Coillte opens Euro 59 million Medite SmartPly manufacturing facility in Belview, Waterford Port, Co. Kilkenny. Medite SmartPly, part of Coillte Group, manufactures and supplies innovative and sustainable wood panel products to customers throughout Europe.
In 2016 a Euro 59 million upgrade of the plant was completed securing it as one of the South-East region’s largest exporters.
Medite SmartPly employs over 160 people directly at the Kilkenny plant with a further 200 jobs supported indirectly in the wider community.
The upgrade of the facility was completed over 16 months with 220 additional people employed during construction. A state of the art manufacturing line was assembled within the new building delivering significant operational facilities and underpinning new product development.
Medite SmartPly’s strategic vision is to become the leading European supplier of innovative, market led wood panel products Medium Density Fibreboard (MDF) and Oriented Strand Board (OSB).
