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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Food Products 10.12 - Processing and preserving of poultry meat
110 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
30 December 2016
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 October 2017
Description
Maelor Foods, a chicken processing company based in Wrexham, has announced the creation of around 110 new jobs. The company, which operates at a former First Milk production facility, has invested GBP 10 million (€11.5 million) on a refit of the premises and is currently operational. 40 staff were recruited throughout 2016 and the new staff will be added throughout 2017, with the company aiming to be fully operational by October 2017. The next phase will involve the creation of an extension which is scheduled to open in June 2017.
Sources
30 December 2016: Daily Post
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Maelor Foods, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 89783, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/89783.
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