Some call it the "it-piece" of the season-the mask. Everyone has it, single use or washable, as a necessary evil, sometimes as a fashionable accessory. My children can already tell from YouTube videos whether they were made before or after Corona - from how close people come to each other and whether they are wearing masks. An article which in such a short time has experienced such wide acceptance and all-encompassing prevalence in society should be big business. But for whom? At the beginning of the pandemic, the German textile and apparel industry seized its opportunity and proved once again: it is crisis-experienced, creative and capable of reacting at the push of a button. Hundreds of companies have embarked on the adventure of mask production. They have produced FFP (filtering face piece) and full-face masks, rediscovered long-forgotten clothing manufacturers in the neighborhood overnight, and reanimated a local value chain. More expensive than in the global price spiral, but available. Within a few days, our Suedwesttextil internet platform place2tex.com also became a lively marketplace for several hundred players from the textile industry and beyond. The offer on the website was supplemented by webinars with information on legally compliant and technically faultless mask production.
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