Coronavirus: Bosch India begins mask manufacturing

CHENNAI: Auto component giant Bosch has designed its own line of protective masks.

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inaugurated its fully-automated in-house production line at its Naganathapura location in Bengaluru. With this, the company aims at manufacturing nearly 100,000 masks a day to protect its associates and contribute to the protection of the community at large in India.

In doing so, Bosch is helping to relieve the burden on the market. The line was virtually inaugurated with active participation from both Central as well as State Government officials.

Globally, Bosch will produce over 500,000 (half a million) protective masks per day across five fully automated production lines at four Bosch locations, including the Naganathapura plant in India. These

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production lines have been designed by Bosch’s special-purpose machinery unit and will be available for usage to the workforce at Bosch in India as well.

About 3,000,000 of these surgical masks will be supplied free of cost to second level Covid -19 such as healthcare workers, police, municipal corporation workers, ASHA and Anaganwadi workers as well as NGOs.

The three-layered masks impede the spread of pathogens from the wearer’s nose and throat with a bacterial filtration efficiency greater than 95%. To ensure that these masks are not sold, each mask carries the Bosch logo at the bottom corner.

Soumitra Bhattacharya, managing director, Bosch Limited, and President, Bosch Group in India, said: “At Bosch, we have always kept safety and security of our associates at the forefront across all our operations. This initiative is one of our key steps towards honouring our Rs 50 crore commitment to combat Covid-19 pandemic using our innovative technologies and high competence in manufacturing.”

Bosch will leverage its mask manufacturing lines set up in Germany, Mexico, and India to cater to associate protection and regional requirements, effectively extending its COVID-19 protection initiative to the world.