A Rotorua manufacturing company will begin producing one million litres of hand sanitiser a month in a bid to help prevent a repeat of the nationwide shortages seen during the Covid-19 crisis.
Damar Industries will sell the sanitiser under the brand name SaniHero and is promising Kiwis a superior brand of hand sanitiser.
According to a press statement released by Damar, this new development will also give government procurement departments an option to buy through a local supplier, as opposed to the products made offshore.
Damar makes ethanol-based consumer products and made the decision to broaden its production in the face of surging customer demand for sanitiser and other cleaning products.
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