Ms Rita Shah of Shabra Group was named the O2 BPW Business Woman of the Year last night.
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Ms Shah set up Shabra Plastics and Packaging, which makes and prints plastic bags, in 1986. In 1994 she acquired a new plant in Castleblaney and increased her staff to 25.
Shabra is one of Ireland's leading recyclers and now operates a fully integrated washing plant for cleaning all types of waste plastic.