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Connell and Dow enter an agreement to use their expertise and local connections to provide a supply of premium hand sanitizer to the people of Myanmar during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Production of High-quality Hand Sanitizers
Connell, a marketer and distributor of specialty chemicals and ingredients in the Asia-Pacific region, donated the main ingredient, 98 percent ethanol, along with additives of hydrolyzed jojoba ester and moisturizer. Dow contributed
ACULYN™ 22, a product that helped to give the sanitizer a pleasant, non-tacky feel. The sanitizer was produced and bottled in Yangon.
Production of the high-quality hand sanitizer was a collaborative effort. "
We teamed up to clean up as a local response to the worldwide pandemic," said Lars Larsen, country manager, Connell.
FDA-approved Hand Sanitizers
Connell and Dow made the presentation of two million milliliters of FDA-approved sanitizer on 23 July 2020, to Minister of Health and Sport Dr. Myint Htwe. The Department of Public Health will distribute the sanitizer, packaged in 1,000-milliliter bottles, to four government hospitals.
Local production of the sanitizer for donation to the government has now sparked plans to offer the new sanitizer in Myanmar as a commercial product. The next step will be to go from producing institutional-sized bottles to small samples that can be distributed as part of a local marketing effort.
Source: Dow