PIA Automation and machine manufacturer Ruhlamat have signed a licence agreement to meet the demand for facemasks during the Coronavirus pandemic.

The demand for facemasks remains high and continues to rise. It will take time until an approved vaccine is available.

Many machine manufacturers together with their customers to increase the machine production of masks. Due to the number of requests and the need to provide mask production machines, PIA Amberg, the medical competence centre of the PIA Group, has increased its capacities and started a three-shift operation in compliance with all health and safety measures.

Ruhlamat distributes and builds the mask production systems developed by PIA under license. The objective is to be able to quickly satisfy the high global demand for protective masks and to increase the sales and production of the urgently needed fully automatic machines in Europe. The development of the machines is also to be pushed forward together.