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135 jobs lost at Galway engineering firm

  • 07-11-2008 2:08pm
    #1
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    135 jobs lost at Galway engineering firm

    The APW engineering company in Oranmore in Galway has gone into receivership with the loss of 135 jobs.

    Workers are meeting with SIPTU representatives to discuss the news.

    The company has been operating in Galway for the last 30 years with APW taking over operations seven years ago.

    In a statement issued on behalf of APW the company said that challenging market conditions were the reasons why it was going into receivership.

    A spokesperson said the company would continue to trade as a business until all options were reviewed for the future.

    Workers will receive notification of statutory redundancies next week.

    APW Galway manufactures a wide range of electronic components.

    Story from RTÉ News:
    http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/1107/jobs.html

    That's some bad news with a lot of engineering jobs gone in one day.


Comments

  • #2
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,243 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    Myth wrote: »
    That's some bad news with a lot of engineering jobs gone in one day.

    Thats strange for a electronic company. I wonder did they lose a big contract or something


  • #3
    Dundhoone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 710 ✭✭✭Dundhoone


    Its a bad blow to those who lost their job. But how many engineers were employed there? Cant have been too many if it was manu. rather than R&D.


  • #4
    DublinDilbert
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,401 ✭✭✭DublinDilbert


    Dundhoone wrote: »
    Its a bad blow to those who lost their job. But how many engineers were employed there? Cant have been too many if it was manu. rather than R&D.

    +1

    Probably only a handful of engineers, if even...


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