01/09/2014

Up To 70 Jobs To Be Lost With Drogheda Plant Closure

Up to 70 jobs are to be lost with the closure of Rexxam, a Drogheda-based manufacturing company.

SIPTU has confirmed that the Japanese-owned company, which has had its Drogheda site for 25 years, will close by the end of the year.

According to SIPTU, the company claim that the closure has been caused by the loss of 80% of its customers.

Sinn Féin Councillor Imelda Munster, described the announcement as a "devastating blow for the families directly affected."

(MH/JP)

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