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Manufacturing (16 - 17) Manufacture of wood and paper materials 17.2 - Manufacture of articles of paper and paperboard 17.22 - Manufacture of household and sanitary goods and of toilet requisites
80 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
11 April 2017
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Leyland based paper firm Accrol has opened a new manufacturing facility and announced the creation of 80 new jobs. The company makes a range of paper products including tissues, toilet rolls and kitchen rolls. The installation of two new tissue converting lines will create 80 new jobs when the lines are running at full capacity. There is space in the new facility for four further lines. When the new positions are taken the total workforce at the company will be 600. There is no information on when all the jobs will be filled.
Sources
11 April 2017: Lancashire Post
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Accrol, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 90858, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/90858.