Huntsman Corporation has begun producing hand sanitizer at its manufacturing site in McIntosh, Alabama, for distribution to health care facilities in the United States. The move follows the company’s announcement on March 23 that it would begin making hydro alcoholic solution to produce hand sanitizer in Switzerland.

Huntsman will donate free of charge the first 5-ton shipment of hand sanitizer to Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) and the associated medical facilities at the University of Utah to help protect health care workers treating COVID- 19 patients. The University of Utah is the home of HCI, a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center that was established with a major philanthropic gift by the late Jon M. Huntsman, founder of Huntsman Corporation.

At its Alabama plant, Huntsman typically produces high-performance specialty chemicals used in aerospace and other industries. After the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently published temporary guidelines permitting Huntsman to produce hand sanitizer at the site, the company quickly mobilized to develop a manufacturing process to produce the sanitizer. Huntsman does not produce isopropyl alcohol (IPA), a key ingredient in hand sanitizers, so turned to LyondellBasell, another major player in the global chemical industry, for supply of that raw material. LyondellBasell agreed to donate the IPA needed to produce the first shipment.
 

 

 

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