Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Düsseldorf, Germany) announced a $23-million investment in its North American manufacturing facilities. This major investment will provide new equipment and a series of improvements that will support additional production of Dial liquid hand soap and…
Archroma, a global leader in color and specialty chemicals, has started bulk production of a new range of hand sanitizers at its Landhi site in Pakistan. The new Kieralon HS range was developed by the R&D team at the Archroma…
Sadara Chemical Co. (Jubail, Saudi Arabia) and Sahara International Petrochemical Co. (Sipchem) have partnered to supply high-quality ethanol required for the manufacture of hand sanitizers. The ethanol has been provided to local manufacturers free of charge to enable them to…
Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland) has initiated the production of sanitizer solutions from its facilities in India to help curb the spread of COVID-19. Clariant’s sites across Roha, Maharashtra; Bonthapally, Telangana; Rania, Vadodara and Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu committed to supply the…
Axalta Coating Systems (Philadelphia, Pa.) announced that its Tlalnepantla, Mexico facility has shifted manufacturing capabilities to produce more than 1,000 liters of hand sanitizer, which is being donated to local healthcare facilities, first responders and other essential businesses. The program…
Dupont (Wilmington, Del.) announced that the Dupont Kingston Technology Centre located in Ontario, Canada, is producing and distributing hand sanitizer to fight the spread of COVID-19 in the local community. To date, more than 4,000 L of hand sanitizer has…
Many chemical processing and engineering companies are contributing to efforts to fight the spread of COVID-19: PKN Orlen (Płock, Poland) has provided the Vatican and the Office of Papal Charities with protective products to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The…
Many chemical processing and engineering companies are contributing to efforts to fight the spread of COVID-19: SNC-Lavalin (Montreal, Queb., Canada) has been selected by AMD Medicom Inc. (Medicom) to support the establishment of their first Canadian mask manufacturing facility that…
In its fight against the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Tata Chemicals Ltd. (Mumbai, India) has manufactured and supplied more than 1.1 million liters of disinfectant to Gujarat and 480,000 liters to BMC, Maharashtra. To meet the increased requirement of hand…
INEOS (London, U.K.) has built two new hand sanitizer plants in the U.S. to provide hand sanitizer to hospitals for free. The facilities will be located in Jacksonville, near Little Rock Arkansas and Neville Island in Pennsylvania. Each site will…