Mullingar

Mullingar (An Muileann gCearr in Irish, meaning "The Crooked Mill") is the administrative centre of County Westmeath, Ireland and the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Meath. The town and its hinterland have a combined population of some 23,000 inhabitants (Council estimate, March 2005).

Industry

Mullingar contains several industrial estates including Lough Sheever Corperate Park and the Lynn Industrial estate. Two of the towns major manufacturing plants - Penn tennis balls and Tarkett http://www.tarkett.com/ - both closed in the early 2000's causing many job losses. However newer industries have absorbed the job losses - including P.E.M. Engineering http://www.pem.ie/, Trend Technologies http://www.trendtechnologies.com/,Taconic International http://www.4taconic.com, and Mullingar Pewter http://www.mullingarpewter.com/ which are all sizeable operations. The town is also home to a Van Nelle (Ireland) (a subsidary of Imperial Tobacco) tobacoo factory which has provided employment for many years and Iralco - an automotive component manufacture is located near the town. The town recently won a ?25m Lidl Warehouse and distribution center which will employ between 100 and 150. There is currently talk of building an IDA Business Park in the town. A major addition to the towns telecommunications infastrucure - a broadband network - was completed in 2004 - this is expected to increase the areas attractiveness to large multinational companies.

Related Topics:
Penn - Tarkett - Van Nelle (Ireland) - Lidl - IDA - 2004

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