Site bought by Norwegian fish company Morpol following Lexmark’s pull out in 2006.
The former Lexmark building in Rosyth, Scotland will be
reopen by Morpol, following Lexmark’s closure of the site in 2006 amid plummeting earnings.
The closure resulted in the loss of 700 jobs in West Fife, and increased the total unemployment figures for the region by almost a third.
Lexmark had previously received a total of £11.8 million ($18.9 million/ €13.7 million) in grants from the Scottish Executive from 1996 to 2006 in a bid to safeguard jobs in West Fife, and in 2002 the Executive paid £275,000 ($440,729/ €320,472) in regional support assistance in order to retain at least 53 jobs and to keep the plant open until April 2006.
The factory has been picked up by Norwegian smoked salmon producer Morpol, who bought the Admiralty Park plant for £3.7 million ($5.9 million/ €4.3 million).
Mike Shirkie, Chair of Rosyth Community Council spoke with Dunfermline Press: “”We definitely need jobs in the area so it’s good news all round. I’m sure we’ll hear more details in the coming weeks. The whole of Fife could do with jobs but it’s particularly gratifying because the building has been lying dormant for a long time.”