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…
In response to shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) in hospitals across the nation, Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.) and Rotuba have collaborated to produce face shields for medical personnel on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic. Rotuba will use…
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…
The coronavirus pandemic has very quickly changed our lives in ways we could not have imagined even a few short months ago. Our vocabulary reflects some of these changes, with new terms that have become commonplace, like “social distancing” and…
COVID-19 Response Ineos constructs several new sanitizer plants in Europe April 8, 2020 — Ineos (London) has constructed and begun operations at several hand sanitizer plants around Europe in recent weeks. The most recent plant, located in Etian, France, will…
Demand for refined products has dropped sharply, challenging petroleum refineries with compressed margins, but a deal was struck on global production cuts The large-scale shutdown of economic activity related to the global pandemic response has caused demand for refined petroleum…
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo) has started to supply nonwovens as raw materials for isolation gowns in an effort to support health care providers on the front lines in medical facilities treating COVID-19 patients. This effort comes as the increasing spread…
Indorama Ventures Public Co. Ltd. (IVL; Bangkok, Thailand) announced that it has successfully adapted its facilities in the U.S. to manufacture hand sanitizers to help protect people from Covid-19 infection. Many companies are producing sanitizer and other essential supplies to…
The Irish manufacturer Combilift (Monaghan, Ireland), best known for its range of space-saving forklifts and other handling solutions, has drawn on its expertise in engineering and software design to develop the Combi-Ventilate, a splitter device which turns one ventilator into…