Local businesses have come together to build essential medical equipment to help fight the spread of Coronavirus.
Local businesses have come together to build essential medical equipment to help fight the spread of Coronavirus.
Engineering and Manufacturing businesses based on Island have been stepping up to support the local and international response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aerospace, oil, gas, and ceramic businesses have been designing and producing equipment.
Swagelok are producing component parts for respirators and ventilators for the global market, Moynihans and Jantys are producing essential parts for medical face mask production lines in the UK.
Meanwhile Strix, RLC Group, and Cortech are providing direct engineering and manufacturing support to Noble’s hospital, including 3D printing of medical components and testing of face masks.
In addition, they are progressing work with the ‘Charlotte Valve’ project, which progresses work started in Italy to enable full-face snorkel masks to be converted for use as emergency respirator masks during times of critical demand.
Henson Ceramics are also designing and building an oxygen generator and Ozone steriliser which has been proven to combat SARS, which is being adapted to tackle COVID-19.
