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.
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Chemicals And Pharamceuticals Manufacture Of Basic Pharmaceutical Products And Pharmaceutical Preparations 21 - Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations
350 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
6 September 2018
Employment effect (start)
6 September 2018
Foreseen end date
6 September 2023
Description
The Chanelle group plans to create 350 new jobs in Loughrea, County Galway, over the next five years.
The jobs are in research & deveopment roles at the company's new site, which manufactures "production of Spot On, a topical treatment used to protect cats and dogs from parasites".
The expansion is enabled though a €86m investment, and is supported by Enterprise Ireland.
The company already employs 500 people in Galway.
Sources
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Chanelle, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 95346, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/95346.
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