# Kingdom (Ethiopia) Linen builds $70M yarn plant in Adama

Kingdom (Ethiopia) Linen Plc, a Chinese company, is building a $70 million integrated linen yarn plant in Adama, Ethiopia. The first phase will produce 5,000 tons of linen yarn annually, with trial production expected in two months.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-08-17
- Where: Adama, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia, Ethiopia
- Value: $70.0M
- Jobs: 4,500
- Starts operating: Oct 2019
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 5,000 tons per year (first phase); 20,000 tons per year (full)
- Products: linen yarn
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

- [Kingdom (Ethiopia) Linen](https://endata.com/companies/41411.md)

## Sources

- [addisfortune.news](https://addisfortune.news/tag/plant/page/5), 2019-08-17: "A Chinese company set up a new export-oriented yarn plant in Adama, Oromia Regional State, with an investment of 70 million dollars."

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