EPSON makes COVID-19 face masks using dry fibre paper technology

EPSON uses its patented dry fibre technology to start producing face masks. The masks that the company is manufacturing respond to growing demand for face masks for protection against the novel COVID-19. The masks will be made not from used paper, but from functional fibers and will be manufactured at the company’s Kanbayashi and Suwa Minami Plants in Nagano, Japan, where the majority of its Japanese employees are located. EPSON expects to begin manufacturing the masks from the end of May.

As well as manufacturing the masks in-house for its employees, EPSON will also donate 100,000 masks to local authorities and medical institutions where needs for personal protective equipment (PPE) have been expanding. The company will also donate 5,600 face shields to the same organisations. EPSON often makes significant and regular contributions to realising a sustainable society and has made a commitment to ongoing efforts that realise the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.