Britain’s manufacturers suffer record drop in output

Britain’s manufacturers suffer worst drop in output and employment since records began nearly 30 years ago – outstripping the figures seen during the global financial crisis IHS Markit/CIPS purchasing managers’ index fell to a record low of 32.6 in April Prime Minister Boris Johnson has vowed to get the country’s economy moving The reading is … Read more

FDA adds 1,500 hand sanitizer manufacturers to meet demand amid the pandemic

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has added hundreds of hand sanitizer manufacturers to meet demand amid the coronavirus pandemic, but is warning they make the products less palatable in a bid to discourage people from drinking the liquid. More than 1,500 new makers of alcohol-based hand sanitizers have registered with the agency to … Read more

NHS officials ‘screaming’ at factory chiefs for more tests: Manufacturers are ‘overwhelmed’

Desperate hospital officials have been ‘screaming and shouting’ for coronavirus testing kits, The Mail on Sunday has been told.  Andrew Broggio, the owner of Wiltshire-based Medical Wire and Equipment Co Ltd, said he has been ‘completely overwhelmed’ by demand and that he cannot ‘magic ten million kits out of thin air’.  Like other diagnostics firms … Read more

NHS officials ‘screaming’ at factory chiefs for more tests: Manufacturers are ‘overwhelmed’

Desperate hospital officials have been ‘screaming and shouting’ for coronavirus testing kits, The Mail on Sunday has been told.  Andrew Broggio, the owner of Wiltshire-based Medical Wire and Equipment Co Ltd, said he has been ‘completely overwhelmed’ by demand and that he cannot ‘magic ten million kits out of thin air’.  Like other diagnostics firms … Read more