New partnerships are being forged in coronavirus epidemics. Ultima Displays France, which usually produces visual communication elements, responded to the call launched by the Mulliez-Flory group. Cruelly lacking finishing lines, this manufacturer of professional clothing called upon the Ultima Displays sewing team to produce protective masks against the coronavirus.
For the past two weeks, the company located in Carquefou in Loire-Atlantique has been delivering washable cloth masks. "Mulliez-Flory provides the raw material and the pattern, and we take care of the tailoring. Today, we make more than 1,000 masks a day", explains Philippe Bouffant, General Manager of Ultima Displays France.
Usually the 25 seamstresses make flags, reels and stretched fabrics, but this visual communication activity is currently almost at a standstill since the confinement. "This is indeed a brand new production, but we were already doing custom production with tubular supports", said the director. The new production line could be set up in just two days, allowing time to adapt the flatbed stitchers.
Today, nine seamstresses work in the workshop in order to comply with the health distance regulations. "We would now like to get to 3,000 masks a day, moving up to two teams. But in any case, these masks are important health protection elements. I'd rather control quality than increase quantity".
