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Manufacturing Manufacture of metals Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 25 - Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
14 November 2024
Employment effect (start)
14 November 2024
Foreseen end date
31 December 2027
Description
Tipperary-based engineering company, Buttimer Engineering, is to create 200 jobs over the next three-years, more than doubling its current workforce. The company is a diversified engineering business specialising in bulk material handling systems and steel fabrication.
The job announcement follows a major investment by Irish capital fund management firm Development Capital. Buttimer Engineering is now expecting increased revenues over the next few years, going from €25 million to €65 million.
Under its growth plan, the company is to target areas such as the UK ports and infrastructure sector, the provision of data centre solutions and the creation of an electrical engineering division.
Eurofound (2024), Buttimer Engineering, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 202286, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/202286.
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