Moy Park to create 628 jobs

Northern Ireland-based poultry processor, Moy Park, has announced a £170m investment, 628 jobs, and a new innovation centre at its headquarters in Craigavon, and at its bases in Ballymena and Dungannon.

Moy Park has been owned by the Marfrig Group, of Brazil, since 2008, hence its high-profile as a World Cup 2014 sponsor.

Beginning as an agri-food firm in the Co Tyrone village of Moygashel in 1943, Moy Park has grown into a corporate multinational giant that employs 11,500. It is best-known in the UK and Ireland for selling fresh meats under its own name, and under brands such as the Jamie Oliver trademark.