Glasgow BAE Donate Face Masks to NHS

Glasgow BAE Systems donate 145,000 face shields to NHS as they join the fight against the coronavirus.

06:03 21 April 2020

Defence giant Bae Systems is the latest company in the United Kingdom to join the fight against the coronavirus. The Glasgow-based company has confirmed that it will donate 145,000 face shields to the NHS and will mobilise workers to help with the effort. The firm is using all its industrial-scale 3D printers to produce the personal protection equipment (PPEs), with supplies being delivered every day directly to frontline medical staff across the UK. 

 

The company said: "To rapidly increase the numbers arriving on the frontline, we are sourcing tens of thousands of additional face shields through our suppliers."

 

"Together with our 3D printed face shields, we have delivered more than 24,000 units to date, with another 40,000 due to arrive in the next week to local communities in Bristol, Glasgow, London, Kent, Manchester, Portsmouth, Preston and Southampton."

 

Richard Hamilton, manufacturing and support director at BAE Systems, said: "We've had an amazing response to our recent announcement that we're donating PPE to the NHS." 

 

"This has been a real team effort at a difficult time for everyone. 

 

"Employees across our air, maritime and electronic systems sectors, as well as our suppliers, are all rallying to play their part in the national endeavour as we work together to ramp up and further increase the supply for vital protective equipment to the front line. 

 

"As a result of everyone's collective efforts, we've been able to respond to requests to send equipment directly to medical staff in our local communities working in GP surgeries, the ambulance service and hospices, as well sending supplies to NHS hospitals and trusts."