Manufacturing in Times of Corona

The COVID-19 pandemic is confronting manufacturing companies with far-reaching changes. There are numerous reasons why companies are unable to offer their usual product portfolio or can only do so to a limited extent. At the same time, there is an increasing demand for products that a company may not have manufactured previously – which could be an interesting addition to the company’s product range if manufacturing processes are adapted slightly.

We would like to support you in adapting quickly and efficiently to these conditions. Our extensive experience in production technology and process organization helps you to adapt manufacturing processes with minimal friction and to implement new processing options. This will enable you to stay in business even in exceptional situations. Get in touch with us and we will find the right solution for your company.

Numerous laboratories around the world are currently searching for an effective vaccine against the novel coronavirus. The German company CureVac is pursuing a particularly promising approach with its proprietary mRNA technology. If a breakthrough is made in this field, it is essential that scalable methods are available for the rapid mass production of the vaccines. To this end, a group of researchers at the Fraunhofer IPK is developing and testing different methods.

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The crisis surrounding the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has brought many small and medium-sized companies into existential distress. The sudden loss of a large number of suppliers and customers or changes in regulations on short notice pose enormous challenges. This is where situational awareness concepts can come in handy. For a long time established among emergency services, we adapt the principle to work for companies. Our situational awareness cockpit for companies links external environmental information with internal capabilities. On this base, alternative courses of action can be developed and implemented quickly in a targeted manner. One example is to assess whether new distribution channels contribute to medium-term liquidity when national borders are closed. Our solution creates an easy-to-understand picture of the current business situation for all parties involved, with the decision-maker in the center.

With the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, the open source hardware community quickly announced the development and manufacture of complex medical ventilators. This project aims to evaluate the community's performance and effectiveness and to identify ways to quickly unlock its potential.

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