ONE of Fermanagh’s biggest manufacturers plans to spend the guts of £1 million on a new staff training and wellbeing initiative. Derrylin glass factory Encirc is to invest over £870,000 to help develop its employees’ skills as part of its new ‘Engage’ programme. The programme will train staff in project management and other manufacturing processes, […]
Glass factory goes all gas in £40m investment
One of the largest firms in Fermanagh is now fully running off natural gas.
£40m to secure future of Derrylin glass plant
A MULTI-MILLION pound investment is set to secure the future of the Encirc glass plant in Derrylin for over a decade to come. Over the next three years £40million is to be invested in the Derrylin factory which employs approximately 450 workers. The former Quinn Glass company was bought by Spanish firm Vidrala for £325million […]
Balcas strike action averted …but Encirc row heats up
AS Fermanagh’s first private sector strike in over a decade comes to an end, all eyes are turning to Derrylin where factory staff are considering taking to the picket lines. According to the union Unite, workers in the county have been “electrified” and “galvanised” by the stand taken by staff at Balcas last week, who […]
Glass plant boss banks an annual salary of £605,000
The former Quinn Glass company recorded substantial profit swings last year with after-tax profits totalling £31.7million.
Workforce of 450 in line for significant pay rise at glass plant
INVESTMENT of £22m into one of the county’s biggest private employers is expected to secure jobs well into the future.