UAE start-up Immensa is making face shields and ventilator connectors to fight coronavirus – The National

UAE start-up Immensa is making face shields and ventilator connectors to fight coronavirus – The National

UAE start-up Immensa is making face shields and ventilator connectors to fight coronavirus. The company has supplied 5,000 face shields to different organisations and is aiming to produce 20,000 units a week. Dubai-based 3D printing start-up Immensa, which specialises in manufacturing spare parts used in the oil and gas industry, is switching gears to produce medical face shields to help stem the coronavirus outbreak.. "Our engineers further developed the idea and started manufacturing 3D-printed face shields that are proving quite useful.". It has supplied nearly 5,000 units of these face shields to different organisations including Hira Industries and Emirates Food Industries.. Using 3D connectors, four people can use one machine," said Mr Shawwa.. 3D printing offers an economical and faster solution to manufacture spare parts used in any industry," noted Mr Shawwa.. "We are expanding so we will be looking to raise new capital in the coming months," Mr Shawwa said.. The company, whose clients are spread across the Middle East and Europe, sees the coronavirus outbreak as an opportunity to localise industrial spare parts production.. "The UAE has a strong infrastructure to manufacture and export 3D-printed spare parts to the region.. It has more 3D printers than the entire