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COVID-19 Response
Ineos Styrolution donates ABS
for safety-glasses production
May 13, 2020 - ineos styrolution (Frankfurt,
germany; www.ineos-styrolution.com) has
donated over 1,300 kg of acrylonitrile butadiene
styrene (ABs) to Friedrich-Alexander-University
Erlangen-Nuremberg to help produce protective
glasses for frontline healthcare workers.
Sinopec starts up 16th fabric line
supporting face-mask production
May 9, 2020 - china Petrochemical corp.
(sinopec; Beijing, china; www.sinopecgroup.
com) has completed the construction of 16
production lines for meltblown non-woven
fabric to make materials for face masks. The
company's production capacity for these
materials now exceeds 13,500 metric tons
per year (m.t./yr), enough to make over
13 billion medical face masks.
Arkema manufactures hand
sanitizer in New York
May 7, 2020 - Arkema s.A. (colombes,
France; www.arkema.com) has repurposed
a production line at its plant in geneseo, N.Y.
to manufacture 38,000 l of hand-sanitizer
solution for donation across several U.s. states.
Tata Chemicals produces over 1 million L
of disinfectant for COVID-19 response
May 7, 2020 - Tata chemicals ltd. (Mumbai,
india; www.tatachemicals.com) has transformed
its chemical plants in Akola and Ankleshwar,
india to produce 75,300 l of hand sanitizer.
Additionally, the company has manufactured and
supplied more than 1 million l of disinfectant.
Ineos constructs two new hand
sanitizer plants in the U.S.
May 4, 2020 - ineos (london, U.K.; www.
ineos.com) 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, Ark. and Neville island, Pa.
Each site will produce 1 million bottles of
hand sanitizer each month to help with the
nationwide shortage.
Indorama begins production of
hand sanitizer in the U.S.
April 30, 2020 - indorama Ventures Public
co. ltd. (iVl; Bangkok, Thailand; www.
indoramaventures.com) adapted its facilities
in the U.s. to manufacture more than 50 tons
of hand sanitizer.
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Honeywell manufactures hand sanitizer
in the U.S. and Germany
April 29, 2020 - Honeywell (charlotte, N.c.;
www.honeywell.com) has temporarily shifted
manufacturing operations at its chemical plants
in Muskegon, Mich. and seelze, germany
to produce and donate hand sanitizer to
government agencies in response to shortages
created by the cOVid-19 pandemic.
Saint-Gobain expands production of
respirator membrane components
April 29, 2020 - saint-gobain s.A. (courbevoie,
France; www.saint-gobain.com) has significantly
increased production capacity for silicone
membranes that are embedded into respirators.
By adapting some of its sites in France, saintgobain
has been able to multiply siliconemembrane
production by a factor of 15.
Plant Watch
PKN Orlen to expand IPA production
using Badger process technology
May 13, 2020 - As part of a program to expand
phenol production capacities, PKN Orlen (Płock,
Poland; www.orlen.pl) purchased a license
and basic-engineering design package for an
isopropyl alcohol (iPA) production unit from
Badger licensing, llc (Boston, Mass; www.
badgerlicensing.com). if the project moves
forward, PKN Orlen will be the world's fifth
company to implement this iPA technology.
Evonik commissions biomaterials
production facility in Birmingham
May 13, 2020 - Evonik industries Ag (Essen,
germany; www.evonik.com) commissioned a
biomaterials manufacturing facility in Birmingham,
Ala., which will support increasing global demand
for bioresorbable polymers. Together with
an adjoining cdMO facility in Birmingham,
Evonik can now provide an integrated range
of biomaterial services at a single U.s. site.
New power-to-methanol project
announced by Inovyn
May 7, 2020 - inovyn (london, U.K.; www.
inovyn.com) announced a power-to-methanol
project in Antwerp, Belgium, which will produce
methanol from captured cO2 combined with
hydrogen generated from renewable electricity.
inovyn will contribute to a joint feasibility study
evaluating the construction of an industrialscale
demonstration unit at inovyn's lillo
manufacturing complex. The planned unit
would produce 8,000 m.t./yr of methanol.
Linde and Hyosung sign MOU for world's
largest liquid-hydrogen plant
April 28, 2020 - Hyosung corp. (seoul,
south Korea; www.hyosung.com) and linde
plc (guildford, U.K.; www.linde.com) plan to
invest in the construction of a liquid hydrogen
plant at Hyosung's Yongyeon plant in Ulsan.
With production capacity of 13,000 m.t./yr of
liquid hydrogen, it will be the world's largest
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