Virus Outbreak: Mask production ramping up with new equipmentStaff writer, with CNATaiwan is ramping up production of surgical masks using newly acquired equipment with a goal of 10 million per day by next week as domestic demand surges amid the COVID-19 epidemic, Minister of Economic Affairs Shen Jong-chin (沈榮津) said yesterday. With delivery of the machines, 60 new production lines have been opened at manufacturing plants across Taiwan, although some of the equipment still needs fine tuning, Shen said. The company is one of several contracted by the government to help ramp up mask production. The factory has four machines churning out roughly 400,000 masks per day, Yi Ting said. Its daily output is expected to rise to 600,000 when it adds two more machines to its production lines, the company said.

Source: Taipei Times March 09, 2020 15:56 UTC