24.04.2020

Positive Covid-19 updates

A week on from our last ‘good news’ post and it is promising to see reports of companies tentatively starting to reopen facilities as more construction sites go back to work - albeit with new safety measures in place. Hopefully this trend will gather pace without setting us back. In the meantime here is more good news, with further examples of how our industry is helping with the Covid-19 outbreak.

Italian aerial lift manufacturer Socage has donated a portable ultrasound system to the Sant’Orsola Malpighi hospital in Bologna to help medical staff assess the lungs of patients affected by Covid-19. Socage chief executive Fiorenzo Flisi donated the machine to the paediatric cardiology department after it supported his son, Stefano Flisi, who died from a congenital heart disease at the age of just 15.
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Socage has donated a ultrasound machine to the Sant’Orsola Malpighi hospital

Niftylift has created a children’s activity book full of puzzles, challenges and pictures to colour in as an aid to keeping young children occupied during isolation - and perhaps introduce them to the wonderful world of work platform?
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Niftylift has created a children’s activity book

Skyjack has donated a large number of bandanas to hospitals surrounding the company’s Guelph facilities in Canada. It initially produced the bandanas for a charity event to raise awareness for breast cancer, but after receiving a request on social media from a local medical professional who attended the charity event, the company has begun creating and donating ‘health first’ versions.
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Health care professionals wearing Skyjack’s health first bandanas

Riwal Spain has donated protective glasses, gloves, covers, face shields and protective equipment to the Burjassot Health Center in Valencia.
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The Burjassot Health Center taking delivery of Riwal Spain’s care package

Skyjack’s parent company, Linamar, has redirected the efforts of 15 of its facilities to the manufacture and supply of ventilator parts. It has also begun assembling and testing complete ventilator units.

Crane and access spare parts supplier RB Components has been using its 3-D printers to create a coupling that allows for full face diving masks to be adapted to work with air filters.

The UK’s largest crane rental company Ainscough donated £10,000 to the NHS Charities Together fund, which brings together more than 250 charities across the UK dedicated to the National Health Service. Collectively, the charity generates around £1 million a day to fund major projects, research, and medical equipment.
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A drawing by Emily Fisher whose mum, Sharon Fisher, works as a QHSE coordinator at Aiscough

US paint technology company Nippon Paint has developed an antivirus surface coating and donated €650,000 worth of its coating to four hospitals in China’s Hubei province to help protect it against harmful bacteria that can remain on some surfaces for several days.
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Nippon has donated €650,000 worth of its antivirus surface coating to hospitals in China

Hiab is supporting the local hospital in Hudiksvall, Sweden, by printing protective visors and creating a new adaptor to convert full face diving masks into emergency ventilator masks. If approved, the adapters will allow for the oxygen hoses used by the hospital to securely fit the mask.
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Hiab has designed a new adaptor to convert full face diving masks into emergency ventilator masks