Kerry Group puts Irish R&D centre stage

Kerry Group’s new €100 million Kildare-based international research hub will open on January 1 next year and will support its business worldwide.

“It will be our hub for infant nutrition and healthcare, nutritional research as well and obviously providing nutritional support and analysis to customers and to our businesses around the globe,” chief executive Stan McCarthy said during the company’s earnings call last week.

While the R&D centre is already up and running ...