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March 31, 2020 01:02 PM

Ineos delivers on 10-day promise

Karen Laird
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    Production launched at two new hand-sanitiser plants

    Ineos has made good on its pledge to have two new hand-sanitiser plants up and running within 10 days. Both new plants are now in production.

    The plant at Newton Aycliffe, near Middlesbrough started up at the weekend, well within the ten-day time frame and is running three shifts around the clock to produce some 1 million hand sanitisers a month. The second plant, located in Germany has also started production and plans are being drawn up for a third plant in France.

    Ineos reported that free issue to the NHS commenced today.

    “Now that production of the INEOS hand sanitiser has started, the company is working on the fastest way to get them to where they need to be,” said Sir Jim Ratcliffe, founder and chairman of Ineos.

    The company is focusing on meeting the needs of front line medical and care services as well as making  50 ml “pocket bottle” hand sanitisers available for people’s personal use. These will be produced to World Health Organisation specifications.

    INEOS is the leading European producer of the two key raw materials needed for sanitisers – isopropyl alcohol and ethanol, producing almost 1 million tonnes. The company is already running these plants flat out and have been diverting more of this product to essential medical use including in the new Ineos factories.

    Ineos, with its ‘enormous resources and manufacturing skills’, said Ratcliffe, is ‘absolutely committed’ to playing its part -  ‘if we can find other ways to help in the Coronavirus battle.’

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