Food Industry Creating 81 New Jobs in Cavan and 50 New Jobs in Kildare

Lakeland Dairies is to create 81 new jobs in the food industry as well as 180 construction jobs at a brand new milk powder processing plant in Bailieboro, Cavan.

The move comes two weeks after the Irish Government revealed it is investing €35m in two new technology centres in a strategy aimed at positioning Ireland as a world leader in dairy innovation.

Construction will begin immediately on the project, which is supported by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation through Enterprise Ireland.

Describing the €36m investment as a boost for Cavan and the Border region, Jobs Minister Richard Bruton TD said: “The removal of milk quotas later this year offers huge opportunities that we intend to exploit in a planned and strategic way in order to support jobs growth across every region in Ireland.”

He continued:

“At the heart of our jobs plan is creating a powerful engine of Irish enterprise alongside the strong multinational sector. Investment by Irish businesses like Lakeland Dairies is more likely to be in rural areas, and has a massive knock-on impact on the local economy, through construction, supply and service businesses. With continued implementation of our plan, I am determined to ensure that we can see more announcements like this in the coming years across every region of Ireland.”

Jobs Minister Richard Bruton TD

About Lakeland

Lakeland Dairies processes over 800m litres of farm produced milk annually into a wide range of value-added dairy foodservice products and food ingredients which it exports to over 70 countries worldwide.

Following the abolition of milk quotas later this year, annual milk supply to Lakeland Dairies is expected to increase by some 40pc to over 1 billion litres by 2020. The development by Lakeland Dairies is designed to ensure that the co-operative is well positioned to take advantage of all future market opportunities for its milk producers.

The expansion will see the installation of a new 7 tonne per hour milk drying facility at Bailieboro where total milk powder production capacity will increase to 19 tonnes per hour.

Lakeland currently produces 80,000 tonnes of milk powders a year and this will rise to 130,000 tonnes on completion of the project in 2016.

Advanced Laboratory Testing Ltd. to double it’s staff to 100

Meanwhile, a Newbridge company, Advanced Laboratory Testing Ltd. has confirmed plans to double staff to 100 this year.

EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan has officially opened an extension to ALT testing in Kildare this morning.

Advanced Laboratory Testing Ltd was established in Newbridge, County Kildare in February 2013 to provide microbiology and chemistry testing services to the food industry in Ireland and already employs 50 people.

It is a wholly owned IRISH company, with a strong commitment to Quality Management Systems and development of high standards of service to its customers.

Joe Robbins

(Director) BBS (Hons), MBPICS – Shannon Office

Joe Robbins is co-founder of CareerWise Recruitment. A graduate of the University of Limerick (Degree in Business Studies, 1985), Joe worked in the UK for five years where he specialised in materials management, production management and plant management for a number of companies.

He returned to Ireland in 1992 to become Operations Manager for a Cork-based start-up, FMC Automotive Division which was subsequently taken over by Snap-on Equipment. Joe managed the business re-location of this company to Shannon in 1997 before setting up CareerWise Recruitment in 1999.

He is a committee member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) Mid-West region, and a former Director and Vice President of the Shannon Chamber of Commerce. Joe is former Chairperson of the Sixmilebridge Camogie Club and current Chairperson of the Clare County Camogie Board.

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