{"id":81174,"date":"2020-04-28T21:58:25","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T21:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bahamastradeinfo.gov.bs\/buy\/?p=81174"},"modified":"2020-04-28T21:58:25","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T21:58:25","slug":"prime-minister-minnis-tours-blanco-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamastradeinfo.gov.bs\/buy\/2020\/04\/28\/prime-minister-minnis-tours-blanco-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Minnis Tours Blanco Plant"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Blanco recently started to produce an All-purpose Disinfectant spray<\/h3>\n<p>Blanco Chemicals is among the latest Bahamian manufacturers that are meeting the needs of the local community to help stop the spread of COVID-19 and simultaneously expanding their product lines.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday 24 April, Prime Minister the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis received a private tour of the Blanco plant to see first-hand how the company&#8217;s new All-Purpose Disinfectant Spray is made, packaged and tested.<\/p>\n<p>I am so pleased to see local manufacturers meeting the needs of the local community and at the same time growing their businesses and creating employment opportunities, said Prime Minister Minnis.<\/p>\n<p>This shows what we can do right here in The Bahamas.<\/p>\n<p>Blanco currently produces a range of cleaning products and has recently started to produce an All-purpose Disinfectant spray in a move to help fill the recent demand for disinfectant products following the outbreak of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<h3>Blanco donated the first 5,000 bottles to a number of government agencies<\/h3>\n<p>Health officials recommend that cleaning with a regular household disinfectant reduces the risk of spreading COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Blanco donated the first 5,000 bottles produced to a number of government agencies including the Ministry of Health and the Royal Bahamas Defence Force.<\/p>\n<p>The bottles and disinfectant are manufactured on site, and local print companies produce the labels for the spray bottles.<\/p>\n<p>The tour of the plant was led by Mr. Richard Perry Pinder, Blanco chief financial officer; and Mr. Roman Knolwes, sales manager.<\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister is encouraging local entrepreneurs and businesses to take advantage of economic opportunities created by COVID-19, including face mask production, delivery services and hand sanitizer, among others.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/opm.gov.bs\/prime-minister-minnis-tours-blanco-plant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Office of the Prime Minister<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blanco Chemicals is among the latest Bahamian manufacturers that are meeting the needs of the local community to help stop the spread of COVID-19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":81175,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.6 - 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