Lets join forces to produce face masks

Due to the outbreak of the Covid-19 virus there is a large and urgent shortage on face masks in primary healtcare and hospitals in the Netherlands.

I consider it as an obligation for Dutch companies and individuals in the hightech ecosystem around Eindhoven (but not limited to that area) to team up now, and take care of setting up a supply chain for face masks in the Netherlands within a few weeks from today (March 18, 2020). 

I am searching for invididuals and companies to get this supply chain realized.

Think about a cleanible or disposable plastic mask, injection moulded, with an inlet with replaceable ffp2-iir category filter, and an outlet valve (optional ?). But I want to consider other technical solutions as well, as long as we will deliver as fast as we can. We need the support of companies in terms of euro's, design team members (including knowledge about injection moulding, 3D printing, required filter properties, cleaning, CE certification), 3D printing facilities for prototyping, a manufacturing location, realisation of the mould, suppliers for filter material, assembly workers to create the filters from the raw input material and insert these in the mask and to add the straps to the mask, a projectleader, a digital collaboration platform and a lot of publicity to obtain even more help and to let the healthcare workers know that we are "on our way".

If you have suggestions or want to participate (= stop your current work and tell your boss you have more important stuff to do) then please mail me at [email protected] or send me a message via linkedin