Iris Ohyama to produce high-performance medical masks at domestic factory November 18, 23:03
With the increase in the number of people infected with the new coronavirus, securing medical masks has become an issue, and Iris Ohyama, a major household goods manufacturer, has decided to produce high-performance medical masks at domestic factories. ..
According to the government and mask industry groups, before the outbreak of the new virus, high-performance medical masks relied on imports from China and other countries for about 70% of the distribution volume, but the infection spread 4 Since the month of the month, the shortage of goods has continued, and the government is stockpiling.
Under these circumstances, Iris Ohyama, which is headquartered in Sendai City, has decided to start production of high-performance medical masks called "N95" in Japan next fall, which had been outsourced to a partner factory in China. I did.
The factory in Kakuda City, Miyagi Prefecture will be equipped with equipment for about 1 billion yen, and it will be possible to produce 10,000 medical masks a month and 1 million disinfectant wet wipes a month.
President Akihiro Ohyama said, "Domestic production is important to avoid international competition. I would like to use it as a stepping stone to enter the medical field in the future."
The government has set an important policy to strengthen the production system for sanitary goods that was lacking due to the epidemic of the new virus, and has established a system to subsidize the cost for that, and will domestic production of medical masks spread to other companies in the future? It will be noticed.