Carpet plant closes with loss of 200 jobs

A TOWN once famous for carpets and furniture now has neither after a factory went into voluntary liquidation yesterday.

All of the 200 workers in Navan Carpets, which has been based in the Meath town for 65 years, will be made redundant. Last month, the Crannac co-op, which manufactured furniture, closed with the loss of 35 jobs.

The closure was announced to the workforce yesterday as a court-appointed liquidator moved into the factory. And in Kilbegga, Co Westmeath, Powerscreen yesterday said it was closing and 118 jobs would go. The plant has been in operation since the early 1970s, manufacturing equipment for the quarry, landfill and waste recycling industries. Powerscreen is now owned by US multinational Terex.