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MOSCOW (MRC) -- Versalis, Eni's
chemical company, has launched a new line to produce liquid hand disinfectant
marketed under the brand name Invix at its plant in Crescentino (Vercelli,
Piedmont), to meet the growing demand as a result of the current health
situation across the nation, said the company.
The disinfectant, which
has been developed based on the formulation provided by the World Health
Organization and authorized by the Italian Ministry of Health, is a medical
device, the active substance of which is ethanol obtained from vegetable raw
materials. The bio-ethanol is produced at the Crescentino plant, designed to
process residual biomasses, which has been adapted to temporarily use corn
glucose syrup as a raw material to cope with the health emergency.
The
product acts as an effective disinfectant, thanks to the alcohol and hydrogen
peroxide content, and as an emollient, because of its glycerine
content.
The new range of Invix disinfectants will soon be expanded to
include gel and surface sanitizing products.
As part of Eni's initiatives
supporting communities to handle the current health situation, and thanks to the
collaboration of the Italian National Customs Agency and its Vercelli
department, several dozens of tonnes have already been delivered to the Piedmont
Regional Environmental Protection Agency [ARPA] and the Civil Defence service of
the Piedmont Region.
As MRC informed earlier,
Versalis plans to increase its 30 ktpa acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS)
production at Mantova, Italy in the first quarter of 2021. It was decided to
postpone the expansion and maintenance schedule at the plant until the first
quarter of 2021 due to market conditions and the impact of the coronavirus
pandemic.
According to MRC ScanPlast, ABS production
in Russia in May amounted to 780 tonnes. For the period January - May this year,
the volume of production of Russian ABS plastics amounted to 4,240 tonnes,
down 17% compared to last year.
Versalis is a petrochemical company,
a 100% subsidiary of the Italian oil and gas company Eni SpA. The company
produces a wide range of petrochemical products and is also one of the world's
leading elastomer companies.
Eni S.p.A. (Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi) is
an Italian oil and gas company headquartered in Rome. Eni operates in 70
countries around the world. |
