A new factory in west Belfast is set to create 169 jobs over the next four years.
BBC News NI economics and business editorThe jobs are being created by Biopax, which manufactures biodegradable packaging and labels for the food industry.He said the new venture was "born out of a passion to develop a truly green solution for packaging".
The firm is based on the Springvale business park in a factory formerly occupied by the Caterpillar company.Mel Chittock, interim chief executive of InvestNI said it would bring the former Caterpillar site back to life with "a state of the art factory and machinery". He said the business was also well placed to benefit from the the dual market access to the UK and EU possible under the Windsor Framework.Liam O'Connor, sales and marketing director, said: "We have a team of experts leading the business who have spent a large part of their career working in fibre based packaging".
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