Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
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.
One hundred new jobs will be created in a 28 million euro investment at Dawn Farms in Kildare, designed to increase its presence in the EU market. The food company is developing a meat science innovation centre along with other research and development (R&D) and capital investment.
Overall 100 new jobs will be created, increasing employment in Dawn Farm Foods from 480 currently to 580 by 2011. The number of dedicated R & D personnel in the company will double from 15 to 30.
Dawn Farm Foods, part of the Queally Group of Companies, was established in 1984, and is a leading manufacturer of fully cooked meat ingredients for sale into the EU food manufacturing and foodservice sectors. Dawn Farms sells cooked meats into the retail sector in Ireland and 80% of its current output is exported to over 30 countries worldwide serving customers in the food manufacturing, food service, pizza and sandwich businesses.
Eurofound (2006), Dawn Farm Foods, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 63460, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/63460.
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