Boeing namuhla izoletha isethi yokuqala yezinsimbi zobuso eziphrintwe nge-3D ukuxhasa ochwepheshe bezokunakekelwa kwempilo abasebenza ukumisa ukusabalala kwe Covid-19. UMnyango Wezempilo kanye Nezinsizakalo Zabantu (HHS) ukwamukele ukuthunyelwa kokuqala kwezihlangu zobuso ezingama-2,300 namhlanje ekuseni. I- I-Federal Emergency Management Agency (I-FEMA) izoletha izihlangu eKay Bailey Hutchison Convention Centre eDallas, eTexas, esungulwe njengenye indawo yokunakekela ukwelapha iziguli ezine-COVID-19.
I-Boeing isethwe ukuthi ikhiqize izihlangu zobuso ezingaphezulu kwezinkulungwane ngesonto, ikhuphula kancane kancane umkhiqizo wokukhiqiza ukuhlangabezana nesidingo esikhulayo sezinto zomuntu siqu zokuvikela (PPE) e-United States. Ukusatshalaliswa kwezihlangu zobuso ezingeziwe kuzohlanganiswa ne-HHS ne-FEMA ngokuya ngezidingo ezisheshayo. IBoeing ikhiqiza izihlangu zobuso ezinemishini yokukhiqiza yokwengeza kumasayithi ezinkampani e:
- St. Louis, eMissouri
- I-China Lake, i-El Segundo, neHuntington Beach, eCalifornia
- Isifunda sasePuget Sound esifundazweni saseWashington
- IMesa, e-Arizona
- IHuntsville, Alabama
- Philadelphia, ePennsylvania
- UCharleston, eSouth Carolina
- San Antonio, Texas
- I-Salt Lake City, e-Utah
- Portland, Oregon
Izinkampani ezingaphansi kukaBoeing i-Argon ST eSmithfield, ePennsylvania, nase-Aurora Flight Sciences eBridgeport, eNtshonalanga Virginia, nazo zibambe iqhaza kulo msebenzi.
USolvay, umphakeli wesikhathi eside iBoeing, unikeze ifilimu ecacile yezihlangu zobuso. Omunye umphakeli, iTrelleborg Sealing Solutions, unikele ngokunwebeka okusetshenziselwa ibhande lasekhanda elilungisekayo.
Ukukhiqizwa kwe-face shield neminikelo kuyingxenye yomzamo omkhulu we-Boeing wokusebenzisa izinsizakusebenza zenkampani nabasebenzi ukusiza ngemizamo yokutakula neyokusiza ye-COVID-19. Kuze kube manje, inkampani inikele ngamashumi amayunithi ezinkulungwane ze-PPE - kufaka phakathi izifihla-buso zobuso, izibuko, amagilavu, izingilazi zokuphepha kanye nezingubo zokuvikela umzimba - ukuxhasa ochwepheshe bezempilo abalwa ne-COVID-19 kwezinye zezindawo okunzima kakhulu kuzo e-United States.
IBoeing iphinde inikeze ukusetshenziswa kwamandla ayo ahlukile endiza, kufaka phakathi iBoeing Dreamlifter, ukusiza ukuhambisa izimpahla ezibucayi nezidingeka ngokushesha kubasebenzi bezempilo. Le nkampani ibambisana kakhulu nezikhulu zikahulumeni ngendlela engcono yokuhlinzeka ngosizo lwezindiza.
"IBoeing iyaziqhenya ngokuma kanye nezinye izinkampani ezinkulu zaseMelika ekulweni ne-COVID-19, futhi sizinikele ekusekeleni imiphakathi yethu, ikakhulukazi abasebenzi bethu bezempilo abaphambili, ngalesi sikhathi esingakaze sibonwe," kusho uMongameli kanye nesikhulu seBoeing uDavid Calhoun. “Umlando ukufakazelile ukuthi iBoeing yinkampani ebhekana nezinselelo ezinzima kakhulu nabantu abasuke bengenankinga. Namuhla, siyaqhubeka nalelo siko, futhi sikulungele ukusiza impendulo kahulumeni wesifundazwe kulolu bhubhane lomhlaba wonke. ”
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- To date, the company has donated tens of thousands of units of PPE – including face masks, goggles, gloves, safety glasses and protective bodysuits – to support healthcare professionals battling COVID-19 in some of the hardest-hit locations in the United States.
- Face shield production and donations are part of a larger Boeing effort to leverage company and employee resources to aid with COVID-19 recovery and relief efforts.
- The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will deliver the shields to the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Texas, which has been established as an alternate care site to treat patients with COVID-19.
