Medical waste: coronavirus boosts sales of a French company

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The coronavirus epidemic is boosting the sales of the Toulouse-based SME Tesalys, which specializes in the treatment of medical waste. The first machines will fly to China on Friday February 21.

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Since the appearance of the coronavirus, the Toulouse company’s sales have continued to increase. The firm, which produces machines transforming medical waste into decontaminated confetti, offers a "coronavirus option", developed at the request of Chinese customers .

“ You should know that 50% of our turnover is made in Asia. And that indeed with the deployment of the virus, China, Chinese customers, Vietnamese customers and Thai customers, those who were the fastest, asked us asking if we did not have a solution. If our machine corresponded to solving their problem, ”explains Jean Michel Rodriguez, CEO of Tesalys.

" 30% more turnover "

The price of the device is 54,000 euros. Today, the Toulouse company sees orders pour in. “ We have very important requests. In Brazil, since we are talking about more than 20 machines, in China about fifty machines, and in Thailand it was fifteen machines more than what was expected. We hope to make 30% more turnover because of the coronavirus, ”details the CEO.

The first machines will leave production at the end of the week. However, to avoid any risk of contamination, the employees who usually install them will not make the trip. Video tutorials will replace their presence on site.

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