April 13, 2020

Free face mask factory For medical personnel and the public, expected within 1 week, ready to distribute through Chulalongkorn Hospital To hospitals and medical personnel across the country Successfully completed within 5 weeks on April 10, 2020. Senior President Thanin Chearavanont announced his thanks to the team. That made the mission to build a factory to produce free hygienic masks for Thai people. of Charoen Pokphand Group Completed, on schedule for 5 weeks to produce face masks. Investing more than 100 million baht, aiming to give 3 million pieces per month to medical personnel as the first group through Chulalongkorn Hospital, Thai Red Cross Society, senior president of CP, confirmed the distribution of masks. Must be performed by a doctor CP specializes in production. But who will know What medical personnel are needed? Must have the doctor distribute CP and receive guidelines. and will support it to the utmost, along with increasing production capacity To be sufficient to help Thai people Ready to ask for help fighting COVID-19 disease to win quickly and prepare to open a business After the crisis has passed In order for Thailand to be the first country to recover its economic situation […]

April 10, 2020 – Mr. Supakit Chearavanont, Chairman of the Board Charoen Pokphand Group with the management team have visited and monitored the progress of the construction of the mask factory for free Thanin Chearavanont, the senior chairman, initiated the construction with a budget of 100 million baht to produce masks for distributing medical personnel and people in need for prevention. The CP Group has joined forces from all business groups and partners in all sectors. who cooperated from day one Until recently, the machines were imported and ready to install and test the system for about a week. before it is ready to enter the production process The target is to produce 3 million pieces per month as announced by Senior President Thanin. In this regard, Supakit visited the factory's progress. including the clean room which is the heart of the production of masks Ready to encourage the team that is dedicated to working hard In order to achieve the important mission as planned.

5/3/2020 : Senior President Thanin Chearavanont announces to invest more than 100 million baht to accelerate the construction of a mask factory to give away free to fight Covid 19 7/3/2020 : Reveal the clean room and design principles Clean Room Designhttp://www.wearecp.com/cp-clean-room-08032563/ 19/3/2020 : CP plans to join KMITL to use AI to check the quality of free mask production for the public 28/3/ 2020 : Follow the mission of free CP mask factory for the people. Second week, ventilate the "clean room" at the heart of the mask factory. Follow up on the 3rd week, the construction of the CP mask factory. To produce masks for free 6/4/2020 : prepare to install machines CP mask factory progress 80% Credit : We are CP http://www.wearecp.com/cp-m-1004-2563/

Currently, the factory for producing face masks to fight Covid-19 that Senior President Thanin Chearavanont has announced will be completed within 5 weeks with an investment of 100 million baht and will produce face masks for distribution to Thai people to use is almost complete. Every time I go in. It is now expected that in another week the machine will be operational. and can produce with a maximum production capacity of 3 million pieces per month. Here are 10 challenges that the team at this mask factory must complete. Challenge 1: Chairman Dhanin The time frame for building a mask factory is set in 5 weeks. Challenge 2: Mask production factory. A dust-free room (Clean Room) must be built, which must be completed in 3 weeks. Challenge 3: Mask production machinery. Must go to queue at the factory There is a long queue of machinery manufacturers and every country is competing for them. Challenge number 4 according to Mr. Thanin's question. Machinery must be modern It is automatic, so the machine that was ordered Will be able to work continuously 3 shifts per day and use only 3 people per shift. Challenge number 5 throughout the transportation preparation. Flights were canceled at least 5 times because of strict export regulations. Makes you have to plan daily

Charter mission to transport the last batch of machines and raw materials to Thailand. Preparing to move forward with installing a factory for free face masks for medical personnel. 9 April 2020: After Senior President Thanin Chearavanont has a policy to invest 100 million baht to build a factory to produce free face masks to distribute to medical personnel and the public for use. Prevent disease Most recently, due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus around the world, it has resulted in every country having strict measures regarding imports and exports. This has an effect on the import of machinery for producing face masks. that CP Group has ordered from China Including the problem of sourcing raw materials which is difficult. In addition, the flight situation from China has reduced the number of flights than 70% and has an uncertain schedule. This causes the need to adjust the machinery transportation plan on a day-to-day basis. Because it cannot be clearly predicted. As a result, the CP Group team had to make an important decision by chartering a ship to transport machinery and raw materials into Thailand within the specified time period. At this time, complete machinery can be imported. The key raw material is Meltblown, which is a protective sheet against germs. It is expected that it will take approximately one week to assemble the machine and test the system. before being ready to enter the production process This will produce 3 million masks per month. As the senior president had announced As for the key raw material for producing masks this time, they are germ-blocking sheets or meltblown masks. Within the current situation, It is a rare raw material and the price has increased tens of times from normal. This makes the procurement process require the power of networks and partners in many countries. Because we want to have raw materials for continuous production. according to production standards The face mask consists of 3 layers. The first layer is a spunbond nonwoven (green) coated with a hydrophobic substance to increase waterproof properties. The next layer is meltblown nonwoven (white) used to prevent germs.