ADA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — A Traverse City distillery and Amway have something in common during this coronavirus outbreak: both retooled their production to pump out much-needed hand sanitizer for those who need it.
Amway says a team of more than 40 employees launched Project Light Speed Monday. They used 9,000 gallons of ethanol and other raw materials available at Amway’s Ada campus to create a hand sanitizer that will be donated to Spectrum Health hospital employees handling the mounting cases of COVID-19.
Amway says the formula it’s using is based on hand sanitizer it first developed for China during the SARS epidemic. It contains 66% ethanol — above the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendation of 60%. The first 14,000-unit batch of hand sanitizer will ship to Spectrum Health this week.
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