Mercedes F1 partner INEOS to produce hand sanitiser in COVID-19 fight
INEOS, the principle partner of the Mercedes Formulꦺa 1 team, is to mass produce bottles of hand sanitiser to help the relief effort to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
As one of the world’s largest manufacturing companies, INEOS is to 𓃲construct two purpose-built plants near Middlesbrough in the United Kingdom and Germany within the next 10 days to produce one million bottles of hand sanitiser per month to help combat the coronavirus pandemic amid a critical shortage of hand sanitisers across Europe.
INEOS, the principle partner of the Mercedes Formula 1 team, is to mass produ🐈ce bottles of hand sanitiser to help t𓄧he relief effort to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
As one of the world’s largest manufacturing companies, INEOS is to construct two purpose-built plants near Middlesbrough in the United Kingdom and Germany within the next 10 days to produce one million bottles of hand sanitiser per month to help combat the coronavirus pandemic amid 💛a critical shortage of hand sanitisers across Europe.
INEOS will provide free issue product - which will be produced in line with World Health Organisation (WHO) specifications - for hospitals and the NHS in the UK, as well as supplying schools, places of work, pharmacies and supermarkets acr🅠oss Europe.
“INEOS intends to produce both standard and the increasingly popular “pocket bottle” hand sanitisers and is already tal🐬king to retail outlets across Europe,” an INEOS statement 𝐆read.
“Supplies to NHS hospitals will be free of charge for the﷽ period of the crisis with the public being able to purchase b🎉ottles through retailers.
“INEOS takes its corporate and social responsibilities extremely seriously, its products are essential to the production of essential healthcare products from rubber g🔴loves, to PVC saline drips, syringes, ventilators, medical tubing.
“Its products purify the public drinking water. It produces raw 💛materials for soap, acetone for aspirin and paracetamol, and its phenol is being used in pharmaceutical analysis essential in procedures necessary𓆉 to find a vaccine.”
INEOS founder and chairman Sir Jim Ratcliffe said: “It is becoming increasingly clear that hand to mouth infection is a significant cause of Corona virus contagion and INEOS is Europe’s largest manufacturer of the core ingredient 🐈of hand sanitiser.
“We will build two factories in the UK and Germany in 10 days to produ🦄ce very substantial꧙ supplies.
“INEOS is a company with enormous resources and manufacturing s💛kills,” he added.
“If we can find other ways to help in the coro꧂n💙avirus battle, we are absolutely committed to playing our part.”
All seven UK-based F1 teams are currently exploring ways to aid gover🅺🦩nment and health authorities in the fight against coronavirus by supplying much-needed♏ ventilators amid a worldwide shortage.
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