Lucent to Make $150 Million Expansion to Plant in Ireland

Lucent Technologieso reduce delivery time to customers in Europe and the Asia/Pacific region, <%=company%> (Murray Hill, NJ) is spending about $150 million over the next three years to build a 200,000-sq. ft. extension to its Blanchardstown facility in Dublin, Ireland.

By this summer, the new facility will be equipped to produce approximately $250 million worth of optical networking systems for this calendar year. When completed in May 2001, it will be capable of producing more than $2 billion worth of equipment annually. The facility will drop shipping time to European/Asian customers from several weeks to several days.

As part of the expansion, Lucent is launching a major recruiting drive to attract engineers, technicians, business, and information technology professionals. The investment includes creating 500 new jobs over the same time period.

The facility currently manufactures products in Lucent's data networking portfolio

Lucent Technologies has more than 600 employees at sites located in and around Dublin. At Blanchardstown Industrial Park, the company currently has a plant for its core and access network solutions and converged-network services platform. Recently, the company moved its Bell Labs GSM software development facility and its regional Shared Services Centre to Cherrywood Business Park, Dublin. Other sites include its customer support operations in central Dublin and a manufacturing site for its Systimax Structured Connectivity Solutions (SCS) at Bray, Co Wicklow.

Edited by Kristin Lewotsky