COVID-19 Response from Industry

Significant support for field hospitals. AirLiquide Healthcare’s teams all over the world have been mobilised to support patients, healthcare professionals and hospitals. 

Participation in an industrial French consortium to produce 10,000 ventilators in 50 days.

Ensuring supply to several industries with paints and coatings to be used for medical purposes (ventilators, medical equipment, hospital beds etc), construction (hospitals), coatings for food and beverages cans. Additional support for healthcare projects in India and China.

Villagers living near Bangalore are receiving initial screening for COVID-19 through an existing e-health initiative which had been set up as part of the company’s AkzoNobel Cares program. Following the outbreak, the focus of the community healthcare project was changed to help tackle the virus. More than 1,000 people have been tested to date.

When Chinese authorities announced they were about to rapidly construct a hospital in Yinchuan – AkzoNobel moved quickly to donate 450 tins of Dulux Pro interior emulsion during the early days of the project. It helped to ensure that the new buildings could be completed on time (in just 15 days) as part of an urgent local response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Engagement of their global R&D team in Avilés, Spain to use 3D printing of components to create parts for face shields and ventilators.

Provision/arrangement of air transport (up to 24 flights) of equipment from China to Denmark, for the Danish State Hospital.

Major investment in research around vaccine, antibodies and potential treatments. Launched several initiatives to help local communities cope with the COVID-19 outbreak, for example with donations of 9 million face masks. Ensuring supply of medicines to patients around the world is an ongoing priority.

Partnership with the University of Oxford to develop a potential vaccine aimed at preventing COVID-19 infection. Phase III trials started during late spring, results hopefully available later this year.

Donation of more than €2 million to the Maggiore hospital in Parma, the local civil protection authorities and the Parma Red Cross. Food donations in Australia, France, Italy & elsewhere. #italiacheresiste campaign as well.

Donation of 100 million face masks. Production & delivery of over 1 million litres of free hand sanitizer to hospitals.

Through their car-sharing platform, they are making fleets of ‘Share Now’ cars available to frontline workers in Austria, France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. Donation of over 1 million masks and 1 million pairs of protective gloves.

Through their car-sharing platform, they are making fleets of ‘Share Now’ cars available to frontline workers in Austria, France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. Participation in industrial consortium project to design & produce a portable battery powered ventilator, in consultation with the Medicines & Healthcare Regulatory Agency.

Conversion of a Citaro bus in to a high-capacity critical care ambulance, as a joint project with the German Red Cross Emergency Medical Services.

Free fuel for emergency vehicles in the UK. Free delivery of food & conveniences purchases. Many different micro-initatives across different markets. 

Free educational resources for 4-19-year-olds on the subjects of science, technology, engineering and maths, brings classroom topics to life with the use of real-world examples. Developed with teachers and education specialists, the resources aim to inspire the scientists and engineers of the future.

Supporting research by the Robert Koch Institute into the spread of COVID-19 by providing aggregated anonymized location data. Offering 90 days free service/support packages to assist and support SMEs during the crisis.

Additional teams sent to support the energy needs of 320 hospitals in France and 80 hospitals in Italy. Help for microenterprises & most vulnerable households. Donations to MSF and health authorities. 

Implementation of additional support measures to support hospitals and those on the front line.

Commitment to maintain connectivity of most vulnerable customers in Germany and similar in other markets. 

14,000 staff working 24/7 to keep energy networks running including physical repair and operation of control rooms.

Significant increase in maintenance & support resources, to accommodate the surge in demand for voice and data-heavy digital communications during lockdowns. Engineering teams working tirelessly to maintain the best possible service and minimise the impact that disruption would cause.

Delivering critical services maintaining hospitals, operating transportation infrastructure, and cleaning and maintaining cities. The R&D+I department has helped develop a website and an App to support potential positive cases, as well as working with partners to craft breathing devices and make protective equipment using 3D printing. Establishment of a €10 million social fund. Over 800 free parking spaces for healthcare staff.

GSK is working with several partners to develop potential COVID-19 vaccines and treatments as quickly and safely as possible.

This includes:

• Using our adjuvant technology to develop several protein-based adjuvanted COVID-19 vaccines.
• Investigating the next generation of COVID-19 vaccines by expanding our work with CureVac of Germany.
• Helping to manufacture COVID-19 vaccines for other companies.
• Developing potential treatments for COVID-19.
• Ensuring continuous supply of our medicines, vaccines and consumer healthcare products.
• Using our capabilities and expert facilities, plus supporting frontline health workers.

Donation of water and non-alcoholic beverages, the production of hand sanitisers and monetary contributions to front line medical facilities.  Additional donation of €15 million to support the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) relief efforts for the most vulnerable people affected by Covid-19, in particular in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Donation of €2 million to the WHO and other Health Organizations. Change of production to produce & donate disinfection material for hospital. Other Medical & Healthcare Products (e.g. donation of €5+ mio products). Additional Core Services & Donations (e.g. special solder production for General Motors to produce ventilators).  

Donation of masks, gloves and medical equipment. Launch of a relief fund, training of local authorities on preventive measures, destruction of contaminated hospital waste.

Supporting children’s education and welfare during the COVID-19 crisis by donating at least €500,000 to nominated, approved charitable projects in the countries and regions in which KONE operates. Additionally KONE is offering KONE’s preventive maintenance service – KONE 24/7 Connected Services – free of charge for customers who operate in medical facilities and elderly care homes, to help them deal with the impact of the crisis. The company has also introduced a range of products and services specifically for the improved health and well-being of people moving around buildings.

Donation of healthcare and medical supplies worth €25 million, including 4.6 million face masks. Activation of extraordinary plan to reinforce energy supply to hospitals. Flexible payment facilities to all customers in financial difficulty – at no extra cost. Free emergency electricity service to all customers over 65 years old. Hiring 5,000 additional staff.

Production & donation of hundreds of thousands of masks, medical scrubs & hospital gowns. 

Production and delivery of free hand sanitiser to French & European health authorities, pharmacies & food distributors.

Co-development of a plastic valve project which allows the modification of a particular model of snorkelling mask and, which, in turn, transforms it into respirators for sub-intensive therapies. Plus aircraft, helicopter & cyber defence services.

Donation of medicine to French INSERM #COVID19 clinical trial. Also working with the Gates Foundation on COVID.

Purchase and/or manufacture of millions of masks. Substantial donations to hospitals in 22 priority countries.

Rapid mass-production of hand and surface sanitizer (Hygi) and shipped the first volumes already to state institutions playing a key role in the fight against the virus (hospitals, waste management companies, public utilities). 

Vouchers offered to all healthcare professionals for MOL’s car-sharing service, Limo, plus free coffee, mineral water for them at the service stations. 

Ensuring availability of products. Roll out of the ‘Always open for you’ initiative to help smaller, independent cafes, restaurants, bars and so on who are customers of our Nestlé Professional out of home business. That includes extending payment terms, suspending rental fees for coffee machines and offering free products. The total value of this initiative is expected to be around €475 million.

Supporting 3000 hospitals & healthcare centres in 22 countries, donating money and 250,000 face masks. Supporting frontliners by donating more than 10 million portions of coffee, cereals & chocolate, as well as 1.5 million water bottles. Donating more than 2.5 million meals to charities and foodbanks and €9.5  (€2 million in Europe) to support the Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies addressing COVID-19 emergencies.

Deploying or re-deploying engineers to ensure network reliability & performance.  Rolling out new networks at record speed where needed most (e.g. existing hospitals or in newly set up field hospitals).  Launching a Global Donation Fund intended to support charities, hospitals, health clinics, and other frontline NGOs. Developing a new camera that can take the temperature of 20 people every 30 milliseconds, using bespoke software and artificial intelligence.

Increased manufactoring of components for emergency response equipment, including diagnosis technology, healthcare goods, ventilator production and other support for core services.

Significant increase in maintenance & support resources, to accommodate the surge in demand. Donation of large quantity of masks to hospitals. Provision of aggregated anonymized data for research. Donation of an additional €8 million to support actions of prevention, protection & care in Europe and Africa.

Working intensively with suppliers, employees and relevant authorities to ramp up production of medical equipment – including, ventillators – by 400%.

Special partnership with KLM to transport critical medical equipment & materials between the Netherlands, China & US.

Over 800 cars made available to medical staff in Denmark, France and Switzerland.  In Spain, 120 creative employees have used 3D printers to manufacture visors & masks. 

Participation in industrial consortia to design & produce a portable battery powered ventilator, in consultation with relevant Medicines & Healthcare Regulatory Agencies. Designs being shared with partners in Brazil, Chile, Tunisia and Turkey. 

In Morocco, donation of 50 new vehicles turned into ambulances.  

Following the launch of the first molecular test in record time to detect active infection of the disease, they have developed a highly reliable antibody test, indicating potential immunity and helping healthcare systems to overcome the pandemic. Rapid initiation of a global clinical trial to evaluate their potentially promising immune suppressor.

Additional efforts to support existing ventilator manufacturers to increase production. Participation in industrial consortium to design & produce a portable battery powered ventilator, in consultation with the Medicines & Healthcare Regulatory Agency. Also working with Unipart in another joint venture to develop and launch low-cost ventilators. Additional support for air transport logistics.

Large donation of Antimic (enough to disinfect 1.5 million m2), to Ministry of Health. Sabancı Group also donated 150.000 test kits to Ministry of Health in addition to its financial support to vaccine and serum research. Sabanci University is working with Kordsa to open all their design, analysis and production capabilities and infrastructures to support the Ministry of Health and healthcare workers in the Covid-19 challenge. Sabancı University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center  has also put its resources at the service of private and public kit developers and antibody/biological agent producers who are actively involved in the combat against COVID-19.

Donation of masks, gloves & glasses. Mobilisation of production facilities, notably Life Sciences production units, specialized in materials for medical use, in Europe, the US and China working diligently to meet demand. Highest priority placed on delivering COVID-19 related products, including development of new therapies and components for life-saving medical devices, such as ventilators and infusion pumps. Ventilator component production increased by 1500%.

Pro-bono development of software to coordinate the repatriation process of German citizens abroad. Expanded and free availability of software solutions for training and best practise for teleworking. Special fund €3 million set up to support social sector partners. Many other initiatives to support their customers.

Donation of over 2.5 million litres of isopropyl alcohol for production of hand sanitizer. All of Shell’s retail sites (15,000 across 30 countries) are providing free food to frontline workers in the COVID-19 crisis (including truck drivers). Many other initiatives across different countries.

Opening up its Additive Manufacturing Network to enable the efficient execution of design and printing requests by doctors, hospitals and suppliers of medical equipment in response to COVID-19. Participation in an industrial consortium to design & produce a portable battery powered ventilator, in consultation with the Medicines & Healthcare Regulatory Agency.

Increased packaging production to support medical/health sector needs. Fund of €1.5 million set up donations made to dozens to charities including Bulgaria, Czech Rep, France, Greece, Italy, Ireland and Lithuania.

Considerable donations of masks, suits, hand sanitizer ingredients and Hydrogen Peroxide to govts in Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Thailand and USA. Collaboration with Boeing to produce face visors. Supporting increased production of ventilators.

Sonae’s many companies have distributed thousands of goods (food and others) and IPE (Individual Protection Equipment), answering the requests of dozens of organisations such as hospitals, municipalities and charity institutions, with the goal of helping not only the most vulnerable and ill, but also healthcare professionals and authorities who remain in the frontline fighting against COVID-19.

One of Portugal’s key donors to the Coronavirus Global Response Initiative to accelerate the investigation, development, production and equal access to vaccines, diagnosis and treatment against COVID-19.

Free increased data (30GB per customer), expanded entertainment & ‘Evermind’ mental health app. 

Free connectivity supplied to field hospital established at the IFEAM exhibition center and 11 hotels converted into hospitals. 20,000 free mobile line for students. Expanded educational and COVID-19 information channels.

Over €25 million donated to bring health care equipment and respirators to the areas most in need.

The founding family has donated €1 million to help combat the spread of COVID-19, in coordination and cooperation with the Hellenic Ministry of Health. It will support the work of the Institute of Pharmaceutical Research and Technology SA (IFET) and the urgent need for additional equipment supplies for hospitals and the public healthcare system.

Donation of €50 million in petrol vouchers to hospitals and medical staff. Flexible payment facilities extended for 6 months to all energy customers in financial difficulty – at no extra cost. 

Significant connectivity equipment & services provided and/or donated to field & existing hospitals in many countries. Partnering with Imperial College to combine insights from our network data with other factors to model the spread of the virus under different conditions. Providing governments and public administrations with access to the mobility dashboards (insights live in Spain, Italy, Greece and Portugal). Assisting governments as they look to exit quarantine/lockdown measures, through the development of contact tracing smartphone apps.

Donation of €185,000 to the Red Cross International. 3D printing of Face masks, protective glasses & face shields in France & Sweden. Working with the Swedish Armed Forces to transport medical supplies in Sweden. Various donations of laptops, healthcare accessories and food to health authorities and education communities in Sweden, the UK and the US. Donation of 35,000 litres of hand sanitizer & healthcare accessories to hospitals in Curtiba and Parana State in Brazil.  

Financial donations have been made to the Luigi Sacco hospital in Milan, Italy and Bernhoven hospital in Noord Brabant, the Netherlands, two healthcare facilities at the forefront of the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Free solutions and resources have been offered to governments, hospitals, clinicians, professionals, and institutions dealing with the impact of the virus.