31/03/2020

The Royal Mint switches manufacturing to medical equipment

The Royal Mint has developed and manufactured a medical visor to support NHS staff in their current fight against coronavirus.

In just 48 hours, engineers from The Royal Mint have developed a successful prototype to help protect frontline care workers, and following successful testing, the first visors are already in use in The Royal Glamorgan Hospital in South Wales.

The team began mass manufacturing of the medical visors for the NHS within days, providing critical protection for frontline staff.

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