Galway-based firm to create 14 greentech jobs

Fourteen new jobs are to be created at an Irish start-up greentech company after it was awarded a €2.8m grant from the European Commission.

Galway-based Cellulac has been given the grant to commercialise its biorefining technology which converts agricultural waste into lactic acid.

The company, which is supported by Enterprise Ireland, said the acid can then be used in food and beverages, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.

Cellulac said it will be recruiting graduates from the life sciences and engineering sectors for their research base in Ireland.