The British group Ineos, owner of the OGC Nice football club, announced Wednesday that it would build its second French disinfectant gel site in Étain (Meuse) within 10 days, in order to help remedy the current shortage.
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The construction of the first site was announced last month and its establishment is planned in Lavéra (Bouches-du-Rhône) which will produce around one million bottles per month.
Ineos, the leading European manufacturer of the basic ingredient in hand sanitizer, also has two disinfectant gel plants in the United Kingdom and Germany.
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