The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Wood And Paper Materials Manufacture Of Wood And Of Products Of Wood And Cork, Except Furniture; Manufacture Of Articles Of Straw And Plaiting Materials 16 - Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials
250 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
4 October 2003
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Up to 250 jobs will be created in Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, over the next 3 years in a joint venture between Coillte and an Austrian company, Griffner Haus. Each has a 50% stake in Griffner Coillte, which will design, manufactures and market timber-framed buildings. At the moment the company employs 18 people, and this is set to rise in the first year to 60, with full production envisaged within 3 years, with 250 people. It will employ skilled and semi-skilled workers, including carpenters, in production and construction, alongside office staff.
Sources
4 October 2003: The Irish Times
Citation
Eurofound (2003), Griffner Coillte, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 60259, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/60259.
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