Liniar wins G21 COVID 19 Business Hero award
Industry leading uPVC systems company Liniar scooped a COVID 19 Business Hero award at the prestigious G Awards ceremony, held at the London Park Lane Hilton at the end of November 2021. The award was presented for Liniar’s community engagement, primarily its Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) Project during the pandemic.
The PPE project was pioneered by Oliver Marriott, Design and Development Apprentice at Liniar, after learning from family members at Derby Royal Hospital about the struggle to obtain PPE. From April 2020, the Liniar team designed, prototyped, 3D-printed and manufactured protective visors, investing £20k on tooling and starting to get them out to those who needed them within just two weeks.
All NHS and care workers received the visors free of charge, with Derby Royal Hospital amongst the first group to benefit. A staggering 38,500 visors have been donated to date.
Oliver said,
The G21 judging panel chose Liniar as one of the two joint winners, alongside hardware specialist UAP, commenting “Liniar was one of two companies that responded to the crisis and achieved extraordinary results!”
Accepting the award on Liniar’s behalf, Group Sales Director Nigel Bishop said:
Sue Davenport, Group Marketing Director, commented:
More information regarding the PPE project can be found at https://www.liniar.co.uk/ppe.
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