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Alcon Ireland

Alcon Ireland

Updated October 2024.

About Alcon Ireland

Company Overview Alcon Inc. is the global leader in eye care, dedicated to helping people see brilliantly.With our 7-plus-year heritage, we are the largest eye care device company in the world – with complementary businesses in Surgical and Vision Care. Being a truly global company, we work in over 7 countries and serve patients in more than 14 countries.We have a long history of industry firsts, and each year we commit a substantial amount in Research and Development to meet customer needs and patient demands. Today Alcon operates in seventy-four countries, serving patients in over 14 countries, employing over 2, associates worldwide.;The Cork facility was established in 1991.; In 26, the Cork plant began manufacturing Alcon’s intraocular lenses (IOLs), which replace the eye’s natural lens in cataract surgery. Alcon’s Clareon / AcrySof® IOLs are the most frequently implanted lenses worldwide.Alcon’s Cork facility is 13,657 square meters in size and employs over 7 associates. In an environment where quality and precision are critical, Alcon employs professionals with the skills and passion to meet the expectations of our customers, as well as the regulatory bodies that govern the development and manufacturing of our eye care products. Patients are at the center of everything we do and at the heart of our commitment to quality. The Alcon facility in Cork is certified to ISO 13485, is MDD compliant and is an FDA approved manufacturing site.
certification September 2024
Company Size 7
Alcon Ireland Head Office
Cork

Culture Overview

Founded in 1945 two pharmacists, Robert Alexander and William Connor opened a small pharmacy in Fort Worth, Texas, combining the first syllables of their last names to call it Alcon.

Built on three Foundational Principles and these principles still ring through today The Customer: ‘Our approach is medical specialist-oriented, in that we concentrate our efforts on seeing the needs of our patients through the eyes of the specialists who are treating them. We let the specialist tell us what he (or she) needs to treat patients’ Innovation: Technology is (of) primary importance to Alcon…Its distinction has resulted from focusing that technology on what the market identifies as better’ William Conner Our People: ‘We recognized from the start that people can make the difference between success and failure and we have attempted always to foster an atmosphere that motivates and encourages these outstanding individuals to remain in our organization’ Robert Alexander Each year, our products touch the lives of millions of people living with conditions such as cataracts, glaucoma, retinal diseases, dry eye, and refractive errors. We offer the most complete line of ophthalmic surgical devices and ocular health products and differentiated contact lens and lens care portfolio to help patients see, look and feel their best.Sight is precious. That’s why Alcon is dedicated to preserving sight and the beauty that comes with it. Our associates recognize that by working at Alcon, we offer the opportunity to positively impact millions of people around the world. By manufacturing Intraocular Lenses, Alcon Ireland plays an integral part in helping millions of people to see brilliantly. In fact, many associates and their extended families have been directly impacted by the products that we manufacture.

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