DuPont (Wilmington, Del.; www.dupont.com) launched a new program, #TyvekTogether to increase the overall availability of Tyvek personal protective equipment (PPE) garments in the company’s continued efforts to help combat the spread of COVID-19 and protect health care workers. At full capacity, this…
Huntsman Corp.’s (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.huntsman.com) manufacturing site near Melbourne, Australia, has become the company’s third location around the world to produce hand sanitizer for donation to health care and other critical facilities as part of the COVID-19 response. The…
Sibur (Moscow, Russia; www.sibur.ru) has announced that by the end of 2020, its Krasnoyarsk site plans to start commercial production of synthetic nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) latex with a capacity of 3,500 metric tons per year (m.t./yr). The project aims…
Carbios (St-Beauzire, France; www.carbios.fr) and TechnipFMC (Houston; www.technipfmc.com), announced that TechnipFMC’s operating center in Lyon, France will be assisting Carbios to build a plant that demonstrates Carbios’ Enzymatic Recycling Process. The technology uses proprietary enzymes to recycle waste PET (polyethylene…
As the global pandemic continues, many industrial manufacturers are augmenting their production capacities and making donations to provide essential supplies, including personal protective equipment (PPE), sanitizers and disinfectants to fight the spread of COVID-19. Swagelok (Solon, Ohio; www.swagelok.com) is donating…
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (Philadelphia, Pa.; www.axaltacs.com) announced that its plants in Front Royal, Virginia; Mount Clemens, Michigan; Tlalnepantla, Mexico; Guarulhos, Brazil; and Wuppertal, Germany are shifting their manufacturing to produce thousands of gallons of hand sanitizer that meets the…
In order to be able to supply a suitable vacuum system in the shortest possible time to the emergency hospital that is currently set up in the Madrid Convention Centre, Busch Vacuum Systems in Spain has provided a solution: the…
The BASF Corp. (Florham Park, New Jersey; www.basf.com) site in Wyandotte, Mich. has created and produced a hand sanitizer, known as HandClasp, with the first 1,000 gallons in the U.S. donated to the Henry Ford Health System. The sanitizing product…
ExxonMobil (Irving, Tex.; www.exxonmobil.com) has increased production of critical raw materials for personal protective equipment (PPE) like masks and gowns, and hand sanitizer used by medical professionals and first responders leading the efforts to combat the global COVID-19 pandemic. ExxonMobil…
As the chemical process industries (CPI) continue to operate during the current pandemic as part of our critical infrastructure, companies that supply needed equipment and services to the CPI are taking steps to remain open to support them. Here are…