A grant of £15.9 million ($20.9 million) has been awarded to chemical producer Croda International to increase the UK’s manufacturing capacity of specialty lipids, an essential ingredient in mRNA vaccines, the government has announced today.
This investment will enable Croda, a global market leader in the field, to significantly increase production capacity at its facility in Leek, Staffordshire.
This will also allow the firm to increase both the range and volume of lipids it is able to produce in the UK, particularly the mRNA lipid used in a number of Covid vaccines - as well as creating a number of jobs at the site.
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