Westport is the home of Allergan's botox manufacturing. Image: Shutterstock Westport is the home of Allergan's botox manufacturing. Image: Shutterstock A TOTAL OF 163 new jobs are to be created in the west of the country following two significant investment announcements today.
The Knot Worldwide currently operates in 15 countries and its website has helped more than 40 million couples around the world plan their weddings. The Westport campus was first opened in 1977 and is now the company’s most complex global base. It is where Allergan produces its flagship Botox product. The investment will focus on new manufacturing suites in the Westport biologics facility and will also support the completion of a new microbiology and cell-based laboratory.“This €65 million investment further cements Ireland’s strategic role in Allergan’s global network,” Allergan’s vice president and plant general manager Paul Coffey said today.