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GlobalLogic plans to grow Irish presence following merger with Athlone’s Sidero

The California based company acquired Sidero in July 2023

Carmel Owens chief executive of Sidero, said she was ‘optimistic’ on future opportunities. Picture: Jeff Harvey

Silicon Valley based GlobalLogic is planning to grow its presence across a number of sectors in Ireland following its merger with Athlone-based Sidero.

GlobalLogic, which is part of Japan’s Hitachi Group, operates design studios and engineering centres. It acquired Sidero, a software engineering company run by Carmel Owens in July last year.

The two companies today said the merger had completed and Sidero, which has 170 employees across in Athlone and Newry, will now operate ...