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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Food Products 10.51 - Operation of dairies and cheese making
85 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
7 September 2017
Employment effect (start)
7 September 2017
Foreseen end date
31 December 2019
Description
Dairy processing co-operative Lakeland Dairies aims to create 85 new jobs by the end of 2019 at its milk drying site in Bailieborough, Co Cavan. The company has recently opened a €40 million site expansion; it is one of the largest plants of its kind in Europe. The increased production capacity will allow the co-op ensure its future competitiveness.
Lakeland Dairies employs around 800 people and processes 1.2 billion litres of milk every year.
Sources
7 September 2017: RTE
7 September 2017: Irish Independent
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Lakeland Dairies, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 91876, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/91876.
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