Many car companies have donated medical supplies overseas to support the global fight against the epidemic.

Car companies have used overseas supply chains to purchase anti-epidemic materials to support the domestic fight against the epidemic, and now donate materials overseas to protect overseas employees from the epidemic while also contributing to the global fight against the epidemic.

A reporter from First Automobile Channel learned from Zhejiang Geely Holding Group that Geely Holding recently joined hands with the Li Shufu Charity Foundation to donate the first batch of medical supplies worth 2 million yuan to European countries such as Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Emergency medical supplies including disposable medical surgical masks, disposable medical gloves, medical protective clothing/isolation suits, goggles, etc. are used to support epidemic prevention and control in areas with severe COVID-19 epidemics. Insiders of Geely Holding told reporters that the first batch of supplies donated to the Swedish Department of Health and the Raunheim City Hall in Germany have been mailed through DHL Logistics today. Geely will further expand the number of donated medical supplies in a timely manner based on the needs of the epidemic.

As a global enterprise, Geely Holding Group has nearly 50,000 overseas employees around the world. In the face of the epidemic, Geely Holding Group actively communicated with local companies to understand the development of the epidemic and assisted in guiding epidemic prevention and control work arrangements. At the same time, Geely is actively coordinating domestic resources to allocate medical supplies that meet standards to local governments in many European countries and Geely's overseas employees as soon as possible.

Currently, Benelli, a motorcycle brand owned by Geely Holding, has also allocated 10,000 masks from its existing epidemic prevention supplies at its Chinese factory to be sent to Italy and Austria to meet the daily epidemic prevention needs of Benelli’s European headquarters staff. Geely sources told reporters that Geely will also make donations to countries such as the Philippines and Malaysia in the next step.

The transition from overseas procurement to "self-made" feedback is largely due to the huge industrial chain foundation of car companies and the flexible production capabilities and flexibility brought by smart manufacturing.

To combat the new coronavirus, SAIC-GM-Wuling, Changan Automobile and BYD have all launched production lines to produce self-produced masks and mask machines. This not only successfully meets the needs of upstream and downstream industry chains and partners, but is also expected to provide Contribute to the global fight against the epidemic. "After meeting the domestic anti-epidemic needs, there are plans to export (masks) abroad to help foreign countries fight the epidemic." BYD told a reporter from the First Auto Channel.

Changan Automobile also said that while overcoming its own difficulties, it will go to the world step by step with "Changan brand" masks to support partners and countries in fighting the epidemic. SAIC-GM-Wuling also said that currently, SAIC-GM-Wuling's masks are more to meet the needs of the upstream and downstream of the domestic industrial chain. Wuling has a self-built factory in Indonesia, and subsequent domestic mask production capacity may also be used to support the needs of employees in Indonesian factories. At present, SAIC-GM-Wuling has built 22 automated mask production lines, with an average daily production capacity of 2 million pieces.

“We have been delivering masks every day recently to support our employees and customers in fighting the epidemic.” An insider from Yanfeng Automotive Interior Systems Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of SAIC, told the reporter. Because Yanfeng previously had a car seat cover business, Yanfeng was able to find a supplier of meltblown cloth necessary for manufacturing masks in a short period of time, and achieved mass production of masks in just 2 weeks. "The daily production capacity has now reached 40,000. On the one hand, it is supplied to overseas employees and customers, and the rest is uniformly deployed by SAIC." The above-mentioned person told reporters that for automobile and parts suppliers, the mass production process of masks It is not difficult to set up a production line, but the supply is very tight. Every day, we try our best to "grab" this raw material everywhere.

In addition to manufacturing masks, the epidemic has also made end consumers pay great attention to indicators such as air quality and hygiene in cars. To this end, Yanfeng also launched the industry's first car-grade deep ultraviolet sterilization box in February.

Recently, SAIC Roewe launched its first model Roewe Ei5 equipped with an active purification health cabin, which integrates the above-mentioned UVC portable sterilization lamp and UVC deep ultraviolet optical anti-virus system created by Yanfeng, as well as 360° Fumigation and sterilization services, vehicle fresh air system, etc. The above-mentioned Yanfeng insider told reporters: "Some overseas distributors have contacted us about this sterilization box, hoping that this product can provide a healthy environment in the car for more overseas customers."

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