Dow Inc. to Produce Hand Sanitizer at Five Plants
March 30 2020 - 11:13AM
Dow Jones News
By Colin Kellaher
Dow Inc. on Monday said four more of its plants around the world
will begin producing hand sanitizer to help address shortages
sparked by the coronavirus pandemic.
The Midland, Mich., materials science company said manufacturing
sites in Michigan, West Virginia, Belgium and Brazil will join a
plant in Germany that is already producing hand sanitizer for
donation to local health systems and government agencies.
Dow said it expects the five sites to produce more than 200
metric tons of hand sanitizer, equivalent to more than 880,000
eight-ounce bottles.
The company, which doesn't typically produce hand sanitizer,
said a large portion of the raw materials are readily available at
its sites, and that it can produce a meaningful volume of sanitizer
with little to no impact to normal operations.
Write to Colin Kellaher at colin.kellaher@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
March 30, 2020 10:58 ET (14:58 GMT)
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