Interior Supplier to Rolls-Royce and Porsche Is Now Making Masks
- Coronavirus fears made masks more common in general public
- Germany is working on quick deal with industry, minister says
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Zettl Group’s bread and butter is usually the intricate leather detailing inside a Porsche or Rolls-Royce. Because of the new coronavirus, the German car-parts maker’s assembly lines are now churning out face masks instead.
Zettl plans to use automation to make tens of thousands of masks each day, the company said on Monday. It’s just one example of how Germany’s network of parts makers and machinery manufacturers is joining the likes of France’s Chanel and Italy’s Armani in racing to fill the global demand for gear to protect against the virus’s spread.