Car companies used to use overseas supply chains to purchase epidemic prevention materials to support domestic epidemic prevention, and now they donate materials overseas, which not only protects the epidemic prevention of overseas employees, but also contributes to global epidemic prevention.

The First auto channel reporter learned from Zhejiang Geely Holding Group that recently, Geely Holding and Li Shufu Public Welfare Foundation donated the first batch of medical materials worth 2 million yuan to Germany, Sweden, Britain and other European countries, including disposable surgical masks, disposable medical gloves, medical protective clothing/isolation clothing, goggles and other emergency medical materials to support the epidemic prevention and control work in areas with severe epidemic situation in COVID-19. Insiders of Geely Holding told reporters that the first batch of materials donated to the Swedish health department and the German Lauenheim City Hall were mailed by DHL Logistics today, and Geely will further expand the number of donated medical materials according to the needs of the epidemic.

As a global enterprise, Geely Holding Group has nearly 50,000 overseas employees worldwide. In the face of the epidemic, Geely Holding Group actively communicated with local companies to understand the development of the epidemic and assist in guiding and arranging the prevention and control of the epidemic. At the same time, Geely actively coordinates domestic resources in order to distribute qualified medical materials to local governments in many European countries and Geely overseas employees as soon as possible.

At present, Benelli, a motorcycle brand owned by Geely Holding, has also allocated 65,438+00,000 masks from the existing epidemic prevention materials in its China factory to Italy and Austria to ensure the daily epidemic prevention needs of the employees of Benelli's European headquarters. People in Geely told reporters that Geely will also donate to the Philippines, Malaysia and other countries in the next step.

From overseas procurement to "self-made" feedback, it largely stems from the huge industrial chain foundation of car companies and the flexible production capacity and flexibility brought by intelligent manufacturing.

In order to fight against COVID-19, SAIC-GM-Wuling, Changan Automobile and BYD have all started production lines to produce masks and mask machines, which not only successfully meet the needs of upstream and downstream of the industrial chain and partners, but also are expected to contribute to global epidemic prevention. "After meeting the domestic anti-epidemic needs, there are plans to export (masks) abroad to help foreign countries fight the epidemic together." BYD told the First auto channel reporter.

Changan Automobile also said that while overcoming its own difficulties, it will also 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 at present, the masks of SAIC-GM-Wuling are more to meet the needs of the upstream and downstream of the domestic industrial chain. Wuling has built its own factory in Indonesia, and the 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 automatic mask production lines with an average daily production capacity of 2 million.

"We have been distributing masks every day recently to support our employees and customers in fighting the epidemic." The reporter learned from insiders of yanfeng automobile interior system co., ltd., a subsidiary of SAIC. Because there was a car seat cover business before, Yanfeng could find a supplier of meltblown cloth necessary for making masks in a short time, and realize mass production of masks in just two weeks. "Now the daily production capacity has 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 people told reporters that for automobile and parts suppliers, the mass production process and production line construction of masks are not difficult, and the supply is very tight. They try their best to grab this raw material everywhere every day.

In addition to making masks, the epidemic has also caused end consumers to pay close attention to the air quality and hygiene indicators in the car. To this end, Yanfeng also launched the industry's first vehicle-grade deep ultraviolet sterilization box in February.

Recently, SAIC Roewe launched Roewe Ei5, the first model equipped with active cleaning and health cabin, which integrated the UVC portable germicidal lamp and UVC deep ultraviolet disinfection system built by Yanfeng, as well as 360 fumigation and sterilization service and vehicle fresh air system. The above-mentioned Yanfeng insider told reporters: "This sterilization box has also contacted some overseas dealers, hoping that this product can provide a healthy in-car environment for more overseas customers."

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