Northern Irish company Denroy has used Brett Martin’s 0.5mm aPET sheets to produce more than 600,000 face visors for NHS frontline staff.

The masks were commissioned by health charity HeroShield after it secured a national contract with the NHS to supply PPE for key workers as quickly as possible.

‘As with many other businesses, coronavirus massively affected our production,’ explained Gareth Deering, commercial manager at Denroy. ‘We had to be alive to new opportunities, and when HeroShield approached us for help with the forming of face visors, we didn’t hesitate in offering our full support. Face visors are a vital piece of PPE for frontline National Health Service workers and our experience in forming plastic parts for the medical sector meant we were in an excellent position to help.’

Denroy had initially turned to surplus, high quality plastic it had in its own facility, but once order volume increased, the company knew it needed a specialist solution, Brett Martin was the obvious first choice. ‘We have a long-term partnership with Brett Martin stretching back to 1971,’ Mr Deering said. ‘On top of their expertise, the plastic sheets they produce are extremely reliable and adaptable, so it was a simple decision.’

Mr Deering expects Denroy will continue making visors for many months to come, ‘We’ve manufactured over 600,000 visors for the NHS so far and anticipate this number will continue to rise up until the end of the year. We’ve also been shipping to the USA and Canada, as well as Italy and other countries in Europe, such is the international demand for highly reliable visors for frontline staff.

Paul Martin, Manager at Brett Martin added, ‘We’re delighted to have been in a position to supply Denroy for this project – one of vital importance to those on the front line fighting against a global pandemic.

‘Since March we have dedicated one of our production lines to produce our Marpet-a FS sheets, which are ideal for the forming of protective visors. We have been sending these sheets out internationally, but when Denroy approached us with their plan to supply the local healthcare service, we immediately got involved and started producing sheets for them. Initial, they were producing up to 130,000 visors per week – it has increased ever since.’