LVMH Hopes To Donate A Total Of 12 Tons Of Hand Washing This Weekend.

French luxury goods giant LVMH issued a statement on Saturday, saying it had ordered 40 million masks from a Chinese supplier to deal with the French outbreak.

The first 10 million masks, including 7 million surgical masks and 3 million FFP2 masks, are expected to be delivered to the French health service this week. The remaining part of the order is expected to be delivered in three weeks.

Note: the FFP2 respirator is one of the European mask standard EN149:2001. It is used to adsorb harmful aerosol, including dust, smoke, droplet, poison gas and poisonous vapor, etc., and filter it without being inhaled. FFP2: the minimum filtration effect is more than 94%.

To ensure that orders can still be delivered in a special period, LVMH Group Chairman and chief executive officer Bernard Arnault has arranged for the first week to make payments in time, amounting to 5 million euros. The LVMH group will also be responsible for all subsequent supply chain management, delivery and customs clearance.

At present, the LVMH group is working with the French government. The remaining part of the order will be funded by the government and is expected to be delivered in the next few weeks.

In March 15th, LVMH group announced that it would temporarily change its brand Dior (Dior), Givenchy (Givenchy) and Guerlain (Guerlain) cosmetic products and perfume production lines to the wash free hand washing liquid production line to help the French government solve the problem of hand washing fluid shortage due to the spread of the new crown virus.

In March 19th, LVMH group announced that the first batch of disposable hand sanitizers produced by these factories had been delivered to 39 hospitals in AP-HP group, a French public hospital. The quantity of hand washing liquid is about 1000 bottles. LVMH hopes to donate a total of 12 tons of hand sanitizers this weekend.