In a statement Caterpillar, which owns FG Wilson, said the jobs would go across the company's four Northern Ireland sites. 160 job losses had been announced in July and it is feared there could be ...

FG Wilson currently employs more than 3,000 people. It is one of NI's biggest manufacturers and has four plants in Northern Ireland - in Larne, Monkstown and two in west Belfast.

Generator manufacturer FG Wilson has announced its completion of a $180,000 (EGP: 1.3m) power generation and backup power project at Cairo Festival City in conjunction with its authorised Egyptian ...

It follows a downturn in demand for its FG Wilson electric generator sets, with Caterpillar set to discontinue the manufacture of this product in Larne, where it current employs around 550 staff.