Scanfill is adjusting its production for a brand new market to produce up to half a million face shields every week together with Plast Petter AB.
Together they will manufacture protective face shields for Swedish hospitals and elderly care.
Scanfill AB manufactures A-PET, a thin plastic foil that is delivered on roll and then cut and assembled to protective face shields.
Oscar Hugoson, Scanfill's Executive Vice President, said: “It's fantastic news. It shows the flexibility and diversity that exists within the Polykemi Group. We have rebuilt our machines to achieve the high quality required by Swedish healthcare and we can now produce a plastic foil that is thinner than we have ever done before.”
Due to the prevailing world situation this spring, large parts of the staff have been short term laid off, but due to the new collaboration with Plast Petter, it is not only Scanfill employees who can return to their jobs.
“Our 15 employees are starting to work full time again, but that staff will not be enough. We will move staff from Polykemi to Scanfill, which is very good news for the production in Ystad, for our employees and for the Polykemi Group.”
The family owned company Polykemi AB, with its subsidiaries Rondo Plast AB and Scanfill AB, is the largest private employer in southeastern Skåne in Sweden. Hopefully, the collaboration with Plast Petter is just the beginning of a longer collaboration.
“Scanfill is a reliable supplier that delivers materials of a high quality. I truly believe that this is a collaboration that can grow in the future when this storm has subsided,” added Fredrik Ahlström, CEO of Plast Petter AB.
“A collaboration with Scanfill is highly important for our material supply. It’s very valuable to have a good Swedish partner, especially during the pandemic we are now working through. We must protect our Swedish industry to ensure that it is alive when we need it the most.”
