Glanbia Cheese to build a new 45,000 tonne Mozzarella factory

Glanbia Cheese have announced plans to build a state of the art 45,000 tonnes per annum Mozzarella cheese factory in Portlaoise, Co Laois, Central Southern Ireland.

At the moment Glanbia produce around 90,000 tonnes of Mozarella at two plants one in North Wales and one in Northern Ireland.  So, if all three plants are operational the new output will represent a 50% increase in output.

The expectation is for the new plant to be operational by 2020, subject to planning permission.  It involves an investment of €130 million (£117 million) creating 78 full time jobs.