Pilkington will shut Aintree glass site

Glass giant Pilkington is to close its factory site in Aintree next month, with the loss of 51 jobs.

The roof-glazing factory will shut the Aintree Racecourse business park site next month, leaving its employees – some of whom have been there 13 years – with only weeks to find new jobs.

Nippon Sheet Glass group, who own St Helens-based Pilkington, will also close a Basingstoke site this February, with the loss of another 41 workers.

The group employs some 1,600 people across its local sites in St Helens and Ormskirk.

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