Disc maker sheds 100 jobs as customers look east

YESTERDAY’S announcement of 100 jobs lost at a Dublin services company has brought to more than 1,000 the number of jobs lost in companies around Ireland in just one week.

Zomax/MPO, a outsource supply chain services company announced the immediate closure of its facility at Blanchardstown, with the loss of 98 jobs. It became the latest Irish-based company to fall victim to the losing battle against cheaper costs in the Far East and Asia.

The Blanchardstown facility had been carrying out CD/DVD replication, kitting and assembly for clients in the global software and electronics industries.