New 3M Digital Science Community Creating 100 Jobs

Science-based technology company 3M, has announced it is to establish a new research and development technical centre in Dublin.

3M’s plans for this community

It will be called the 3M Digital Science Community, and it is anticipated to create 100 new jobs in the area over the next two to three years. Recruitment for the new science community is underway with new team members working remotely until the fit-out of 2 Cumberland Place in Dublin’s city centre is completed later this year.

3M’s investment in this science community is supported by the Irish government through IDA Ireland. The new centre works closely with 3M Health Care’s Health Information Systems Division (HIS) and with the broader 3M Health Care Business Group.

3M HIS is one of the world’s largest providers of integrated software and consulting services designed to improve the performance and delivery of quality healthcare. 3M HIS’s expertise lies in providing complex algorithms, AI, clinical speech recognition and computer asserted coding designed to accurately document patient encounters etc.

Speaking on this, Dr Michael Dolezal, VP of the 3M Digital Science Community said “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.”

He also said “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.”

Also speaking on this, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said, “This announcement from 3M provides a really welcome boost for Dublin’s city centre. With many businesses reopening over recent weeks, things are improving, and we will see our city centre bustling again. The establishment of this new research and development centre will create 100 highly skilled jobs over the next two to three years and is further proof that Ireland is recognised as a global hub for leading technology innovators. I wish the company all the best in this exciting new chapter.”

Martin Shanahan, CEO of IDA Ireland added, “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.”

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