New Nippon Gohsei plant - What does it do?

NIPPON GOHSEI UK, as observant locals will have noticed, have built a new plant at the former Humbrol factory site on Hedon Road.

Peter Brown and Noriaki Hamada managing directors

The new manufacturing, storage and distribution facility, built by the Japanese-owned chemical company in conjunction with Neill & Brown Global Logistics, will produce, pack and distribute Soarnol.

Soarnol is most commonly known as the plastic wrapping used for food packaging which seals in produce, keeps oxygen out and maintains freshness. But the product is also used to produce the plastic fuel tanks for cars. Nippon Gohsei say Soarnol emits no toxic gases when burned, which has attracted a great deal of attention as an environmentally-safe green material.

Neill & Brown will occupy two-thirds of the site and will store and distribute Soarnol throughout Europe.

Nippon Gohsei UK was established in 2001 and began operations in Hull in 2004. The company employs over 90 people at its Saltend base. Neill & Brown Global Logistics Group were established over 90 years ago, when the first cargo handling operations took place in the Port of Hull, and currently employ 90 people at its Hessle premises

Thirteen new jobs, eleven with Nippon Gohsei and two with Neill & Brown will be created at the new Hedon Road plant.

Links:
Nippon Gohsei (UK) Limited
Neill and Brown