{"id":8928,"date":"2020-04-04T17:05:58","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T17:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staginggembah.wpengine.com\/blog\/china-mandates-production-personal-protective-equipment\/"},"modified":"2024-11-04T12:21:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T18:21:47","slug":"china-mandates-production-personal-protective-equipment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gembah.com\/blog\/china-mandates-production-personal-protective-equipment\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal Protective Equipment: China Expands Production"},"content":{"rendered":"

The worldwide spread of COVID-19 has caused an unprecedented rush on equipment to help medical professionals and individuals fight it and push toward recovery and a resolution. <\/span>On April 1, the Chinese Government put out an expansive list that includes over 1,000 factories certified to export <\/span>Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)<\/span><\/a> products. Personal protective equipment examples include masks and protective clothing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This follows several months of an internal focus to fight coronavirus at its point of origin. This has been done through quarantines and lockdowns across the country meant to flatten the curve of the virus\u2019 spread.<\/span><\/p>\n

The transformation has been incredible and rapid as factories follow the surge in demand, accordingly this speed of transformation is important for sellers to consider. Some factories are claiming to be certified to produce PPE without having the proper certifications. To make identification easier, the Chinese Government put out this list to help combat the outbreak of non-certified PPE factories from producing those products.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some factories have been shifting their operations to help keep up with the demand surge in PPE products. <\/span><\/p>\n

To see this for ourselves, we visited a cut-and-sew factory on behalf of one of our customers. <\/span><\/p>\n

The first picture shows what the first floor of this factory looked like earlier this week. The second picture is the second floor of that same factory, switching their focus to producing masks for export:<\/span><\/p>\n

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What to Do If Your Product Line Includes Cut-and-Sew Products<\/b><\/h2>\n

If your product line includes cut-and-sew products, there are a few things you should do immediately:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. First, contact your factory and make sure they haven\u2019t been mandated to switch from working on your products to producing PPE.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. If they have, the switch to mandated personal protective equipment could directly affect your production timelines.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Lastly, if your production timelines are heavily impacted, it may be time to find a new factory that can help your products get to market faster.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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