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Ingham Australia expansion to bring 850 new jobs to SA

Chicken producer Ingham Australia has announced a huge $275 million expansion of its South Australian business which will bring 850 new jobs to the state.

As the Weekly Times reports, the new jobs are expected to include 385 direct positions with Ingham, and 465 jobs with private contractors. On top of that, the construction phase of the expansion will bring 700 jobs to SA.

The expansion, which will double the company’s capacity, will take in 15 separate sites including Bolivar, Edinburgh Parks, Yumali, Murray Bridge and Dry Creek in Adelaide’s north.

As the ABC reports, South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill welcomed the news

“Food production is a growing sector of our state’s economy and we are supplying the business conditions that make investing here a wise choice,” he said.

“This expansion will create hundreds of new direct and indirect jobs for South Australians with a focus on two key areas — northern Adelaide and the Murraylands.”

The Government is chipping in $3.7 million to the project. This includes $2.8 million from the Regional Development Fund and $900,000 from Investment Attraction South Australia.

According to AAP, Ingham chief executive Mick McMahon pointed out that workers who will lose their jobs following the upcoming closure of Holden’s plant in Elizabeth will be well placed to find work with Inghams.

“Car industry manufacturing skills are very relevant to our processing plants and some of our best and most productive employees have in fact had good training in the car industry,” McMahon said.

“Our plant manager at Bolivar has come from Holden, as one example. Many of the jobs will be processing, they’ll be trades in the plant.”

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