The investment had turned the existing abattoir into one of the most advanced facilities in the UK, the meat processing firm claimed.
It would enable it to grow both its home market as well as increasing its capacity to export product around the world, including the growing Chinese market, it said.
Retail production facility
In addition to the investment in the abattoir a new retail production facility has been created, which will enable the site to produce and cure joints for the UK’s retail market.
“We are just completing a major project to expand our Westerleigh operation and are looking for 145 people to join us in a range of roles,” said HR director Kirsty Wilkins.
“This is a very exciting time in the development of our Westerleigh operation. We have invested heavily to enable it to become a world-class facility ready to meet the increasing demand for our range of quality food products here at home and for export.”
The company said there were a wide range of newly created roles available and stressed that a full programme of training would be offered to successful applicants.
£37M investment
Tulip announced plans to invest millions of pounds in its Westerleigh site in February 2014 as part of a £37M investment to expand pork export volumes, especially to China. The bulk of that cash (£22M) was spent upgrading its Ashton and Spalding facilities.
The business announced up to 78 job cuts at its Tipton factory in the West Midlands last month. But in October 2014 it said it planned to create 45 jobs at its Ruskington plant in Lincolnshire, which makes Scotch eggs and sausages for retail customers.
The firm operates 16 fresh and cooked meat sites across the UK, employing 7,500 people. It is owned by The Danish Crown group, the largest pork producer in Europe and the biggest exporter of pork in the world.
Tulip is listed in the Sunday Times Inward Investment Track 50, a new league table which recognises the role overseas-headquartered multinationals with the largest number of UK employees play in the economy.
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