US medtech BD says investment here is ‘about access to talent’

Becton Dickinson has made two big investments in the run up to Christmas, €62 million in a Drogheda manufacturing plant and €72 million in its R&D centre of excellence in Limerick

Padraig Fitzgerald, senior R&D director for Becton Dickinson: the investments are a vote of confidence in Ireland and the talent here. Picture: Brian Arthur