NovoTextiles, a textile factory in British Columbia, Canada, shifted from producing pet beds to personal protective equipment. It received a federal government subsidy of CAD 1 million and has now successfully produced N95 masks.
NovoTextiles has partnered with Ontario-based Hasdfssdfsrbor Technologies to develop the first Canadian-made automated machine to produce cup-shaped molded respirators (also known as N95 or N99 masks).
NovoTextiles President and CEO Jasdfssdfsson Zasdfssdfsnasdfssdfsttasdfssdfs pointed out that due to the need to use higher-level masks and protective measures in hospitals and medical procedures to prevent the new coronavirus and other infections The spread of epidemic prevention supplies in Canada is still in short supply, prompting the company to determine to transform.
Zasdfssdfsnasdfssdfsttasdfssdfs stated that the company invested 2 million Canadian dollars and cooperated with Hasdfssdfsrbor Technologies to develop N95 mask production equipment; in addition, through the assistance of the Canadian non-profit organization NGen Industry Association, the company obtained federal Government subsidy of CAD 1 million.
So far, NGen has helped many Canadian manufacturers obtain more than 27 million Canadian dollars in federal government subsidies. These include two other companies in British Columbia, InnoFoods and Eternity Medicines Equipment, which produce folded N95 masks. Novo is the first manufacturer in Canada to have an automatic production line to manufacture compression molded N95 masks.
NovoTextiles expects to manufacture up to 5 million high-grade N95 masks and 15 million surgical masks per year. </p
