The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
West Midlands; West Midlands; Walsall and Wolverhampton
Location of affected unit(s)
Wolverhampton
Sector
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Food Products 10.12 - Processing and preserving of poultry meat
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
19 January 2018
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Multinational food manufacturer Cargill has announced plans to create 100 new jobs in Wolverhampton. The firm which already employs 170 people at its chicken processing facility in the Bilbrook area of the city, has invested GBP 35 million in a new production line which will be operational by the end of the summer 2018. The site produces battered and breaded products for a leading fast food chain. There is no information available as to when the jobs will be filled, though the recruitment process is already underway.
Sources
19 January 2018: Express and Star
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Cargill, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 93084, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/93084.
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