Another win for China as chemicals company Solensis pulls plug on Grimsby factory

                                                                   

The curtain comes down on another South Bank chemicals factory 

PRODUCTION of  chemicals is today reported to have ceased at the Solenis factory on Moody Lane in Grimsby with the loss of 26 jobs. 

Sluggish demand and ever-rising costs has prompted the American company's management, which is based in Wilmington, Delaware, to outsource production to a supplier in China. 

Decommissioning of the factory and grounds, which cover 36 acres, will take place between now and September. 

The nearby Novartis Ings factory closed a few years ago.

The Solenis factory sits adjacent to a recently created mitigation habitat for wetland birds