"Limerick company, backed by the IDA, sending components to Israel Defense Forces arms supplier", 9 July 2025

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...

Analog Devices International UC...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...

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.