Economy of Drogheda

Premier RHI AG, or Premier Periclase, produces Seawater Magnesia products at its plant - 115 employees

Flogas, a national gas distributor

Natures Best, a fresh food processor

Hilton Foods, a meat processor

Boyne Valley Foods, a producer and distributor of olive oil, jams and honey

Irish Cement, Ireland's largest cement works at Platin.

International Flavours & Fragrances (IFF), a producer of perfumes and food fragrances (plant closed 2010)

Becton Dickinson (BD), a manufacturer of medical syringes and associated equipment

Recent additions to the local economy include:

IDA Business and Technology Park: a 25 hectares (62 acres) area with direct access onto the Dublin-Belfast motorway, developed and landscaped for the needs of both the IT, financial and internationally traded services sectors.

International Fund Services, a leading provider of fund accounting and administration services to the hedge fund industry globally, is to establish a hedge fund administration operation in Drogheda, Co. Louth, with the creation of up to 235 jobs.

Eight enterprise incubation units for high tech start up companies are provided in the Milmount complex.