The 3M Digital Science Community will be established later this year

A state-of-the-art research and development technical centre in Dublin, the 3M Digital Science Community, will be established by 3M later this year. This follows from 3M’s current presence in Ireland, where they employ upwards of five hundred people, both in Athlone and Dublin.

Vice President of the 3M Digital Science Community, Dr Michael Dolezal, stated: “We see Dublin as a highly attractive location for this significant investment. Crucially, you have the education ecosystem and experienced talent that we need to launch the company’s first Research and Development technical centre focused on digital technology. This centre is positioned to grow and optimise 3M’s global digital, data security and privacy operations, to accelerate deployment of cloud-based solutions and architectures and to enhance research and development in artificial intelligence. This new centre will bring together elite technology professionals to share knowledge and ideas helping to address the challenges that our customers face in a dynamically changing global market. The centre will enhance our ability to address customer needs through development and deployment of scalable digital technologies enabling us to enter new market segments and geographies.”

CEO of IDA Ireland, Martin Shanahan, stated: “3M is a high profile, iconic company and a leader within the healthcare IT market and its choice of Dublin for this important investment is very significant. This investment communicates a strong message that Ireland is an ideal location for specialist skills and technology in the health tech space.”