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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products 22.2 - Manufacture of plastic products
230 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
22 February 2019
Employment effect (start)
22 February 2019
Foreseen end date
Description
Pharma industry company, GW Plastics, has announced plans to create 230 new jobs in Sligo. The new jobs are in the areas of production, quality, regulatory, and engineering. The job expansion in Sligo is enabled by new funding of €5.7 million from the company's American owners. The jobs measures are also supported by the Irish Government through IDA Ireland.
GW Plastics has been based in Sligo since 1988, formerly called Avenue Mould Solutions. As of February 2019, the company employs more than 1,200 worldwide.
Eurofound (2019), GW Plastics, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 97171, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/97171.
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