What recovery? Up to 500 jobs are expected to be lost later today in Hewlett Packard in Leixlip – TheLiberal.ie – Our News, Your Views

What recovery? Up to 500 jobs are expected to be lost later today in Hewlett Packard in Leixlip




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Nightmare job losses are feared for HP Inc plant at Leixlip in Co Kildare today.

Management at the facility are to address the 500 staff there this morning in relation to its future with closure said to be “very possible”.

The two branches of the business are involved in research and development with HP Inc building traditional PC and printing business, while Hewlett-Packard Enterprise concentrating on industrial grade servers, networking equipment, software and services.

If the closure goes ahead, it will be the biggest jobs loss since the so-called recovery started in 2014.

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