Face mask pledge as Ayr company bids to produce 8000 per week for health workers fighting coronavirus

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An innovative team based in Ayr High Street is bidding to tackle the shortage of protective equipment on health's front line.Tsukure Hub CIC say they can produce up to 8,000 face masks per WEEK for our hardworking doctors, nurses and care workers.Using a high powered laser cutter to make the masks, they are hoping to batch-produce vital resources to the heart of the coronavirus battle.Already, orders from private healthcare providers are coming in as word spreads of the Community Interest Company's venture.And the team are also hoping to support the scores of NHS workers in need of equipment.It follows the development of a design for protective shields by a 3D printing company.Now that prototype, adopted for a laser cut version, is being