Gas Mask Factory Working 24 Hours
The heavy demand for gas masks from Middle Eastern distributors has forced a Barcelona firm to cut short vacations and begin round-the-clock production, one of the firm’s owners says.
Jeroni Llorca of Llorca Protective Systems said Thursday the company had planned to start producing its new Vispro civilian-use gas mask in September. But frantic calls from distributors in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria and Israel persuaded the firm to begin immediately.
Llorca said employees are producing about 1,500 masks a day. He expects his first shipment to go out Sept. 15.
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