Socomore is specialized in surface preparation and coatings for the aviation industry and is experiencing a significant drop in orders. The company has been granted an exemption permit and, using its know-how concerning the handling of solvants and alcohols, in the space of a few weeks it has installed production and distribution capacity for 150 000 L/week of hydroacloholic gel. Its various sites, notably in France, but also in the USA, have been able, progressively, to produce the gel in increasing quatities at competitive prices, delivering in priority to French hospitals in the first instance.