Many apparel and materials manufacturers have announced new product lines commissioned to produce personal protective equipment (PPE) for consumers and medical personnel. French interlinings maker Chargeurs announced a new brand, Lainière Santé, which will produce a full line of PPE products. These products will be manufactured globally, including in the United States, and will be available on Amazon in weeks, according to the company.
The 148-year-old French company is manufacturing 10 million face masks per week and is also involved in the production of scrubs, advanced textiles, intelligent fabrics and protective gloves and bactericidal films. It has altered a “significant portion” of its textile production toward the manufacture of PPE and is the largest supplier of such products to the French government, according to the company.
Another global manufacturer of branded and private label garments, Delta Galil now plans to produce PPE products for the medical community. The company will produce more than 1.5 million masks for European governments and emergency personnel along with the Delta European Brands subsidiary Schiesser. Schiesser will produce more than 1 million of these masks for distribution among the Czech and Slovakian governments as well as a German PPE company.
Schiesser and Eminence, another subsidiary producing 400,000 masks a month for the French government, NGOs, local fire departments, police forces and hospital workers, recently reworked a selection of factories to produce these reusable, machine-washable face masks.












