BREAKING: Thurles-based company to create 70 new jobs at new Lanespark facility
Up to 400 further indirect jobs are to be also to created over the coming years
Trifol have announced they are to create 70 new jobs in Lanespark, Thurles.
Minister for Finance Jack Chambers TD, has today welcomed the announcement as he visited the new state-of-the-art Trifol facility.
Up to 400 further indirect jobs are to be also to created from the development over the coming years.
Minister Chambers said:
“I am delighted that these jobs are being created in what was once a Bord Na Móna briquette factory. These 75 new green tech jobs show that there is an economic benefit to transitioning to a more sustainable economy. It also shows that we can achieve balanced regional development, something which I and my Government colleagues are deeply committed to”.
He continued:
“Trifol are transforming old waste plastic into a mix of sustainable fuel and wax products, and I want to compliment the company and the team under Pat Alley for developing and patenting this new form of pyrolysis. I understand that this technology can be exported to help tackle the plastic waste issue in other countries.
"It is proof of the quality of the oil and wax products that two leading European oil companies have signed supply agreements with Trifol".
The plant already employs 15 people, and this will increase to 30 in 2025.
Expansion plans are already in place to add 12 more reactors which will increase the number of people employed to 70 by 2030.
Some 45 people have already been involved in the build-out of the
plant over the last two years.
Commercial production commenced at the Lanespark plant in June of this year, and now agreements have been reached with Shell Chemicals Europe to purchase all of Trifol’s Pyrolysis oil, and further agreements have been made with the German giant H&R (Hansen und Rosenthal) to purchase Trifol’s sustainable wax, which is also produced in the pyrolysis production.
The company received capital support from the EU LIFE Programme and the Irish Government’s Climate Action Fund. Minister Eamon Ryan had this to say:
“This project will contribute to a more sustainable and circular economy by converting waste plastic into versatile and useful by-products. I am delighted that the plant is now up and running and will be contributing to new jobs in the area.
"This is also a great example of the Just Transition in action. What was a former briquette factory is now a sustainable hub, creating
employment directly as well as indirectly, both upstream and downstream.”
Pat Alley, Chairman of Trifol Resources said:
“We very much welcome today’s visit by Minister Jack Chambers TD., and we would like to acknowledge the support for our project through the Climate Action Fund.
"We would also like to thank the Dept. of Environment and Minister Eamon Ryan for all the hard work and support we received from them, and finally, we would also like to acknowledge the support of Bord na Móna, which has been tremendous.
"We would also like to acknowledge the tremendous encouragement and support that we have received from the local community and, in particular, from local public representatives.
“Our project shows how technology can help us achieve our climate ambitions. Our national target to recycle 55% by 2030 is very achievable. Ireland consumes more plastic packaging per person than any other EU country at 58kgs per capita per annum.
"We can turn the tide on plastic waste. Trifol can recycle some 75% of this target in conjunction with the new Deposit Return Scheme. Ireland can be a world leader is giving old plastic a new life.
“We can help make air travel more sustainable in the production of low sulphur fuels. We have led the way in areas such as the smoking ban, plastic bag levy and the ban on smoky fuels. It is within our grasp to do the same in tackling our 450,000 tonne waste plastic mountain and to make our country more environmentally sustainable going forward.”