HID, a worldwide leader in trusted identity solutions, has announced the opening of its new Logistics Centre in Shannon, Ireland. The new facility is HID’s second-largest Logistics Centre, supporting 55 countries across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
The occasion was marked with an official ribbon-cutting and a visit from local government and business leaders, as well as HID’s operations leadership team. The new 4,157 square-metre Logistics Centre is double the size of HID’s previous facility and employs 60 people, intending to expand the headcount in the years to come.
“The new Logistic Centre is strategic in sustaining the global growth HID has experienced and it demonstrates our commitment to fostering innovation and product availability across the region,” said Josh Freeman, Senior Vice President and Head of Operations, HID.
Operating in Ireland since 2006, HID has steadily expanded its manufacturing, R&D, supply chain customer service, IT, finance, human resources and other business functions in Ireland to support a growing customer base across EMEA.
HID first established itself in the country in Tully, County Galway in 2006. The company is best known in Ireland for providing the enabling technology for Ireland’s revolutionary passport card programme, which was the first of its kind to allow travellers to cross borders in Europe with an electronic passport card rather than a traditional passport booklet. In 2022, HID opened an award-winning Center of Excellence in Galway City, employing about 500 people.
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