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The team of Takataka Plastics created small machines that sort, shred, and melt the plastic so that it can be remade into construction materials and, most recently, reusable, locally made plastic face shields for healthcare workers who are fighting COVID.
Read MoreMikomax Smart Office's ebook helps understand the concerns and needs of different employee groups in returning to the office and how to rearrange the office in a safe way, giving practical advice.
Read MoreAdjustable to accommodate most head sizes, the Eco Staysafe Shield also has a two position forehead band to allow additional room for eyewear. The frame is made from solid biodegradable cardboard and the visor window is of an anti-mist treated recyclable polyester material.
Read MoreMilliken has launched its latest flooring collections at VDF products fair, including 'Social Factor' carpet tiles that encourage physical distancing in the workplace. Social Factor features bold graphic tiles with arrows and footprints marking boundaries and directing traffic flow.
Read MoreTechbase aims to reduce the need for contact between package delivery personnel and customers. Techbase is currently seeking ideas and participation from the open source and industrial communities, based on its Smart Delivery Box.
Read MoreRamo modifies the packaging of its flagship product, chocoramo, and three other products to give a message of hope amid COVID. Its sliced bread is now called 'Unidos', 'Together', and other messages like 'Hugs' or 'Courage' are showcased on its products.
Read MoreBio-designers Garrett Benisch and Elizabeth Bridges created a face mask out of bacterial cellulose called xylinum acetobacter. According to them, anyone can grow the bacteria with a few simple ingredients in the kitchen, using water, tea, sugar, and a small bacterial sample of xylinum acetobacter.
Read MoreThe MAP-1 coating, developed by researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) protects surfaces for up to 90 days from viruses, including clothing.
Read MoreClear Electron is a maker of natural antibacterial agents that saw an exponential rise in demand for hand sanitisers but lacked the means of distributing it, while Ohishiya manufactures and refills fish-shaped portable soy sauce containers but experienced a collapse in demand. The two companies consequently formed a partnership and repurposed soy sauce containers for hand sanitisers.
Read MoreThe #MaskefürDich platform allows people to both find and sell masks through the use of an interactive map of Germany and Austria showing people who are sewing and offering masks and others who can sew when provided with material, as well as lastly those in need of masks.
Read MoreFor every bottle bought, customers will save 25 percent on their order and S'well will donate one bottle to healthcare professionals on the frontlines of the COVID crisis, until the end of May.
Read MoreBUMASK is a foldable cardboard mask with a replaceable filter. Russian designers are sharing the design online, open-source which allows everyone to make it at home or print it at a nearby shop.
Read MoreThe new kit made from a storage box from IKEA and a UV-C light, at a cost of around $55-$75, is designed to quickly give hospitals and other key locations such as nursing homes and grocery stores a solution to decontaminate masks so they can be used several times.
Read MoreFusion is the world’s largest mannequin manufacturing company based in the US. They recently answered the call for more PPE, and their U.S. factory are well on their way to producing 2,250 medical face kits per day on an on-going basis.
Read MoreThe event tents company leveraged its strengths in custom fabrication and large-format printing to produce iterations of existing products, including pop-up mobile infirmaries and drive-through tents for Covid-19 screening.
Read MoreSonaviaTech's technology has the potential to dramatically reduce the transmission of disease caused by bacteria. The company is currently seeking to raise funds to scale up, commercialise and bring their life-saving technology to the market, which could help in the fight against COVID.
Read MoreConstant Aviation is working around the clock to treat business and private aircraft with MicroShield 360, an FDA-approved antimicrobial shield that kills 99.99 percent of bacteria.
Read MoreThe contactless platform aims to make physical contact for deliveries redundant as collecting signatures can further spread COVID. The app allows users to scan a shipping label on their package and provides a digital signature as proof-of-receipt.
Read MoreResysten uses its innovative anti-bacterial technology, WhiteTitan, to protect various surfaces from viruses and bacteria, including COVID. The product is sprayed on and bonds at nano level to the surface, and then, when in contact with light, becomes active and remains so for a year, on any surface.
Read MoreDS Smith has been working closely with food retailers across Europe to design, develop and produce new boxes designed to supply emergency provision boxes to the most vulnerable.
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