News On Sanitizing Cleaners [View all]

[ProfessorGAC]

One of the sites where i spent a lot of time before i retired is a major player in the production of the active microbicide that goes into sanitizing cleaner sprays & wipes.
They're pedal to the metal, 60,000kg at a time. Of course the consumer product are diluted to much lower levels. About 200 fold.
So, one would think that tens of millions of wipes could be made every few days. And, you'd be right.
Found out last night that for the last 6 weeks or so, I&I customers have been prioritized to be nearly exclusive.
I&I is Institutional & Industrial.
So, the formulators making product for hospitals, clinics, labs, food processing & packaging plants, and the like have been nearly exclusive. Which, of course makes sense.
The balance of the supply to all markets is now beginning. Still might not be 50:50 for a while, but the active ingredients for the brands we buy at the store might start showing up relatively soon.
The finished product inventory was just not designed for a 500% increase in demand. So the inventory went to zero, and the supply got mostly redirected toward more immediate needs.
We finally might get this product line back toward normal. Or at least in the neighborhood.