On February 10, companies across the country began to resume work and production one after another. However, the novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic has not yet ended. Many office workers are faced with a problem: What should I do if there are not enough masks? It is understood that the current market demand for protective equipment such as masks and disinfectants is very urgent. On the evening of February 8, official data showed that on February 6 alone, there was a shortage of 41,400 medical protective clothing in Wuhan; a shortage of 56,800 medical N95 masks; and a shortage of 19,200 medical goggles.
60% of medical and sanitary textile companies have resumed production
Daily production of 14 million masks
Faced with the shortage of masks and other protective equipment, departments across the country are actively looking for solutions. We learned from the China National Textile and Apparel Council that from the Spring Festival holiday to now, more than 60% of my country’s medical and sanitary textile companies have resumed production.
It is understood that China Textile Federation has sorted out thousands of production companies of masks, protective clothing, disinfectant wipes and key raw materials, and made phone calls to more than 300 key companies one by one. Contact us and advocate for member companies to resume work and production during the Spring Festival holiday. According to preliminary statistics, as of now, the daily output of various types of medical masks in the country has exceeded 14 million, and the daily output of medical protective clothing has exceeded 40,000 pieces
The upstream and downstream of the textile industry chain work together
Working overtime to produce masks and other protective equipment
Public reports show that relevant fields in all provinces and cities across the country are actively responding to the call, mobilizing urgently, and fully launching emergency support for medical supplies. Some related companies in the textile and apparel industry also urgently resumed work and production and quickly transformed into “mask factories.”
Chemical fiber company Taihe New Materials Group prioritizes the production of spandex filament, the raw material for medical and health supplies, while protecting employees At the same time, employees are organized to give up their vacations, run at full capacity, produce non-stop 24 hours a day, and go all out to ensure the market supply of protective materials. Starting from January 30, Taihe New Materials Group, after overcoming numerous difficulties such as logistics shortages, high freight costs, and difficult access, arranged special vehicles to transport spandex filament used in the production of medical supplies to the mask production base in Hubei Province in three batches, totaling It can be used to produce ear straps for approximately 150 million medical protective masks. After learning that a medical protective material company in Guangdong was in urgent need of mask raw materials, Taihe New Materials Group immediately arranged for spandex raw materials to be sent to downstream companies to ensure the supply of raw materials for Guangdong protective material manufacturing companies.
Tianjin TEDA Clean Materials Co., Ltd., an industrial textile company, ensures 24-hour flow operation of four mask filter material production lines and fully supplies the needs of downstream manufacturers. In order to further improve production capacity, TEDA Clean has established the “Silver Commando Team”, a professional team composed of old engineers who are nearing retirement, who volunteered to carry out technical renovation and maintenance of old equipment. It strives to put it back into use within a month. At that time, the mask filter material production capacity will be increased by 1.5 tons per day, which is equivalent to the production of 1.5 million flat medical masks. The old machines that were originally idle and useless will become a new force in the fight against the epidemic.
Jinsanfa Sanitary Materials Technology Co., Ltd., located in Changxing, Zhejiang Province, resumed work on the first day of the Lunar New Year to ensure the production of masks and protective clothing for downstream companies. The company has a total of eight production lines, which can produce about 200 to 250 tons per day. After the production lines are fully operational, Jinsanfa’s output will be able to meet the needs of more than 50 mask and protective clothing companies.
All employees of Shandong Rizhao Sanqi Medical and Hygiene Products Co., Ltd. include more than 260 permanent employees, as well as front-line production personnel including local people and students convened by the government, and veteran employees About 500 people are working at full capacity to produce masks and protective clothing. Provide Hubei with 1 million medical surgical protective masks, 50,000 medical protective masks, and 5,000 sets of medical disposable protective clothing every day.
The R&D team of clothing company Youngor is working hard to develop a new type of mask for virus prevention. It will be put into production immediately after the development is successful.
Home textile company Huafang Co., Ltd. stated on the investor relations platform on February 7 that in accordance with the deployment requirements of the Binzhou Municipal Government on the current epidemic prevention and control work, the company has temporarily converted part of its production Capacity to produce civilian masks. Now under intense production, the daily output has reached 20,000 pieces.
The West China Securities research report pointed out that overall, the technical barriers to the production of medical masks are not high, and the main bottlenecks lie in medical qualifications and raw material supply. The automatic production line for masks uses rolls of non-woven fabric, which is automatically cut into the shape of the mask, laminated and then welded with ear straps, and the finished product is packaged after sterilization and other procedures. The entire process is fully automated. The raw materials required for medical surgical masks include non-woven fabrics, melt-blown fabrics, filter materials, ethylene oxide sterilization, paper and plastic packaging materials, ear straps, etc. The timely supply of raw materials and the availability of personnel are important factors that determine the current production capacity recovery rate.
3,000 cross-border companies make mobile phones and Diaper makers are now producing masks
Mask�If it’s enough, companies will come and join in. At present, many companies are setting off a wave of transformation in the production of masks.
On February 6, Foxconn issued a document on its official account stating that Fii, a subsidiary of the group, introduced a mask production line for the first time and successfully completed trial production on February 5. It is currently in production. It is applying for product qualification certification and is expected to produce 2 million units per day by the end of February. This batch of masks will be prioritized for internal production of Foxconn’s millions of employees to protect against epidemics, and will be exported to external parties depending on the situation in the future.
In addition to Foxconn, BYD, SAIC-GM-Wuling, Sinopec, and Guangzhou Automobile Group have announced the emergency production of masks by many energy and manufacturing companies, while diaper manufacturer Daddy Baby and men’s clothing brands Youngor has also joined the trend of switching to mask production. The masks produced by these companies will be used to support the front line.
According to media reports, entrusted by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, Sinopec will build a mask production line to take advantage of the production of raw materials. On the afternoon of February 6, Sinopec’s official Weibo announced that Sinopec Epac is looking for a mask machine: I have meltblown cloth, who has a mask machine?
It is understood that melt-blown cloth is known as the “heart” of masks. It is mainly used as the filter layer in the middle of the mask and has good filtering, shielding, heat insulation and oil absorption properties. sex. Its main raw material, polypropylene, has long been provided by Sinopec and PetroChina.
On the same day, SAIC-GM-Wuling Motors announced on its official WeChat account that it would work with suppliers to rebuild production lines. Switched to producing masks and participated in epidemic prevention and control with practical actions.
Some manufacturers that originally produced clothing and even diapers have also joined the mask army. Youngor, a business men’s clothing company, announced that its R&D team is working hard to develop new masks; Daddy Baby, a manufacturer of diapers, The original production plan of diapers has been postponed and the production of masks has been switched to production. It is scheduled to be delivered to the front line on February 15. The first batch of masks has a production capacity of 700,000 pieces per day.
Producing a mask is not easy. Liu Jingzhen, chairman of China National Pharmaceutical Group Corporation, said: “The entire production process is very complicated.” The small steel ring on the bridge of the nose and the rope for hanging the ears are all required. Upstream and downstream companies collaborate in production, and the masks need to be disinfected and analyzed after processing. This process will take 7 to 15 days before they can leave the factory.
In fact, China’s production of masks is already very fast, only 0.5 seconds per piece. However, after the masks are produced, a standard process of analysis and disinfection will take seven days to half a month. According to this time period, the batch of masks produced overtime on the first day of the new year will be put on the market soon. Your mask may be on its way.
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