Misr Spinning and Weaving Co. starts producing 2.4K face masks/hour
Misr Spinning and Weaving Company in El-Mahalla El-Kubra, Gharbia Governorate, began the experimental operation of producing sterilized face masks. The production takes place through machines that were manufactured by a team of engineers and workers in the maintenance department.
Egytex News Desk
Source: egypttoday.com
Chairman and Managing Director of the company, Ashraf Ezzat, supervised the experimental operation of manufacturing the first production line for the machines, and 40 masks per minute were manufactures at a rate of 2400 mph per hour.
According to Ezzat, a working group will be formed to manufacture machines to produce the masks, from the equipment and tools available in the company, and to use the ideas of the companys spinning maintenance workmen.
On the other hand, Misr Spinning and Weaving Company formed joint committees from the medical sector, industrial security and company security, to measure the temperature of the companys workers inside the factories on the second working day after a 15-day hiatus.
This comes as a step to meet the domestic needs of citizens for masks due to the spread of coronavirus.
Source: egypttoday.com
From the Egytex news archive, first published on 14 April 2020. Figures and names are as reported at the time.
