Toothy smiles all round as 20 new jobs for Clara announced

Europharma is the only manufacturer and developer of oral care products (toothpastes, gels and mouthwashes) in Ireland. The company has been awarded a contract to produce an oral care range for dry mouth sufferers for GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) for the European market. 'It is a fantastic coup for a new company like Europharma to get the chance to work with the likes of GSK, one of the world"s leading companies. We are unusual in that we are creating jobs in the Irish manufacturing sector at a time when things are in sharp decline across this sector. We will be looking to our innovative capabilities in R&D to sustain and grow the business in the future,' said Europharma CEO, Declan Lenahan. Europharma also makes the Beverly Hills oral care range. The company has also developed, manufactures and supplies a complete oral care range to the Swedish national pharmacy chain. Most of the products developed and manufactured at the Clara site are for export mainly to EU. Europharma Concepts Ltd, which began trading in 2007, is bucking current manufacturing trends and has taken on an extra 22 staff over the last nine months bringing the total employed at the site to 35 in two years.