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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Chemicals And Pharamceuticals Manufacture Of Basic Pharmaceutical Products And Pharmaceutical Preparations 21 - Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
12 January 2017
Employment effect (start)
12 January 2017
Foreseen end date
31 December 2018
Description
IQ Pharmatek is creating 100 jobs within the coming month at the old Suir Pharma plant in Clonmel, Co Tipperary. The company plans to hire another 100 people by the end of 2018. The old Suir Pharma plant shut down in 2016, but is now reopening under the new ownership. IQ Pharmatek is a conglomerate of Ireland, UK and UAE companies. It will focus on manufacturing for other parties in the short term.
Sources
12 January 2017: RTE
12 January 2017: Irish Examiner
Citation
Eurofound (2017), IQ Pharmatek, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 89752, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/89752.
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