THE WOODLANDS, Texas,
April 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/
-- Huntsman Corporation's (NYSE:HUN) 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 Australia site's first batch of hand
sanitizer, a pallet of 27 15-liter containers, was provided free of
charge to the Austin Hospital in Melbourne on April
7.
The team at the site collaborated with their colleagues in
McIntosh, Alabama, and Monthey,
Switzerland – where Huntsman is
also producing hand sanitizer for donation – to learn best
practices for cleaning and repurposing equipment to produce hand
sanitizer.
Huntsman also partnered with one of its customers, Fortis
Adhesives, Coatings & Specialties, to obtain the base alcohol
needed for the first batch of hand sanitizer and to package and
label the product in various sizes for end use.
The Melbourne site plans to
produce 22,000 liters per week of the hand sanitizer, which is
validated for use in hospitals as well as the domestic market
through the Australia government's
Therapeutic Goods Administration exemption. In addition to
initially providing the hand sanitizer free of charge to health
care facilities, some of the product will be supplied to retail
stores to satisfy high consumer demand. Huntsman will sell to
retailers at prices which enable it to cover its costs only and
won't make a profit from the sales.
"Our recent experience in Switzerland and Alabama allowed us to move quickly in
Australia to help fill an urgent
community need," said Peter
Huntsman, Chairman, President and CEO of Huntsman
Corporation. "We are grateful that through our global presence we
can expand our contribution to the fight against this
pandemic."
About Huntsman:
Huntsman Corporation is a publicly traded global manufacturer
and marketer of differentiated and specialty chemicals with 2019
revenues of approximately $7
billion. Our chemical products number in the thousands
and are sold worldwide to manufacturers serving a broad and diverse
range of consumer and industrial end markets. We operate more than
70 manufacturing, R&D and operations facilities in
approximately 30 countries and employ approximately 9,000
associates within our four distinct business divisions. For more
information about Huntsman, please visit the company's website at
www.huntsman.com.
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Forward-Looking Statements:
Certain information in this release constitutes forward-looking
statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act
of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
These statements are based on management's current beliefs and
expectations. The forward-looking statements in this release are
subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances and involve
risks and uncertainties that may affect the company's operations,
markets, products, services, prices and other factors as discussed
under the caption "Risk Factors" in the Huntsman companies' filings
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Significant risks
and uncertainties may relate to, but are not limited to, volatile
global economic conditions, cyclical and volatile product markets,
disruptions in production at manufacturing facilities,
reorganization or restructuring of Huntsman's operations, including
any delay of, or other negative developments affecting the ability
to implement cost reductions, timing of proposed transactions, and
manufacturing optimization improvements in Huntsman businesses and
realize anticipated cost savings, and other financial, economic,
competitive, environmental, political, legal, regulatory and
technological factors. The company assumes no obligation to provide
revisions to any forward-looking statements should circumstances
change, except as otherwise required by applicable laws.
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