# Croda invests £27M in polymer additives expansion at Hull

Croda International plans to invest £27 million to expand production capacity for polymer additives at its Hull facility in the UK, almost doubling existing capacity. The new capacity is scheduled to come on stream in late 2018.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-04-01
- Where: Hull, United Kingdom
- Value: $33.5M (27.0M GBP)
- Starts operating: Q4 2018
- Status: announced
- Capacity: almost double existing capacity
- Products: polymer additives, slip additives, fatty acid amides
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Croda International](https://endata.com/companies/23250.md)

## Sources

- [doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1016/s0306-3747(17)30048-9), 2017-04-01: "The expansion will almost double existing capacity at the site and will focus particularly on slip additives such as Incroslip SL and fatty acid amides."

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