Quinn Group investment

Quinn Packaging, has announced it is to invest over €3 million in a new production line as part of the company's strategy to become a major player in the rigid food packaging market.
By The Newsroom
Published 12th Jan 2016, 14:44 BST
Updated 12th Jan 2016, 14:48 BST
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The facility will provide additional capacity to further develop its product line to the food packaging sector once fully operational later this year.

The project represents another major investment of Quinn Industrial Holdings Ltd (QIHL), the company which acquired both the Quinn Packaging and Construction Industry Supply businesses in December 2014.

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QIHL has created 74 new jobs in that period and announced further investment in its lorry fleet, recently taking delivery of phase one of a major capital investment programme to replenish the 140-strong Quinn haulage fleet.

Mark McKenna, general manager of Quinn Packaging emphasised the importance of the investment as part of a long term growth strategy:

“This investment will allow the company to further develop its’ presence within the rigid food packaging sector and represents a commitment to our customers and employees,” he said.

“We believe that the extra investment being made in the Vacurema recycling system as part of the new extrusion line will give us a competitive advantage over many of our competitors by allowing us to replace virgin polymer material with recycled material and still produce a higher quality sheet.”

With a 19,000m2 production facility in Ballyconnell, Co Cavan and a workforce of over 140 people the company manufactures a range of plastic packaging products.