Panasonic Corporation of Japan said on April 20 that the company will start producing masks at the end of May to deal with the shortage of protective materials caused by the new crown epidemic. Panasonic's audio-visual equipment manufacturing plant in Okayama Prefecture will produce masks, with an estimated production capacity of 100,000 pieces per day. Japanese media said that the Panasonic factory will first provide masks to the employees of the Panasonic Group and the hospital. They are worried that the new crown virus will spread within the Panasonic company. In addition, Panasonic plans to donate Ziaino air purifiers to medical institutions and provide other support for the fight against the new crown virus, including providing clean rooms for departments that produce medical equipment. Since the electronics industry is good at manufacturing very sensitive products in extremely clean environments, these environments are free of dust, particles and microorganisms, and are very suitable for the production of medical equipment.
In addition to Panasonic, Sharp Corporation, another major electronics company in Japan, is also actively producing masks. On April 21, Sharp began to sell its masks to ordinary consumers through its e-commerce website. A pack of 50 masks is priced at 2,980 yen (about 196 yuan). In order to allow as many people as possible to buy masks, Sharp requires registered customers to purchase only one pack at a time, and re-purchase it every three days. Sharp has stated that the company's daily output of masks is about 150,000 and plans to increase the daily output to 500,000. In addition to Panasonic and Sharp, Japanese home furnishing suppliers have also decided to increase the production of masks. Kentaro Ohyama, chairman of Japanese home furnishings supplier Ohayama Iris, said on the 20th that the company will transfer the Miyagi factory The monthly output of masks has increased from the originally planned 60 million to 150 million. He told Japan’s Minister of Economic Promotion, Yasutoshi Nishimura, on a conference call: “The increase in production can be achieved by July or August.”
According to reports, large companies in various countries have switched to producing masks. In China, Many auto companies including Wuling, GAC, BYD, Chery and others have switched productions. As of April, the production lines of various car companies have covered a variety of products from goggles, disinfectant to mask machines. Moreover, some auto companies have now become major manufacturers in the field of mask production in China. For example, SAIC-GM-Wuling urgently mobilized more than 120 experts and elite technicians to form a core team in February this year. They work 24 hours a day and work around the “Wuling”. The “brand mask machine” carried out technical tackling, and the structural design was completed in only one day, and the official rollout of the mask machine was realized in 76 hours, which provided a strong guarantee for expanding the production capacity of masks. Another Chinese car company, BYD, took only 7 days to form the first self-developed mask production equipment. In addition, BYD completed the research and development and mass production of medical-grade disposable disinfection gel in 8 days. On February 17, the masks made by BYD officially rolled off the assembly line. Currently, BYD has received nearly $1 billion in mask orders from California, the United States.
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