Doubts over 600 jobs at Proctor & Gamble plant
The company is the town’s biggest employer with more than 400 in permanent jobs. The number of seasonal workers varies.
It is believed that the parent company is looking at its overall European operation with a view to closing down one plant and transferring operations to two others.
Concern at Nenagh centres on cheap labour availability in Eastern Europe, where the company has a number of plants.
The review, currently nearing completion, is expected to be finalised by March, when a decision will be taken on future Irish and European operations.
Senator Kathleen O’Meara of Labour said: “There has been a sense of apprehension since before Christmas among the workers. If anything happened it would be terribly difficult to get those jobs replaced as we feel that the IDA and the government have abandoned north Tipperary.”
Nervousness over the future of the company in Nenagh has been compounded by the loss of 230 jobs at the pharmaceutical company, Aventis Pharama which closed there in 2002.
Proctor & Gamble makes Olay cosmetic cream in Nenagh. The multinationals products are used an estimated three billion times around the world each day.
Proctor & Gamble employs 135,000 in 80 countries and sell in 140 countries.
Its massive portfolio includes the Pampers, Ariel, Tan Tene and Pringles brands.
It started out as a manufacturer of shampoos and candles.
The company is regarded as vital not just to Nenagh but also to the north Tipperary economy.
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