GW Plastics firm to create 230 jobs in Ireland

GW Plastics firm Avenue Mould Solutions is to create 230 jobs in Sligo, according to RTE.

The news follows GW Plastics announcement last month that it would spend $25 million for expansion and technologies in response to growing demand in its medical device and drug delivery business.

Brenan Riehl, GW Plastics President and CEO said: “Avenue has brought to GW Plastics a highly-skilled manufacturing workforce, an award-winning mould-building company, and a growing medical device contract manufacturing business that has been successfully serving Ireland and the broader European market for over 30 years. GW Plastics is delighted to build on Avenue’s success with this expansion, and we look forward to better serving our customers in Ireland and greater Europe.”

Irish injection moulding company Avenue Mould Solutions was acquired by GW Plastics two years ago.

Gerard Henn, general manager of Avenue Mould Solutions said: “Our ability to develop lasting relationships with our customers from all over the world and partner early in the development process to leverage our world-class engineering, tooling, and highly- standardised global production capabilities allows us to offer innovative and cost-effective solutions. We are thrilled to continue growing these capabilities in Europe and offer more value to our customers.”