Nivea to make sanitizers in Sanand

AHMEDABAD: To address the shortage of hand sanitizers during the Covid-19 pandemic, skincare brand Nivea India has announced it will manufacture alcohol-based hand sanitizers at its Sanand plant. The plant manufactures skincare products. The company has begun production of alcohol-based sanitizers that will be distributed for free to public hospitals and healthcare institutions in Ahmedabad and Vadodara, and to its distributors across India.
The initiative has been taken up by Nivea India in collaboration with its partners, to shift part of its production towards making hand sanitizers at the Gujarat plant.
A joint statement issued by Omar Navarro, vice-president, supply chain for the region, and Neil George, MD, Nivea India, stated, “We have been in constant touch with local authorities and our key partners, to make the switch at our plant and formulate the liquid hand sanitizers.”