Industry helping the hospital, the example of PSA

PSA factory in Poissy in full containment. Romain Lemaresquier / RFI

By: Romain Lemaresquier Follow

Alcohol producers embarking on hydroalcoholic gel. Dressmakers who make masks or gowns, or car manufacturers who start manufacturing respirators. Industry all over the world is proving that it can adapt.

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In France, faced with the shortage of respirators in hospitals, four industrial groups who have joined forces. Air Liquide, Peugeot-Citroën -PSA-, Valeo and Schneider Electric. Each is responsible for designing a part of the future respirator, as here at the PSA factory in Poissy.

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