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INEOS has announced its plans to produce 1 million hand sanitizers per month to help with the European shortage. These will be produced according to World Health Organization specifications and be specifically designed to kill bacteria and viruses.
Two New Factories in Europe
INEOS is one of the leading European producers of the two key raw materials needed for sanitizers – isopropyl alcohol (IPA) and ethanol. The company is already running production plants flat out and has been diverting more of this product to essential medical use and will now build two new factories to make hand sanitizer.
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INEOS is a company with enormous resources and manufacturing skills. If we can find other ways to help in the Coronavirus battle, we are absolutely committed to playing our part,” said Sir Jim Ratcliffe, founder and chairman of INEOS.
Free of Charge Supplies to NHS Hospitals
INEOS intends to produce both standard and the increasingly popular “pocket bottle” hand sanitizers and is already talking to retail outlets across Europe. Supplies to NHS hospitals will be free of charge for the period of the crisis with the public being able to purchase bottles through retailers.
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It is becoming increasingly clear that hand to mouth infection is a significant cause of Coronavirus contagion and INEOS is Europe’s largest manufacturer of the core ingredient of hand sanitizer. We will build two factories in the UK and Germany in 10 days to produce very substantial supplies,” added Ratcliffe.
Source: INEOS