Following its start of production of face shields for frontline medical practitioners in Malaysia, Proton has started delivering the protective equipment, with the first batch of 8,000 units headed to hospitals in Kelantan from today, which will be followed by deliveries to other East Coast states to aid in fighting the spread of the Covid-19 virus, the automaker said in a statement.
Production of the face shields commenced earlier this week at the carmaker’s Shah Alam plant, staffed by 50 Proton personnel who volunteered for the face shield production. Up to 3,000 units can be produced in a day, said Proton, and the aim is to produce a total of 60,000 shields over a span of 20 days, it said.
The process first began with the designing and testing of prototypes, and then receiving feedback from users to ensure that the final product meets their needs. The project team also planned for a production line that is both efficient and safe in order to meet Covid-19 health protocols, said Proton.
Among the vendors aiding in distribution is Pos Logistics, who contributed more than 2,000 large cartons for the packing of the face shields for easier transportation. Automotive supplier HICOM-Teck See Manufacturing is another, which contributed 1,500 kg of polypropylene for the production of the frames in the face shields. This material is one of the main components in a car’s bumper, said Proton. Meanwhile, the original design of the face shield was contributed by Universiti Teknologi MARA (UITM).
“We are humbled by the response received both internally and outside of the company to our face shield project. The number of staff volunteering their services was overwhelming, despite the inherent risks involved in leaving home and coming to work. Therefore, we have taken steps to ensure everybody is kept safe by providing PPE (personal protective equipment) and maintaining a minimum distance between each work station to maintain social distancing,” said Proton.
“At the same time, Proton has also reached out to the vendor community and the response has been heart-warming. Malaysia’s automotive sector has the capability and desire to contribute to the nation’s fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, and hopefully we can do more in the coming weeks and months to help break the chain of infection,” said Proton deputy CEO Datuk Radzaif Mohamed.
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Ford can produce ventilator, proton just make face shield?
Face shield is easy to custom using the plastic a4 only, kindly make a full cover gown/ medical equipment such as vital sign monitoring or others
Thanks to Geely’s Game-Changing guidance, now Proton are able to contribute for the country by donating medical equipments to the frontliners. Very good to job Li Chunrong and China for giving knowledge and experience to Proton to do good deeds for the country!
Ford produced ventilator with the help from a medical device maker. You think if it was so easy to get into medical equipment business, why didn’t Ford get into that earlier, hmm?
Bodoh statement. At least Proton is contributing. What have you done the last month to help?
He is busy for the last month commenting everywhere on social media where road block should be setup, how to do this and that, etc.
Proton has been doing a lot lately and all these are adding up positively to its brand! Products are kinda good, at least from customer first impression, marketing is good…Now another area to improve is after sales. Check the last box, and proton will return to the glory era!
Dear paultan,
I hope the troll and bashers like Ben Yap won’t come and badmouthing proton, toyota, mazda and others. When MCO didn’t lifted, the resident trolls and the gang come out and still talk nonsense about proton, toyota, mazda and etc after advising by the name by “Alan”. Which some of them are complaining about the troll and bashers. They all should talk about to prevent coronavirus. Hope you do it as soon as possible.
The problem is rivals basher aka honda salesmen, the more honda salesmen talk badmouth more without their knowledge, the buyers wont buy honda and buy other brands after MCO. Even basher aka honda salesmen are so stubborn to listen to the authors and one of your friend Alan when MCO is over
To Ben, civic which he can only afford is the best in the universe…lol
At least P1 have contributed directly to fight COVID19 in the nation.
Other car manufacturers, apa macam? apa buat?
krik, krik, krik……
They send their troll army come to PT and talk bad about about Proton. *rolleyes*