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<p>Lord Deighton is leading the Government effort to unleash the potential of British
industry to manufacture personal protective equipment (PPE) for the health and social
care sectors to create self-sufficient production of PPE for the United Kingdom. We
are building up UK manufacturing with signed contracts to manufacture over 2 billion
items of PPE through UK-based manufacturers, including facemasks, visors, gowns and
aprons.</p><p>This includes Survitec, a survival technology company, who began producing
gowns at the beginning of June; Bolle, who manufacture protective eyewear, will make
6.5 million visors over the course of the pandemic; Jaguar Land Rover are now manufacturing
14,000 visors/week for healthcare staff; Don & Low will be manufacturing 12 million
metres squared of fabric for gowns over the next six months, with the first delivery
expected later this month; Burberry is manufacturing non-surgical gowns at its factory
in Castleford and sourcing masks through its supply chain. To date, the company has
donated over 100,000 pieces of PPE to the National Health Service and healthcare charities.</p>
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