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Hygiene Austria begins face mask production at Grimsby UK

21 May '20
3 min read
Pic: Hygiene Austria
Pic: Hygiene Austria

Hygiene Austria has announced that apart from its production of face masks in Austria, company has began the production at Grimbsy as well. Founders of Hygiene intended from the beginning  to supply its protective solutions not only to Austrian citizens, but also abroad. Hygiene suggested that like in Austria, new jobs will be created in Grimsby as well.
 
“The aim of this joint venture is to provide the residents of Austria and Europe with the best possible protection through locally manufactured, high-quality and certified products. The echo at the start was enormous: numerous companies contacted us within just a few hours to place orders worth millions of euros,” Stefan Doboczky, CEO of Lenzing, said in a press release.
 
“The demand in the UK for protective masks is massively driven by the consequent handling of Covid-19. The supply chain is complex and serving the UK market from Austria is costly,” Tino Wieser, member of the board of Palmers, said.
 
We pull up our sleeves, start organising machinery and a well working raw material supply chain and commence producing face masks locally as soon as possible.”
 
“Sourcing PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) for our frontline workers is a key priority for our government. Alongside our efforts in international procurement, it is excellent that we have been able to assist companies from overseas to invest in Britain too, leading to domestic production of vital supplies,” Ranil Jayawardena, international trade minister, said in the release.
 
As a production site, company considers that the Lenzing facilities in Grimsby, in the Yorkshire and Humber region, were the best option.“We are eager to play a leading role to ensure the primary health care to the UK population as a key supplier teaming up with our National Health Service (NHS). Moreover, we can count on highly experienced service and maintenance personnel here in Grimsby,” Phil Munson, operations director at Grimsby, said.
 
Munson estimates that within the next three months there will be approximately 60 new positions. 
 
Hygiene believes that the set-up of Wiener Neudorf serves as a blue print for the production in Grimsby, and the gained experience can allow an even faster and smoother production start. At the site in Grimsby first production machines will be installed in May in order to be able to start producing masks between end of May / beginning of June with a monthly capacity of 10 million pieces. Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) based law firm Reed Smith provided legal counsel on the incorporation of the subsidiary.

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (JL)

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