Freestyle Libre products and stupid over inflated swiss prices
I have been using freestyle Libre for several years the products keeps failing so Abbott keeps replacing the paid for sensor as long as they understand it's their duty to do so if it fails for reasons such as incorrect penetration into skin and battery failure a few days before its should be finished or inaccurate readings against manual readings or even application failure on IPhone where the software is never up to date and as long as they still supply the "lecture" for free, I will keep using it, why because nothing is perfect in life think man machine errors (MME) being diabetic is neither also, but the Abbott employees and staff are helpful it's not their fault when things go. wrong and 1st line help are just there to help you in the long run, my Diabetic doctor has offered for me to go to others providers but they are ridiculous even higher in price with extravagant amounts of money taken from you, especially here in Switzerland to forever fill their pathetically high salaries for doing very little since the product is not even manufactured here its made in Ireland.
ChatGPT info:The **FreeStyle Libre** continuous glucose monitoring system is manufactured by **Abbott Laboratories**, a global medical device and healthcare company headquartered in **Abbott Park, Illinois, USA** ([Wikipedia][1]).
In particular:
* **Abbott's new €440 million manufacturing facility in Kilkenny, Ireland**, opened in **November 2024**, serves as its global centre of excellence for **FreeStyle Libre 3** sensor production. This 30,000 m² site employs 800+ people and delivers the highest output among all Libre sensor facilities worldwide ([MedTech Dive][2]).
* Additionally, Abbott operates earlier manufacturing units for Libre sensors in **Witney, United Kingdom**, and had historically managed operations in multiple European locations ([Abbott][3]).
### Summary:
* **Headquarters & company:** Abbott Laboratories, headquartered in Abbott Park, Illinois, USA ([Wikipedia][1]).
* **Key manufacturing sites for FreeStyle Libre sensors:**
* **Kilkenny, Ireland** — major global production hub for Libre 3 since late 2024.
* **Witney, UK** — previously manufacturing Libre sensors.
* Other locations within Abbott’s global supply network may also support production and components worldwide.
In short: FreeStyle Libre devices are produced by Abbott in multiple global locations—with **Ireland (Kilkenny)** now being the primary site for the most recent Libre 3 sensors.
27 July 2025
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