Limerick company, backed by the IDA, sending components to Israel Defense Forces arms supplier
Limerick-based Analog Devices International is sending critical components to the Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) largest weapons supplier.
The Irish-registered company was shipping these parts to arms manufacturer Elbit Systems in Israel from its factory in the Philippines as recently as nine months ago, according to shipping records obtained by The Ditch.
The Filipino factory operates as a final assembly plant for products manufactured at the firm’s European headquarters on the outskirts of Limerick city.
IDA Ireland awarded Analogue Devices International an €85 million grant last year – about €50,000 for each person it employs in Ireland. Micheál Martin presented company CEO Vincent T Roche with an SFI St Patrick’s Day Science Medal in 2021, highlighting how his “contributions have made immense societal and economic impact and changed the lives of millions of people”.
Analog Devices microchips were recently found in Russian weapons used to attack Ukraine, leading to a company executive to testify before the US Senate and a report that found its export controls to be “abjectly lacking”.
‘Supplying products for military applications since 1972’
Analog Devices International UC – based in Limerick’s Raheen Industrial Estate – shipped components to Elbit Systems in Israel from its Cavite plant in the Philippines in August, October and November 2024.
Elbit Systems supplies the Israel Defense Forces with 80 percent of its weapons, according to a recent BDS report.
Customs records obtained by The Ditch show the October 2024 shipment was valued at more than €5,000.
The Irish-American company has been “supplying products for military and space applications since 1972”, according to its website.
Parent company Analog Devices Inc was found by a US Senate committee to have failed to take sufficient steps to prevent the use of its products by Russia in its war against Ukraine.
Russia – through intermediaries in third countries – imported $326 million worth of Analog Devices components in 2023, according to researchers at the Kyiv School of Economics. It is not known if any of these goods were manufactured at the firm’s facility in Limerick.
Analog Devices has partnered with the University of Limerick and Stripe on an undergraduate computer science programme. "Software engineers enjoy incredible careers solving some of the world’s most important problems,” said Stripe co-founder John Collison on the programme's launch.
Analog Devices International declined to comment.