Around Cork Harbour, Ringaskiddy, Little Island and Carrigtwohill host one of Europe's densest clusters of pharmaceutical and medtech manufacturing, with more than ten thousand people working in it. Production of biologics and sterile medicines rarely stops, so the shifts don't either. A break between gowning and degowning is too short to drive anywhere for food.
Cork's harbour towns have become a centre of pharmaceutical and medtech manufacturing, built up by decades of foreign investment. Ringaskiddy is known for large-scale biologics plants, Little Island for formulation and sterile fill-finish, and Carrigtwohill for medtech. Industry sources put the workforce in these plants at more than ten thousand, and several sites are still expanding. Manufacturing runs continuously, in cleanrooms, with shift teams who cannot leave the site during a break. Beyond the harbour, Cork has its university, hospitals and a growing office district in the city and the docklands. On the industrial estates, though, the nearest café is usually a car journey away.
We deliver the fridge to your Cork site; delivery and commissioning are agreed around your site rules and GMP areas. The software, warranty, remote support and spare parts are included. Restocking is organised by you, with your team, your caterer or a local supplier, guided by sales per product.
On a large plant, several units close to the break rooms usually beat one. Funding follows the number of units.
Not inside it, but in a break area outside the gowning room. Your EHS and quality teams decide on the location.
Yes. Open with a card, app or badge, take what you need, close the door; payment happens automatically.
Your caterer, your team or a local supplier. The software shows what sells on each shift.
Eight short questions about your site, shifts and access. Contact details only at the end.
Takes about 90 seconds · no obligation · no contact details until the last step