Boeing i kēia lā e hāʻawi i ka papa mua o nā pale pale maka 3D i pai hou ʻia e kākoʻo i nā ʻoihana olakino e hana ana e hōʻoki i ka hoʻolaha ʻana o Covid-19. Ua ʻae ke Keʻena ʻo Health and Human Services (HHS) i ka hoʻouna mua ʻana o 2,300 pale pale maka i kēia kakahiaka. ʻO ka Ka Hoʻolālā Hoʻoweliweli Kālai'āina (FEMA) e hāʻawi i nā pale kaua i ka Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center ma Dallas, Texas, i hoʻokumu ʻia ma ke ʻano he kahua mālama ʻē aʻe e mālama i nā mea maʻi me COVID-19.
Hoʻonohonoho ʻia ʻo Boeing e hana i mau kaukani mau pale pale maka i kēlā me kēia pule, e hoʻonui mālie ana i nā huahana hana e hoʻokō i ka pono e ulu nei no Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) ma United States. E hui pū ʻia ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā pale pale maka me HHS a me FEMA ma muli o nā pono koke. Ke hana nei ʻo Boeing i nā pale maka me nā mīkini hana hoʻohui i nā kahua ʻoihana ma:
- Louis, Missouri
- Ke Kai Kina, El Segundo, a me Huntington Beach, Kaleponi
- ʻĀina ʻo Puget Sound o ka mokuʻāina ʻo Wakinekona
- Mesa, ʻA Arizona
- Huntsville, Alabama
- Philadelphia, Hawaii
- Charleston, Karolina Hema
- San Antonio, Texas
- Salt Lake City, Utah
- ʻO Portland, Oregon
ʻO nā lālā ʻo Boeing ʻo Argon ST ma Smithfield, Pennsylvania, a me Aurora Flight Science ma Bridgeport, West Virginia, ke komo pū nei i kēia papahana.
ʻO Solvay, kahi mea hoʻolako manawa lōʻihi Boeing, hāʻawi i ke kiʻi kikoʻī no nā pale maka. ʻO kekahi mea hoʻolako, ʻo Trelleborg Sealing Solutions, i hāʻawi i ka elast i hoʻohana ʻia no ka lei poʻo hoʻoneʻe.
ʻO ka hana pale pale maka a me nā manawaleʻa kahi ʻāpana o kahi hana Boeing nui aku e hoʻonui i ka ʻoihana a me nā kumuwaiwai limahana e kōkua me COVID-19 hoʻōla a me nā hana kōkua. I kēia lā, ua hāʻawi aku ka ʻoihana he ʻumi kaukani mau ʻāpana o PPE - e like me nā pale maka, nā maka aniani, nā mīkina lima, nā aniani palekana a me nā bodysuits pale - e kākoʻo i nā ʻoihana olakino e hakakā ana me COVID-19 ma kekahi o nā wahi ʻoi loa ka pilikia ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
Ua hāʻawi pū aku ʻo Boeing i ka hoʻohana ʻana i kāna pono hiki ke lele, e like me ka Boeing Dreamlifter, e kōkua i ka lawe ʻana i nā lako e pono ai a makemake nui ʻia i nā ʻoihana ola. Ke launa pū nei ka hui me nā luna o ke aupuni no ka mea maikaʻi e hāʻawi ai i ke kākoʻo airlift.
"Haʻaheo ʻo Boeing e kū pū me nā hui nui ʻē aʻe o ʻAmelika i ka hakakā ʻana me COVID-19, a ua hoʻolaʻa ʻia mākou i ke kākoʻo ʻana i ko mākou kaiāulu kūloko, ʻo ia hoʻi ka poʻe ʻoihana olakino mua, i kēia manawa ʻano ʻole," wahi a ka Pelekikena a me CEO ʻo Boeing ʻo David Calhoun. "Ua hōʻoia ka mōʻaukala ʻo Boeing kahi hui e piʻi aʻe i nā pilikia nui loa me nā poʻe i ka lua ʻole. I kēia lā, hoʻomau mākou i kēlā kuʻuna, a mākaukau mākou e kōkua i ka pane a ke aupuni pekelala i kēia maʻi ākea ākea. ”
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- To date, the company has donated tens of thousands of units of PPE – including face masks, goggles, gloves, safety glasses and protective bodysuits – to support healthcare professionals battling COVID-19 in some of the hardest-hit locations in the United States.
- Face shield production and donations are part of a larger Boeing effort to leverage company and employee resources to aid with COVID-19 recovery and relief efforts.
- The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will deliver the shields to the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Texas, which has been established as an alternate care site to treat patients with COVID-19.
