Lego has been inspiring people to learn to make things for decades, and they’re putting their expertise to good use in the midst of a world-altering pandemic.
The Danish building block maker has dedicated six molding machines at its Billund facility to start churning out protective face shields for healthcare workers, to the tune of 13,000 per day.
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The good folks at Lego saw a need and recognized that they had an ability to fill that need.
As a rep told Good Morning America , about 100 of the company’s workers collaborated on the design and development of the face shields.
“A few weeks ago a colleague in our incredibly creative Engineering department heard that there was a desperate need for safety equipment for COVID-19 in Denmark,” the rep explained. “He approached the rest of his team with his idea for a visor and they started to trial production ideas.”
The team members worked around the clock, and it was worth it as the face shields have been a hit so far.
According to a video produced by the company, their face shields have been approved by hospitals and they’ve already received an order for 50,000 of them.
If needed, they say they can ramp up their production to 58,000 face shields a day within a couple of weeks.
Lego also plans to produce the face shields elsewhere.
Beyond just their home of Denmark, they say they’ll be producing them in Hungary first, and then adapting their other production facilities around the world to be able to make the shields.
That’s not the only way Lego is trying to contribute to the COVID-19 fight.
Having already pledged $50 million for children in need through the Lego Foundation and the Lego Group, the toy maker also announced plans to donate 500,000 Lego sets to kids in need.
Inspired by kids displaying rainbows outside their homes, Lego encouraged people to share their Lego rainbow builds on Twitter.
“We cannot let COVID-19 set back a generation of children,” Lego Foundation CEO John Goodwin said, according to GMA.
“We must support all children, including the most vulnerable in society, to ensure they continue to have access to education and develop skills critical for them to thrive in a constantly changing world.”
h/t: Good Morning America
