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A MAKER OF promotional products is to create 200 new jobs in Dundalk over the next five years.
An Taoiseach Enda Kenny and representatives from IDA Ireland were at National Pen’s international headquarters in the Louth town for the announcement this morning.
The facility, which has been located in Dundalk for 25 years, currently employs about 260 people who serve 19 markets outside north America.
The new positions will be in sales, customer service, manufacturing and technical and administrative functions.
National Pen also has operations in Mexico, Tennessee, France and China.
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Great news for the town. And even though, like Paypal/eBay, most roles will be multilingual and labour will have to be imported there should be a knock on for other businesses in the town. A rising tide lifts all boats.
Imagine some poor yank trying to decipher a Dundalk accent on the phone because they want to buy a crummy pen. Poor bastards.haha
@ yourname, you may not realize but we all have an accent, even you. More good news for Dundalk.
If you listen to some people from Arklow Co. Wicklow, they sound like their from Belfast at times. Someone told me it had a lot to do with randy fishermen from the North having their wicked way with the ladies from Arklow. Dirty bastards!
National pen has been in Dundalk for years now. I don’t think the accent is problem.
What do they do?
They make merchandise like this:
Promotional products, company names on pens, etc
I thought the exact same… Article is a little sparse in details! Good news on the jobs
I thought everything like that was made in China these days. How do they compete?
“How do they compete?”
They compete by making them outside China. Glad to help.
Huge margin in pens! They bombard businesses with catalogues, cold calls and a free pen with their company name, to remove your company from their marketing list you have to call them.
Very good. Good Luck Dundalk. Happy to see other promo companies doing well.
Over five years, I see this proves the rescission is over.
By the end of this recession i think Ireland is going to be just one massive call centre
Jonny, national pen is a factory, its just that they’re so successful with their product line that they need people to deal with customers all over the world. Its more of this sort of employment we need.
My son works for them , it seems to be a good company . Great news for Dundalk,
My sons accent is pure Dub
A job is a job these days we need more high end jobs though.
No we don’t! The people out of work are not at the top levels as far as I can see!
a job is a job is the kind of rhetoric that encourages the current race to the bottom in terms of wages/conditions /workers rights etc
Good news,the new 33mil tesco centre will add to it,Dundalk seems to be on the up.!
It is good to see the IDA involved in creating jobs unlike a similar sounding organisation that was involved in destroying jobs.
Is any company going to set up here WITHOUT corporate welfare from the IDA?
Well done ENDA and Richard !
Are these real jobs or just part-time? Also, this surely can’t count as manufacturing?! Enda needs to resign.
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