On Monday, December 13th 2010, Avego welcomed Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation Batt O’Keeffe TD and other dignitaries to help celebrate the announcement of new jobs, new contracts, new investment, and expanded offices.
The event took place at Avego’s newly expanded facilities in Kinsale, Ireland. Minister O’Keeffe and representatives from Enterprise Ireland were on hand to announce that Avego will undertake a major R&D investment programme and create 35 new jobs in Ireland over the next three years.
Speaking at the event, Minister O’Keeffe congratulated Avego for its continued growth and success, saying: “Avego is the kind of outward-looking export-driven firm that the Government, through Enterprise Ireland, is anxious to help grow and generate jobs at home. Clearly, the firm’s focus on innovation and service capacity is helping it to absorb more business from a global client base in a competitive market.”
Avego currently employs 55 people worldwide, with 35 of those in Ireland. The current investment programme will see the company expanding its research and development operations and overseas presence, positioning it to achieve continued global expansion and product leadership. Already, Avego exports more than 85% of output, and this is expected to increase to over 90% over the next three years.
Sean O’Sullivan, Avego Managing Director, said: “We are deeply grateful to the faith of our customers in selecting our products and our young company over the many legacy firms that compete in the transport space. We hope to continue to break ground in enabling people to go wherever they want, from wherever they are.”