Construction will start next month on a new £36m “superfactory” in Gartcosh which will see 400 jobs relocate to the Monklands site.
Guala Closures, which manufactures bottle tops for the drinks industry, was unanimously given the green light for the new production plant at the area’s former steelworks site by members of the local authority’s planning committee.
It is now expected to begin operating in January 2024 – with council leader Jim Logue calling the development “a welcome addition to the area which cements North Lanarkshire as the place for business,” while constituency MSP Fulton MacGregor said the announcement was “big news for Gartcosh” and expressed the hope that it “will bring much-needed further regeneration and employment to the area”.
