Manufacturing Companies Make a Difference During the Coronavirus Pandemic
/March 18, 2020
By Michelle Segrest, Navigate Content – Reporting on the Industry
If you think all huge industry giants are thinking about is the almighty dollar during this worldwide Coronavirus pandemic, think again.
Throughout the world, big industry is doing big things to make a difference during the COVID-19 crisis. Some companies are keeping hourly workers on the payroll while others are reimbursing employees who show receipts of coffee or food purchased from locally-owned small businesses. Some corporations are establishing paid sick leave programs for employees who choose to take a two-week quarantine.
A huge airline CEO donated his own year’s salary to avoid employee layoffs.
Some manufacturers are taking it a step further, using their tools and resources to create much-needed supplies. One company is using 3D-printing technology to manufacture respiratory valve machines, while another corporate giant has halted its perfume manufacturing operation to produce hand sanitizers instead.
This morning the Grundfos Foundation donated $29 million USD to support research for safe water, sanitation and hygiene solutions that will help mitigate the transmission of COVID-19. The donation is also being used towards the continued development of sustainable solutions for clean water missions and humanitarian aid efforts around the world.
The following are some links to more details and more stories of big manufacturers doing big things during this COVID-19 pandemic.
50 Ways Companies Are Giving Back During The Coronavirus Pandemic
Most people’s lives have been completely upended by the Corona Virus or COVID-19 sweeping the world. That said, today I’m highlighting 50 helpers. When the pressure is on, and governments are overloaded, it is up to businesses large and small to do things that will better their employees, customers and the community at large, until this difficult time passes.
Click here to read about the 50 Ways Companies are Giving Back
Louis Vuitton Owner LVMH Supplying Hand Sanitizer to Hospitals for Free
LVMH, the French owner of luxury brands like Dior and Louis Vuitton, announced it started making hand sanitizer that it'll supply for free to hospitals tackling the novel coronavirus in France.
Click here to read the Louis Vuitton story
Pfizer Offers Talents, Tools and Manufacturing Capabilities in Call for Wide COVID-19 Collabs
Many organizations and companies in the biopharma world have formed alliances to develop drugs and vaccines against the novel coronavirus amid a global pandemic. Now Pfizer, on top of its own bilateral team-up, is offering up its resources for wider use.
Click here to read about Pfizer’s efforts
UK Government Calls for Manufacture of NHS Ventilators to Tackle COVID-19
The UK government is calling on manufacturers to help make NHS ventilators as part of the effort to tackle the Coronavirus.
Click here to read about the UK Manufacturers’ efforts
Good Samaritans Use 3D Printer to Make Respiratory Machines
As Italy’s hospitals have run out of equipment, one hospital is making its own using 3D printers and local expertise.
Click here to read about the 3D-Printed Respiratory Valves
Biopharmaceutical Innovators Lead the Charge in Fight Against Coronavirus
As the threat of the novel coronavirus continues to grow globally, innovative biopharmaceutical companies are ramping up efforts to study the virus and develop vaccines and cures to protect individuals from contracting the virus.
Click here to read about what Biopharmaceutical companies are doing
Coronavirus Impact: Mukesh Ambani Pads Up To Protect Half a Million Reliance Employees
For nearly a month now, Mukesh Ambani, chairman of India's largest firm Reliance Industries has been chairing a meeting every second to third day to take stock of the impact of coronavirus on its half a million employees and business.
Click here to read about what RIL is doing
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UAW, GM, Ford and FCA to Enhance Covid-19/ Coronavirus Protections for Manufacturing and Warehouse Workers
The United Auto Workers (UAW), General Motors Co., Ford Motor Company and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) announced today they are forming a COVID-19/Coronavirus Task Force to implement enhanced protections for manufacturing and warehouse employees at all three companies.
Click here to read about what these automobile manufacturers are doing
Thermo Fisher to Produce Millions of Coronavirus Diagnostic Tests
Thermo Fisher, the largest maker of scientific tools, said Friday it plans to produce up to 5 million of a new test to detect the novel coronavirus that causes Covid-19.
Click here to read what Thermo Fisher is doing
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Michelle Segrest has been a professional journalist for three decades and has covered manufacturing and the industrial processing industries for 12 years. If you know of manufacturing companies doing good things during this COVID-19 pandemic, please contact her at michelle@navigatecontent.com
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