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La Sportiva Factory - PPE Production

Worker prepares masks

We have been producing in Trentino since 1928, always feeling a strong social responsibility towards an entire community which makes solidarity and mutual aid a fundamental characteristic...

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As the COVID-19 emergency continues in Italy and across the globe, President Manzana proposed that the Trentino textile sector shift production in an effort to deal with the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) such as gowns and certified masks in the region.  La Sportiva, after having halted production lines in previous weeks accepted the proposal by converting machinery at their factories for the production of these PPE.

The first prototypes were made last Friday (3/27/20), thanks to the technical fabrics supplied by the Trentino companies Vagotex and Texbond, the production of the first 1000 pieces per day is underway with the aim, when fully operational, of reaching 3000 per day.

La Sportiva employee making masks

Currently, in the factory in Ziano di Fiemme, 8 workers have been called to create the prototypes of the masks compliant with the standards requested by the Istituto Superiore della Sanità of Turin. The production that has already started awaits only the official certification which Dr. Cipriani of the Allergo System of Rovereto to be definitively approved so that the company can proceed with distribution through the channels of the Allergo System prime contractor.

La Sportiva employee making masks

“We have been producing in Trentino since 1928, always feeling a strong social responsibility towards an entire community which makes solidarity and mutual aid a fundamental characteristic." Declares Lorenzo Delladio CEO & President of La Sportiva.

"With a great sense of responsibility, we first contributed to the collective effort to contain the infection, by closing our production sites in advance: now we are called to commit ourselves to face the second phase of the emergency, to do this we have equipped ourselves with the appropriate raw materials to be able to produce the first batch of 55,000 masks that will go to the Civil Protection of Trento, through the Allergo System of Rovereto. In parallel, we are trying to independently certify other materials in order to make us independent even with aprons and other protective components and then move on to an industrialized production that will allow in a very short time to reach much more important daily productions. Clearly by converting more machinery and gradually bringing more employees back to the plant. Hoping that this will help to secure the hundreds of health workers who operate in the Trentino area and who today need all our support. United even if divided, we will also climb this mountain, is what I said to my collaborators at the beginning of the emergency and the message I want to give today also to all those who are on the front lines to fight this battle. La Sportiva is there and supports you."

La Sportiva factory machine making masks

 

Mar 30, 2020, 1:49:00 AM
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