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Colm Dore, Managing Director, C&D Foods; Aisling Halligan, HR Manager, C&D Foods; Declan Kennedy, General Manager, C&D Foods
The petfood division of ABP Food Group, C&D Foods, has launched a recruitment campaign for 100 new jobs for its flagship facility at Edgeworthstown, Co Longford, covering both counties Longford and Westmeath.
This follows the December 2023 announcement of a €48 million investment in the plant, increasing the site’s production capacity by 25%.
The new roles will be in engineering, operations, supply chain and quality assurance.
The investment, which is supported by Enterprise Ireland, will result in an extension of the building along with the creation of additional state of the art automated multi-packing and pouch filling lines using the most sustainable innovations available.
Commenting on the announcement, Declan Kennedy, General Manager, C&D Foods Edgeworthstown, said: “We are pleased to follow up on the commitment we made in December for the creation of one hundred new roles and look forward to welcoming new colleagues to the business in the near term. The new recruits will help the company to maintain its position at the forefront of the pet food market and the recruitment will support positive economic development in the community.”
C&D Foods is the pet foods division of ABP Food Group and is one of the largest own label pet food manufacturers in Europe with production facilities in eleven locations across the continent. It employs 500 staff in Ireland and a further 1,400 across Europe.
Also read: Massive end of year boost for Longford as C&D Foods to create 100 new jobs
In 2021 C&D announced a €60 million contract with Donegal based packaging company ProAmpac in Gweedore, Co. Donegal, which is now a strategic supplier of pet food pouches for C&D operations across Europe.
Both parties are currently working on the development of more sustainable pet food pouch packaging including recyclable options.
The new recruitment announced by C&D Foods is in addition to the current employment of approximately one hundred during the construction phase, which is underway.
Also read: Longford planners give green light for new pouch plant extension at C&D Foods in Edgeworthstown
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