EDITOR’S COMMENT
THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC has forced
all of us to reassess priorities and has
revealed weaknesses in structures and
systems we have long taken for granted.
One of the areas where the events of
recent weeks has shone light is in the
vulnerability of our global supply chains.
Nowhere has this situation been made
more painfully apparent than in the
potentially life-threatening shortage
of ventilators available to hospitals in
the UK. With global demand for these
at record levels, the option of simply
ordering them from abroad is no longer
available, which means it has become
necessary for the government to turn
to UK industry to request help with their
manufacture.
“We’re calling on the manufacturing
industry and all those with relevant
expertise who might be able to help
to come together to help the country
tackle this national crisis” said a Downing
street spokesperson. “We need to step
up production of vital equipment such
as ventilators so that we can all help the
most vulnerable, and we need businesses
to come to us and help in this national
e ort.”
Already government has been talking to
manufacturers on this subject and, while
the only company o cially mentioned
by the government is Unipart group, but
Rolls-Royce Plc and JCB have also been
referenced in a number of reports.
One of the biggest challenges in this is
mobilising the supply chain and ensuring
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that all of the key components required
can be readily sourced. In order to aid the
Government in this critical e ort, Eureka!
has identi ed companies on its Supplier
Directory that produce the relevant
components and is making sure that they
are made aware of this initiative.
If you think you can help, we strongly
urge you to go to https://ventilator.
herokuapp.com/ to nd out more.
Manufacturing and engineering have
always been of vital national importance.
This is an opportunity to demonstrate
that fact.
Paul Fanning, Editor
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