EDWARDS Lifesciences expect to begin filling some of the 600 jobs it is creating next month, while they have appointed a plant general manager to oversee the investment of €80 million. The California-based company recently announced it is opening the plant in the Mid-West, although it has not as yet said exactly where it will be. It has an interim facility in Shannon. Nathan Tenzer has been named as plant general manager for the new operations. He will have responsibility for leading its management and engineering function and delivering on the company’s strategic objective of expanding its global supply network of delivery components for transcatheter heart valve therapies, where open heart surgery would previously have been the norm. He has worked for Edwards for more than 15 years, while for the past two, he has held the position of senior director of engineering in an Edwards manufacturing facility near Salt Lake City. “I am excited by the opportunity to establish …
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Clare County Council today (Tuesday) opened a book of condolences in memory of the six Irish citizens killed in last week’s tragedy in Berkeley, California. Members of the public are being invited to sign the book, which will remain in the foyer of Áras Contae an Chláir, New Road, Ennis, until 5.00pm on Friday. The book of Condolences was officially opened this morning by cathaoirleach of Clare County Council, John Crowe.
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