€8m timber frame housing factory extension to create 150 jobs in Cork

Taoiseach opens new extension which will see Cygnum production capacity rise from 1,400 to 2,500 housing units per year

Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Patrick Atkinson, Chief Executive of Chadwicks Group  and John Desmond, Managing Director of Cygnum at the official opening of an €8m factory extension in Macroom. Picture: Cathal Noonan

A Co Cork company leading the way in producing building timber frame structures for housing is to create 150 jobs as it increases capacity at its production facility.

Cygnum based in Macroom in Co Cork specialises in the design and manufacturing of timber frame structures, and installed 1,250 timber frame housing units last year. An €8m investment in extending its Macroom factory facility was unveiled on Thursday at a ceremony inaugurated by Taoiseach Micheál Martin.