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Ingham CEO, Mick McMahon, says the company “thought long and hard” about closing its Cardiff plant which will see several hundred employees put out of work.
Staff at the 40-year-old processing plant were advised today that the Pendlebury Road site would cease production by the end of August this year.
The closure follows a review of Ingham’s national supply chain, which showed production capacity is growing and more investment is needed in bigger plants.
“Our Cardiff plant today has less than 15% of the volume of Ingham’s larger plants, and its small scale doesn’t support the investment in the state of the art equipment that we are putting into the larger plants,” says CEO Mick McMahon.
In a statement Ingham says “all employee obligations will be met” and staff will be assisted in finding new positions within and outside the company.
