Eastman team members around the world are using innovation and their collaborative spirit to help support front line health care workers fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. Eastman, a producer of specialty materials for a range of items, is providing materials to help make critical items needed for medical, health, and hygiene products that are in short supply.
The company has donated 10,000 face shields for hospitals in Massachusetts, thanks to a collaboration with SMC. It has provided co-polyester resins to PRP creation as part of an effort by cosmetics companies to produce 475,000 bottles of hand sanitizer for health organisations in France.Eastman team members around the world are using innovation and their collaborative spirit to help support front line health care workers fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. Eastman, a producer of specialty materials for a range of items, is providing materials to help make critical items needed for medical, health, and hygiene products that are in short supply.#
Eastman has distributed window film to Harlow College to produce 300 additional face shields for hospital workers in the UK. It has collaborated with the Tennessee Higher Education Commission and universities to help produce 10,000 face shields. The company has donated co-polyesters to companies in Brazil to manufacture 20,000 face shields for hospitals and donated critical PPE including 180 N95 masks and 4,400 nitrile gloves to first responders in Massachusetts, according to a press release.
Eastman has converted a pilot plant at its largest US manufacturing site to produce hand sanitizer for area schools and emergency responders. Eastman’s existing production capabilities help prevent the spread of the virus and aid in medical treatment for those who have the virus or other illnesses.
The company provides cleaning products; packaging to prevent contamination of food, medicine, personal care and medical products; personal hygiene products, soaps and antiseptics; personal protective equipment used by medical personnel; and over the counter and prescription medications.
The company makes essential intermediates for products that are critical to safe living, food supply, food security, and cleaning. PCT polymers are being used in inhaler filters, Eastman Tritan co-polyesters and Ecdel elastomers can be found in bioreactors and bioreactor bags used for vaccine development, Tritan and Tenite cellulosics are used for delivery of drugs through IV administration sets and burette chambers, and Eastman 168 non-phthalate plasticizer is critical in the production of IV bags and medical tubing. Because of its durability, medical products made with Tritan stand up to a wide range of medical disinfectants and the harsh cleaning protocols being used to prevent the spread of infection. Eastman products also appear in medical disposables such as swabs and test tubes, and in durable products like patient monitors and electronic thermometers.
During the pandemic, Benzoflex non-phthalate plasticizers, manufactured in Chestertown, continue to be used in food packaging adhesives and labelling helping to maintain a safe food supply. Eastman tackifying resins, produced in Jefferson, are used in the manufacture of N95 masks. Those same resins also appear in high-demand cleaning solutions and disinfectants. Eastman also produces ethyl acetate, a key material in the packaging for COVID-19 testing equipment that will be going directly to hospitals.
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