim’s new business, financial and technical customer services centre will serve the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, along with parts of Asia.

The company, which was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Silicon Valley in California has been profitable every year since it went public in 1988. It employs approximately 8,800 people worldwide. Maxim operates 34 international technology centres, while 24 sales offices across the globe.

Maxim’s products are used in portable and consumer devices like mobile phones, laptops, handheld Internet devices, cameras, set-top boxes, and LCD televisions. The firm’s chips also operate in numerous automotive, medical, industrial, broadband and communications functions, and in a vast array of other electronic systems.

Making the announcement earlier today, Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Mary Coughlan said the development was facilitated by the Irish government through IDA Ireland.

“The decision by Maxim Integrated Products to locate its International Business Services Centre in Dublin reinforces Ireland’s international reputation as a thriving centre for the delivery of International Business Services," she said.

"Maxim is a technically innovative, leading edge company and its products are world-renowned in the ICT industry and the high calibre of the jobs to be created by the company reflects the Irish Government’s strategy for a smart economy," Ms Coughlan added.

Separately, Ed Medlin, vice president, senior counsel with Maxim pointed to the availability of a highly technical workforce as a key factor in leading the company to locate here in Ireland.

"A large part of our growth is dependent on the EMEA region and the Dublin centre is designed to support that," he said.