Cork

:For other uses of Cork, see Cork (disambiguation). Cork City redirects here, for the football club, see Cork City FC

Industry

Cork City is at the heart of industry in the south of Ireland. Its main area of industry is pharmaceuticals, with Pfizer Inc. and Swiss company Novartis being big employers in the region. The most famous product of the Cork pharmaceutical industry is Viagra. Cork is also the European headquarters of Apple Computer where their desktop computers are manufactured and their European call centre is hosted. It is also home to the Murphy's Irish Stout brewery and the Beamish and Crawford brewery which have been in the city for generations. And for many years, Cork was the home to Ford Motor Company, which manufactured cars in the docklands area before the plant was closed. Henry Ford's grandfather was from Cork, which was a main reason for opening up the manufacturing facility in Cork. But technology has replaced the old manufacturing businesses of the 1970s and 1980s, with people now working in the many I.T. centres of the city. Much of Cork's economic success is due to a few main reasons, the first of which is transport. Cork's deep harbour allows ships of any size to enter, bringing trade and easy import/export of products. Cork International Airport also allows easy access to continental Europe and with good rail links for domestic trade. The City of Cork is home to several universities and colleges, providing a skilled and trained workforce. Also, Cork's suburbs are full of modern industrial estates, which provide good road links and the latest in telecommunications to attract foreign investment from Europe, the United States, and Japan.

Related Topics:
Pfizer Inc. - Novartis - Viagra - Apple Computer - Murphy's Irish Stout - Beamish and Crawford - Ford Motor Company - Henry Ford - 1970s - 1980s - Cork International Airport - Industrial estate - Telecommunication - Europe - United States - Japan

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