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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Chemicals And Pharamceuticals Manufacture Of Chemicals And Chemical Products 20 - Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
138 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
3 February 2014
Employment effect (start)
3 February 2014
Foreseen end date
Description
Rossport Pharmaceuticals, which produces and distributes electronic cigarettes, is to create 138 new jobs in quality assurance, production, marketing and regulatory control positions, with a new €5 million plant in Corr Na Mona in the west of Ireland. The investment is being supported by Údarás na Gaeltachta, a regional development agency for the Irish-speaking regions of Ireland. According to some reports, the expansion involves onshoring of production of their Nicofresh range of e-cigarettes currently carried out mainly in China. Jobs will be in various roles including pharmaceutical, R&D, marketing and production.
Sources
3 February 2014: RTE
31 January 2014: Irish Examiner
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Rossport Pharmaceuticals, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 76535, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76535.
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