Shortage of masks Popular sewing machines with reasonable prices due to increase in handmade demand April 10 at 15:51
Amid a lack of masks due to the spread of infections, orders for affordable sewing machines launched by a long-established sewing machine manufacturer in Osaka have been increasing. This is because there is an increasing demand from homes to make handmade masks.
The product released by Ax Yamazaki, a sewing machine maker whose headquarters is located in Ikuno-ku, Osaka, is sold at the end of last month at a reasonable price of 10,000 yen, excluding tax, and has a QR code on the main unit. You can watch a video explaining how to make a mask.
The aim is to have them work as if they were cooking while looking at the screen of the smartphone.
In addition to the demand for handmade masks due to a serious lack of masks, self-control of going out has increased the time spent at home, and there has been a request to make masks with children, so orders for sewing machines have expanded more than three times as expected. That is.
The company has swiftly responded by increasing the production rate of sewing machines by about 40% and continuing inspection work for shipment on weekends.
Ax Yamazaki's president, Kazushi Yamazaki, said, "It's been 74 years since our founding, but this is the first time we have seen a sudden increase in demand. We can't easily buy masks so we want to deliver them as soon as possible."