Expanding Manufacturing Capacity for the Production of PPE

为了弥补新冠肺炎引发的个人防护用品短缺，减少英国对进口材料的依赖，我们想开发一种新的个人防护用品产品和新的制造方法，扩大我们在英国的制造能力，并将我们的部分资源和资产重新定向到：1.生产100%可回收的聚合物片材，适合生产各种类型的个人防护用品，包括防护面罩。这一能力将减少我们和其他英国PPE制造商对进口材料的依赖。生产创新的面罩，以薄片材料、低成本、用户舒适性和高抗污性为优化。影响的扩展将包括：通过听取客户反馈，我们认为我们可以通过以下方式进一步提高效率并增加产品的适销性：·改进产品包装过程和包装本身，·引入带有泡沫的面罩选项，因为这似乎是NHS采购团队的首选选项，·提供更多面罩定制选项，如定制打印。我们还发现很难说服NHS或其他公共机构直接向我们下单，而不是预先存在的混合类别供应商，即使向我们订货更经济。因此，作为下一步，我们正在考虑三管齐下的宣传活动：·联系NHS和其他公共机构使用的主要批发商，看看我们是否可以成为他们的供应商。·直接联系医疗保健企业。·提高个人防护面膜在网上的知名度。

To aid PPE shortage due to Covid-19 and reduce UK's reliance on imported materials, we would like to develop a new PPE product and new manufacturing methods, expand our UK manufacturing capability, and redirect part of our resources and assets to:1. Producing 100% recyclable polymer sheet materials, suitable for production of various types of PPE, including protective face shields. This capability will reduce our and other UK PPE manufacturers' reliance on imported materials.2. Producing innovative face shields optimised for high-volume production out of sheet materials, low cost, user comfort, and high contamination resistance.Extension for impact will include:By listening to our customer feedback, we think we can introduce further efficiencies and increase product’s marketability by:• Improving product packaging process and the packaging itself,• Introducing a faceshield option with a foam because this appears to be a preference for NHS procurement teams,• Offering further faceshield customisation options, such as custom printing.We also found it very difficult to convince NHS or other public institutions to place orders directly with us, instead of pre-existing, mixed-category suppliers, even if ordering from us is more economical. Therefore, as the next step we are considering three-pronged awareness campaign:• Contacting major wholesalers the NHS and other public bodies use to see if we can become their suppliers.• Contacting healthcare businesses directly.• Increasing PPE faceshields’ visibility online.