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Mondelēz uses 3D chocolate- making technology to make
medical visors Mondelēz International, makers of Cadbury and Oreo, has joined forces with engineering company 3P innovation to help produce thousands of medical visors every day to protect frontline NHS staff. The food manufacturer is repurposing its 3D printing technology which is normally used to make chocolate sculptures at Bournville, the home of Cadbury, to help print the medical visors. This builds on a fascinating history of Cadbury’s Bournville
factory stepping in to help the nation in times of need, having set up Bournville Utilities in the 1940s to help make gas masks, jerricans, service respirators and aeroplane parts for Spitfires and Lancaster Bombers during the Second World War. 3P launched an industry wide initiative to bring together
businesses and individuals that can help produce, assemble and distribute the visors to hospitals, doctors’ surgeries and clinics across the UK.
Mondeléz is helping to produce the hard-plastic bands which
connect the top and bottom of the visor. It has also invested money into the project so 3P can buy injection mould technology, which will mean the visors can be mass produced. 3P has already delivered the first visors, to a Warwickshire NHS clinic and planned to scale up operations to make and deliver up to 10,000 units every week. Louise Stigant, UK managing director at Mondel z International,
said: “The NHS and other frontline services are doing an incredible job and we want to support them wherever we can. “I’m extremely proud that our research and food engineering
teams have come up with a creative way to repurpose our chocolate making skills and technology, so we can make and print parts for the medical visors. By working in partnership with 3P and other businesses we can scale our operations and help protect those who are working so hard to protect us and beat coronavirus.” Tom Bailey, managing director at 3P innovation said: “We have now
set up the production line and the finished products are on their way to end users. Thanks to the generous support from Mondel z, we purchased an injection moulding tool which makes a huge difference to the volumes we can produce. We are now looking for ongoing funding, which is essential to make sure we can continue to purchase components and run the production lines.” 3P is appealing for other manufacturers and businesses with 3D printing technology and logistics services for support, so they can continue to make and supply the medical visors to more NHS workers
and other frontline services such as care homes and prison staff. If you can help then please visit
https://bit.ly/NHSvisors3P or email
nhsvisors@3pinnovation.com Mondeléz is also contributing over £2m in the UK to help local
communities, charities, foodbanks and people working in the NHS and other frontline services including: • Donating to Age UK’s Emergency Coronavirus Appeal which is providing vital information, advice and other services for people over 70 years. The donation builds on Cadbury’s Donate Your Words campaign which raised over £400,000 last year for Age UK, highlighting the issue of loneliness amongst Britain’s older generation.
• Working with industry and both national and local charities to organise and distribute over two million products to communities across the country including Fareshare, Community Shop, frontline NHS and Trussell Trust foodbanks close to our locations. • Donating funds to the National Emergencies Trust and also GroceryAid to support colleagues working in the grocery industry and those across the food and drink supply chain. Louise added: “We have a rich history of supporting people,
communities and businesses through the Cadbury Foundation and our network of national and local charity partners. “Coronavirus is impacting all our lives and that support is needed
now more so than ever and our colleagues are going the extra mile to selflessly help others at what is an incredibly challenging time.” Commenting on the Age UK donation, Laurie Boult, Age UK’s
fundraising director said: “Thank you so much to Mondel z for their thoughtful support during this exceptionally challenging time. This is a period of great anxiety for everyone, but especially for older people and their loved ones. “Age UK is determined to be there for older people who need our help and especially for those who have no one else to turn to in this time of crisis. Thank you for making sure we can respond to the growing needs and unprecedented demand we’re seeing.”
Vending machines selling face masks and sanitisers in Poland
Vending machines selling face masks, gloves and sanitisers have been spotted in the Polish cities of Warsaw and Krakow as the country steps up plans to slow the spread of coronavirus. The Polish Vending Association is also installing hundreds
more machines across the country with face masks selling at a price of £1.69. Polish health minister Lukasz Szumowski said all Polish people
are required to cover their mouth and nose in public spaces as the government extends its lockdown measures. Aleksander Wasik, head of the Polish Vending Association, which
represents vending machine makers and distributors in Poland, said he wanted to make sure that his employees kept their jobs. He used his industry contacts to get the machines up and running to provide what is most needed during a pandemic – protective equipment. “What’s happened is a massive blow to everyone. Many (vending machine) operators were already seeing the possibility of bankruptcy,” he said. His solution was to convert vending machines to sell protective equipment — a move which has been applauded by local residents.
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