SMURFIT Kappa has launched a new ‘Design for Help’ portfolio of products in a bid to alleviate some of the current challenges being faced during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The firm said that their designers used equal measures of creativity and skill to quickly produce a practical set of products, with the first of which being corrugated workplace dividers – these can be used to protect people who work closely alongside each other.
The company added that the dividers have been highly sought after, with the emergency area of a hospital complex in Navarra in Spain utilising them to separate patients’ beds.
The other products in Smurfit Kappa’s ‘Design for Help’ portfolio include corrugated beds for temporary hospitals and isolation spaces, a range of protective face masks, and temporary furniture including shelves and tables.
Arco Berkenbosch, Smurfit Kappa VP of innovation & development, said, “We are all seeing the media reports about the various product shortages and the need for a rapid response.
“I’m very proud of our designers who were so quick to rise to the challenge of creating a suite of simple but effective products which are clear proof that corrugated is the ultimate single-use hygienic material. The designs are all freely available for all and we will continue to add other useful solutions to our ‘Design for Help’ portfolio in the coming weeks.”
