Major jobs boost for Newry company putting sports stars on right track
STATSports also making multi-million pound investment in R & D
A Co Down-based company which produces special GPS trackers for sports competitors, is planning to create a total of 237 jobs over the next three years.
It is part of Newry business STATSports plans to build on its success around the world.
As well as the jobs the firm is also making a multi-million pound investment in research and development and staff training supported by Invest Northern Ireland.
STATSports, which also provides analysis software, has offices in Ireland, London, Chicago and Florida.
Alan Clarke, CEO and Co-Founder of STATSports, said: “This is a hugely exciting time for us at STATSports as we embark on the next stage of our journey. We have already established our performance monitoring technology with some of the biggest and best known sporting organisations in the world and this investment will allow us to expand our reach even further in both the elite and everyday field sports sector.
“Our staff are highly skilled and incredibly knowledgeable about the sports performance monitoring industry and we will be replicating that with the additional hires. The R&D assistance will also allow us to keep evolving our cutting-edge technology.”
Welcoming the announcement, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Karen Bradley MP said: “I am delighted to support the announcement of 211 new jobs in Newry, which will generate over £7 million annually in additional salaries.
“STATSports is an award winning tech business which has a fast-growing reach across the world and an outstanding reputation as a leading pioneer of cutting-edge sport technology.
“It is fantastic to see a significant R&D investment of £5.5m which will also create 26 R&D roles for the business.
“This is brilliant news for Newry and Northern Ireland as a whole. Once again, local businesses are making a huge impact on a global scale, with exceptional talent and world-class innovation.”
Invest NI’s Executive Director of Business and Sector Development, Jeremy Fitch added: “This significant expansion to STATSports workforce is an aggressive move to break into new markets and increase sales in Europe, the US, Asia and South America. Invest NI is proud and delighted to be supporting such an innovative and fast moving company to scale so significantly, securing this major investment in the Newry, Mourne and Down District Council area."