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Tyrone engineering firm to cut 90 jobs

Powerscreen - Manufactures mobile screening equipment
Powerscreen - Manufactures mobile screening equipment

A Co Tyrone engineering company is to make 90 people redundant following a drop in orders.

Dungannon-based Powerscreen had already made 70 workers redundant at the end of last year.

The company, which manufactures mobile screening equipment used in the construction, mining and recycling industries, employs 490 staff.

The announcement follows a review of global operations by US parent company Terex.

Terex also owns Terex Finlay in Omagh, which employs more than 300 people making similar machinery.

Terex has said it is reorganising the business because of the slowdown in orders worldwide.

In all, there will be more than 300 redundancies, more than 200 of them at the Leicestershire plant in England.

At present, it is thought no jobs will be lost at the Terex Finlay plant in Omagh.