# Mitsubishi Chemical UK starts line to double EVOH capacity at Hull site

Mitsubishi Chemical UK began construction of a new production line that will double capacity for its SoarnoL EVOH packaging polymer at Saltend Chemicals Park in Hull, a multi-hundred-million-pound investment. The line is expected to be operational by mid-2025 and create at least 30 direct jobs.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2023-07-19
- Where: Hull, Saltend Chemicals Park, United Kingdom
- Jobs: 30
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: double capacity of SoarnoL production
- Products: SoarnoL EVOH copolymer
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md), [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Mitsubishi Chemical UK](https://endata.com/companies/10816.md)

## Sources

- [bw-magazine.co.uk](https://www.bw-magazine.co.uk/spades-in-for-major-investment-at-east-yorkshire-chemical-plant/), 2023-07-19: "Construction is starting on a significant new production line which will double capacity at Mitsubishi Chemical UK in Hull."

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