Cambus Medical, a provider of catheter component solutions to manufacturers of minimally invasive surgical devices, has announced its plan to hire 60 employees over the next three years as part of the expansion of its manufacturing plant in (Spiddal village) County Galway, Ireland, the Galway Advertiser reports.

Cambus Medical currently employs 25 people at the Spiddal operation.

The company recently extended the plant at Baile an tSagairt industrial estate, tripling its production capacity while providing a dedicated 4,000 sq ft space to support R&D and new product introduction.

Barry Comerford, managing director comments: “To enable Cambus Medical to compete within the global marketplace, our entire focus to date has centred on creating advanced process technologies and a management and engineering infrastructure which can support rapid growth of our business while providing our customers with the very highest levels of customer service and technical support”.

Udaras na Gaeltachta chief executive officerPadraig O’ hAolain has welcomed the announcement, stating: “Cambus Medical meets all of our investment strategy criteria in that its products have a strong presence in the growing medical device sector, it has cutting edge technology, is export-orientated and provides quality jobs for third-level graduates.”