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6th Apr 2020

Autoliv, leader in vehicle safety systems, is monitoring the evolving COVID-19 pandemic and taking measures to minimise its impact on customers and on the company. Autoliv has tapped $500 million from its revolving credit facility to pay existing short-term debt and for general corporate purposes. The pandemic will have a negative effect on its...

6th Apr 2020

Milliken & Company, a diversified manufacturer with more than a century and a half of textile expertise, has increased domestic production of its BioSmart fabric, which integrates anti-microbial protection into medical products like scrubs, lab coats and privacy curtains. The patented, bleach-activated technology kills 99.9 per cent of bacteria and...

6th Apr 2020

Barco's Nightingales Foundation (BNF) has announced that it will be donating 350,000 masks to four California hospital organisations that are treating patients infected with COVID-19. In 2008, BNF was founded by Barco's chairman of the board, Michael Donner, and his wife Frida, in hopes of lifting-up the lives of children all around the world.

6th Apr 2020

Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC), part of Barry-Wehmiller, has announced that the Xcut saw, its newest tissue log saw, now has the ability to use predictive maintenance to reduce unplanned downtime. PCMCA manufactures high-performance converting machinery for the tissue, nonwovens, package-printing, and bag-converting industries worldwide.

6th Apr 2020

Mondi’s personal care components team is set to convert a production line at its Gronau plant in Germany to manufacture soft, elastic straps which are being used for face masks by medical professionals and consumers during the COVID-19 outbreak. As a leader in packaging and paper, Mondi is playing its part to produce important supplies and components.

6th Apr 2020

Chargeurs and Noble Biomaterials have launched a strategic collaboration to produce urgently needed personal protective equipment (PPE) for the healthcare industry. Amid shortages of medical-grade equipment such as face masks and gowns, the two companies are working to enable Chargeurs to manufacture PPE using Noble Biomaterials' silver-based...

3rd Apr 2020

Global textile manufacturer Milliken has decided to use its materials science expertise to produce personal protective equipment (PPE) for the health sector amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Milliken's new advanced medical fabrics and barriers complement its breakthrough BioSmart antimicrobial technology used in scrubs, lab coats and hospital privacy...

3rd Apr 2020

Morocco's Lamatem will provide the government with medical textile products, including coveralls, gowns, medical hats and overshoes, to face the COVID-19 crisis, the industry ministry announced recently. The initiative adds to a new program to boost medical equipment production under the National Agency for the Promotion of Small and Mid-Sized...

3rd Apr 2020

Airbus, a European multinational aerospace corporation, has announced that it is supporting efforts globally to tackle Covid-19 crisis. However, Airbus had partially resumed production and assembly work in France and Spain on, last month following a four day pause. At the same time, operations in the UK, Germany and the US continued at normal rates.