A Birmingham-based metal pressings and stamping specialist has secured funding to help it develop a solution for easing global shortages of PPE.

Brandauer is one of the first companies in the country to be awarded Innovate UK-backing through the ‘COVID-19 Business-Led Innovation in Response to Global Disruption’ competition, and is now setting its sights on increasing its capacity to produce more than 100 million nose clips for use in face masks every year.
The company will use the £50,000 grant to develop its ‘Quick Clip Tool’ modular tooling that will add a quick changeover capability to a progression tool, something that has never been offered to the PPE marketplace before. This innovation means the clips can be developed and manufactured in multiple materials, such as steel or aluminium, and can be produced in various widths, thicknesses and lengths. The project will take about five months to complete and will allow Brandauer to increase supply to existing customers and open up production capacity to other clients.
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