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Director in ClearStream Today the core of ClearStream’s Meanwhile, a healthy work-life
technologies and she now very activity remains the development balance is easily-attainable in
proudly holds the role of Director of cutting-edge medical devices County Wexford with its many
of Operations, CR Bard. used by vascular surgeons, natural and built amenities.
radiologists and cardiologists
In 2009, ClearStream signed a deal when carrying out angioplasty Pauline points out that Ireland is
with CR Bard on a customer basis procedures. as accessible from the east coast
and in 2011 the multi-national of America as Seattle or San
decided to buy the County The export market accounts Francisco on the west coast, which
Wexford-based company. “Since for about 99pc, if not 100pc, is a key factor in today’s global
then we’ve grown rapidly,” says of ClearStream Technology’s economy.
Pauline. sales and this is helped by the “Our products would be going to
company’s strategically-beneficial
The business opened a new location in County Wexford – every region of the world. We still
production facility in 2014 which located close to ports and airports do some business-to-business sales.
is responsible for manufacturing and sizable centres of learning Our big markets would be the US,
new products for the peripheral from which to recruit its staff. obviously, but also China, Russia
healthcare market. This has and continental Europe.” ABOVE:
facilitated a huge growth in activity “I think the improvements in The relationship with CR Bard Pauline Oakes,
and in staff numbers. the infrastructure are really has been “very good and very Director of
Operations,
positive. Even from a basic point ClearStream
“It’s been quite a rollercoaster productive” since the takeover and
journey but I’m never complacent like getting a corporate visitor to has well-positioned ClearStream
about that, considering our history. the plant (and we have a lot of to both ride out the recession
I’ve been here from the outset and corporate visitors, particularly and now, hopefully, avail of the
I know what it’s like to go through in the last year during our “economic upturn enveloping the
the ups and downs. Last year our expansion). Wexford is very Irish economy”.
biggest challenge was maintaining accessible from the US; from
control during a period of rapid Dublin Airport to Wexford is now
growth and development.” only about an hour and a half.”

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