{"id":674,"date":"2020-03-26T14:55:32","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T18:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesspartners2convince.org\/?post_type=resource&p=674"},"modified":"2021-03-30T16:21:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T20:21:00","slug":"exxonmobil-response-to-covid-19-includes-new-partnerships","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/businesspartners2convince.org\/resource\/exxonmobil-response-to-covid-19-includes-new-partnerships\/","title":{"rendered":"ExxonMobil Response to COVID-19 Includes New Partnerships"},"content":{"rendered":"

Quick Summary<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

ExxonMobil \u2013 one of the world\u2019s largest producers of isopropyl alcohol (IPA), a key ingredient in medical hand sanitizer \u2013 is\u00a0pivoting its business to make medical hand sanitizer for U.S. military personnel and medical first responders.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

An ExxonMobil team of experts is offering their experience to help a collaborative effort organized by\u00a0the Global Center for Medical Innovation<\/a>.\u00a0This collaboration,<\/a>\u00a0which represents industry, academia and government, is rethinking how protective medical equipment, specifically face shields and face masks, is made. The collaboration has also produced models for a new, reusable face mask design that will address the shortage of N95 protective masks.<\/em><\/p>\n

ExxonMobil is working to help meet the needs of health care professionals fighting the COVID-19 pandemic on the front lines, as well as those socially distancing themselves at home. While those needs continue to evolve, the company remains focused on working to meet\u00a0global energy demand. Below are just some examples of what ExxonMobil is doing to help fight COVID-19.<\/p>\n

Protecting travelers and TSA officers<\/strong><\/h3>\n

To\u00a0protect travelers and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers<\/a>\u00a0during the COVID-19 pandemic, TSA needed thousands of gallons of disinfectant \u2013 and they needed it quickly. Thanks to close coordination between ExxonMobil, one of the largest producers of isopropyl alcohol, a key sanitizer ingredient, and Univar Solutions, one of the largest chemical distributors, the surface\u00a0disinfectant was produced and distributed to TSA in record time<\/a>, in just days, rather than the weeks it would have taken before the pandemic.<\/p>\n

ExxonMobil is increasing production of IPA to help meet higher demand resulting from the pandemic. Its chemical plant in Baton Rouge, Louisiana,\u00a0has recently been able to achieve an increased monthly production level which equates to enough IPA to supply a monthly equivalent of nearly\u00a050 million 4-ounce bottles of medical-grade sanitizer.<\/p>\n

The scale and urgency of TSA\u2019s request required detailed planning and a finely tuned logistics supply chain to manufacture, package and rapidly deliver the product to airports around the country.<\/p>\n

From the Baton Rouge facility, the IPA was shipped to Univar Solutions\u2019 packaging plant in Conroe, TX. From there the disinfectant was mixed, bottled and swiftly shipped north to TSA\u2019s distribution facility near the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.<\/p>\n

That disinfectant is now being distributed to airports nationwide,\u00a0helping keep travelers, medical personnel and TSA officers safe. And ExxonMobil continues to maximize production of isopropyl alcohol and other important products needed to combat COVID-19 in communities across the country.<\/p>\n

Maximizing supply of IPA\u2014key ingredient in medical hand sanitizer<\/strong><\/h3>\n

When it comes to fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, it doesn\u2019t matter the size of the company. Everyone has a role to play.<\/p>\n

For ExxonMobil \u2013 one of the world\u2019s largest producers of isopropyl alcohol (IPA), a key ingredient in medical hand sanitizer \u2013 it means getting the product to where it\u2019s needed most. For E.T. Browne \u2013 the small, family-owned manufacturer of Palmer\u2019s\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0personal care products \u2013 it means pivoting its business to make medical hand sanitizer for U.S. military personnel and medical first responders.<\/p>\n

The decision to repurpose its factory in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, from making lip balm and body lotion to making hand sanitizer wasn\u2019t the hardest part for E.T. Browne. It was obtaining key ingredients like IPA, which is in high demand due to the global emergency. Without IPA, E.T. Browne would not only be unable to make the hand sanitizer, but it also faced the prospect of shutting down its factory, which employs nearly 300 workers. That\u2019s when ExxonMobil, whose Baton Rouge chemical facility is home to the world\u2019s largest plant producing IPA, agreed to help.<\/p>\n

ExxonMobil is maximizing its supply of IPA and\u00a0other chemical products<\/a>\u00a0used in making a range of essential tools in the fight against COVID-19. ExxonMobil is also planning donations to other area hospitals. For ExxonMobil, supplying isopropyl alcohol is standard business, but doing so in this case required a swift response and a high priority.<\/p>\n

Isopropyl alcohol is just one of many products helping to keep medical workers safe and people healthy. IPA, as an effective disinfectant, can be found in hand sanitizers, alcohol wipes and disinfectant sprays \u2013 products that are important in fighting the spread of COVID-19.<\/p>\n

Thanking Houston-area COVID-19 responders with meals, masks<\/strong><\/h3>\n

ExxonMobil is providing\u00a0thousands of meals and medical face masks<\/a>\u00a0for Houston-area health care workers, police officers and firefighters responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, in a new initiative that brings total contributions for Houston-area relief to $450,000.<\/p>\n

ExxonMobil is contributing $100,000 for personal protective equipment, such as medical masks, to Texas Medical Center member hospitals, the Houston Police Foundation, the Fire Fighters Foundation of Houston and the Spring Fire Department.<\/p>\n

Another $100,000 will go to the TX Restaurant Relief Fund for the preparation and delivery of approximately 6,000 meals for frontline workers at these organizations.\u00a0Prominent Houston chefs will participate in the effort that will enable participating restaurants to bring needed work to furloughed staff. The Texas Restaurant Association\u2019s nonprofit arm\u00a0established the TX Restaurant Relief Fund<\/a>\u00a0last month to provide immediate financial support to the state\u2019s independent restaurateurs and their employees who have been heavily impacted by the loss of business due to COVID-19.<\/p>\n

The support comes in addition to its recent contribution of $250,000 to the Houston Food Bank and Montgomery County Food Bank to provide about\u00a0one million meals to Houston-area residents<\/a>.<\/p>\n

ExxonMobil, which has about 11,000 employees living and working the greater Houston area, remains focused on keeping its workforce safe and healthy to maintain its operations and maximize production of materials critical to the global response.<\/p>\n

Addressing Face Mask Shortages<\/strong><\/h3>\n

An ExxonMobil team of experts in chemicals, materials science and manufacturing is offering their experience to help a collaborative effort organized by\u00a0the Global Center for Medical Innovation<\/a>. By quickly connecting its customers to solution providers, ExxonMobil helped create a new supply chain to respond to the medical needs in hospitals across the country.<\/p>\n

This collaboration,<\/a>\u00a0which represents industry, academia and government, is rethinking how protective medical equipment, specifically face shields and face masks, is made. All this happened in just a matter of days. So far, 50,000 face shields have been produced, and production facilities are ramping up to manufacture upwards of 170,000 more per hour in the coming days. The collaboration has also produced models for a new, reusable face mask design that will address the shortage of N95 protective masks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":675,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","resource_category":[9],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesspartners2convince.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource\/674"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesspartners2convince.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesspartners2convince.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/resource"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesspartners2convince.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesspartners2convince.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"resource_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesspartners2convince.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource_category?post=674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}