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22/07/2009
Jobs Fear In Shannon
Staff at a major plant manufacturing industrial quality diamonds are meeting today amid fears for the future of their jobs.
Workers at the Element Six plant in Shannon in Co Clare - including those on annual leave - have been called to a meeting at the plant this morning.
It is feared the company will make an announcement about its future, which could include redundancies.
The company, which once employed over 600 people, announced 150 voluntary redundancies last December; a scheme that is believed may have been oversubscribed.
The company now employs 400 people in Shannon and is one of the world's biggest manufacturers of supermaterials and industrial diamonds.
It is one of the biggest and longest-established companies in Shannon and was formerly known as DeBeers and also has plants in South Africa, Sweden, Germany and Israel.
The plant at Shannon provides a central marketing and technical support centre for the group's worldwide customers.
(BMcC/JM)
Workers at the Element Six plant in Shannon in Co Clare - including those on annual leave - have been called to a meeting at the plant this morning.
It is feared the company will make an announcement about its future, which could include redundancies.
The company, which once employed over 600 people, announced 150 voluntary redundancies last December; a scheme that is believed may have been oversubscribed.
The company now employs 400 people in Shannon and is one of the world's biggest manufacturers of supermaterials and industrial diamonds.
It is one of the biggest and longest-established companies in Shannon and was formerly known as DeBeers and also has plants in South Africa, Sweden, Germany and Israel.
The plant at Shannon provides a central marketing and technical support centre for the group's worldwide customers.
(BMcC/JM)
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