Maelor Foods

Type
Business expansion
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Wales; North Wales; Flintshire and Wrexham
Location of affected unit(s)
Wrexham
Sector
Manufacturing
(10 - 11) Manufacture of food and beverage
10.1 - Processing and preserving of meat and production of meat products
10.12 - Processing and preserving of poultry meat
110 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
30 December 2016
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 October 2017

Description

Maelor Foods, a chicken processing company based in Wrexham, has announced the creation of around 110 new jobs. The company, which operates at a former First Milk production facility, has invested GBP 10 million (€11.5 million) on a refit of the premises and is currently operational. 40 staff were recruited throughout 2016 and the new staff will be added throughout 2017, with the company aiming to be fully operational by October 2017. The next phase will involve the creation of an extension which is scheduled to open in June 2017.

Sources

  • 30 December 2016: Daily Post

Citation

Eurofound (2016), Maelor Foods, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 89783, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/89783.