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22/01/2004
UUP delegation to meet with Dale Farm management
Ulster Unionist MEP Jim Nicholson and Newry and Armagh MLA Danny Kennedy will meet management of Dale Farm at Tassagh in Keady, Co. Armagh, tomorrow over concerns at jobs losses on the closure of the plant later this year.
Last week the dairy product manufacturer, announcing investment plans as part of a shake-up of its Northern Ireland operations, said it was to close the Tassagh operation in September. Transferring its operation elsewhere, Dale Farm plans to invest £4 million over a three-year period to develop its plant in Cullybackey in Co Antrim.
Creating 15 jobs, Dale Farm said that the plans aim was to develop the Dromana plant as a centre of excellence for the manufacture and packing of butter and dairy spread products - part of the company's ambition to be at the forefront of added-value dairy processing in consumer products and food ingredients.
However, the development will see the closure of the company's smaller yellow fat processing plant at Tassagh, County Armagh, which would affect 23 jobs at the site.
Dale Farm said that re-employment opportunities will be offered to the Tassagh workforce when the existing production activities cease later this year.
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Last week the dairy product manufacturer, announcing investment plans as part of a shake-up of its Northern Ireland operations, said it was to close the Tassagh operation in September. Transferring its operation elsewhere, Dale Farm plans to invest £4 million over a three-year period to develop its plant in Cullybackey in Co Antrim.
Creating 15 jobs, Dale Farm said that the plans aim was to develop the Dromana plant as a centre of excellence for the manufacture and packing of butter and dairy spread products - part of the company's ambition to be at the forefront of added-value dairy processing in consumer products and food ingredients.
However, the development will see the closure of the company's smaller yellow fat processing plant at Tassagh, County Armagh, which would affect 23 jobs at the site.
Dale Farm said that re-employment opportunities will be offered to the Tassagh workforce when the existing production activities cease later this year.
(SP)
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