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Huiladesign produces about one million surgical masks per month

The Angolan company Huiladesign, located in Lubango, produces between 700 thousand and one million surgical masks per month. According to the managing partner of the company, Senir Mendonça, although the number is satisfactory, the company has not yet reached its maximum capacity (more than one million masks per month), because Huiladesign works according to demand.

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The production of masks started in August last year and, according to the official, although the company has been manufacturing this product for almost a year, it is still forced to import the raw material.

The responsible, in statements to Angop, explained that the company has to manage the raw material that is available to avoid stock shortages.

About the monthly production, Senir Mendonça said that although the numbers are satisfactory, Huiladesign has not yet reached its maximum capacity (more than one million masks per month) because the company works according to the demand.

He also made known that the factory has available for immediate delivery in Lubango and Luanda a total of 18 thousand boxes of masks.

Senir Mendonça indicated that for the time being the company is betting on the domestic market: "We want to see the importation of this product diminished in Angola, so it is urgent to protect the national production of masks, and that implies that the competent authorities and strangers to Huiladesign, pro-activate the observance of the importation limitation, to quality products, with fair customs taxes", he said.

The responsible also revealed that the initiative of producing surgical masks is working with its own funds. In the middle of the pandemic, the company has invested 500 thousand dollars.

A box of masks has a cost of 6000 kwanzas, excluding VAT. For large volume purchases, the box costs 3750 kwanzas. Each month, writes Angop, the company sells about 500,000 boxes of masks.

The masks are made with non-woven polypropylene and have a filter with an efficiency of up to 99.5 percent that blocks particles, he said, adding that the mask is also waterproof and has been tested in a laboratory.

Present in the market since 2003, Huiladesign was the first company to move forward with the industrial production of surgical masks in Huila province.

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