110 JOBS TO GO AT THERMO KING

Date Published: 26-Nov-2008

One hundred and ten jobs are set to go at Galway based Thermo King.In a statement released to GALWAY BAY FM, the company say that workers were informed about the job losses at the transport refrigeration plant on the Monivea road in Mervue today.The job losses are a result of global downsizing by Climate Control Technologies, who manufacture equipment for air, transport and food quality.Climate Control Technologies have also announced major job cuts at two of their manufacturing plants in Spain. A spokesperson for Thermoking in Galway says that the job losses will be managed through a combination of contract suspensions, voluntary severance options, as well as the non renewal of temporary contracts and contractor agreements.Thermoking, which manufactures transport refrigeration equipment, is one of the city's biggest employers, with a workforce of approximately 600.