Wakefield-based GNG Group (
www.gnggroup.co.uk), a foam mattress manufacturer, is working flat out to help the NHS meet the urgent need for thousands of extra beds in the fight against the coronavirus epidemic.
The company has dedicated all production to its healthcare division and has mobilised its entire workforce which is now working 24hr a day to meet the huge surge in demand.
GNG Group, which manufactures sports, healthcare, safety and mattress products, has paused production in all other divisions in order to enable a 90-strong team to focus on production of healthcare mattresses destined for the NHS Nightingale project and several key NHS suppliers manufacturing hospital beds.
Having recently been awarded ‘key supplier’ status by the NHS, GNG’s 40,000ft
2 production facility is now operating three shifts around the clock; and has increased the capacity of its healthcare division ten-fold.
Phil Whittell, GNG Group managing director, said: “Over the last few weeks, we’ve seen a rapid increase in orders to help meet the critical care needs of the NHS in the fight against COVID-19 and, like hundreds of companies around the UK, we are committed to doing everything we can to help.”
“We have a skilled and committed team here who have risen to the challenge, enabling us to supply thousands of healthcare mattresses in the last month alone.
“Incredibly, we have received the equivalent of six months of orders in the last five days and we currently have 16,000 medical mattresses shipped or on order since the crisis started.
“The entire team, from administration staff through to production, are working flat out to meet this demand for critical products – they even volunteered to work over the Easter bank holidays to keep production running.
“This is the biggest challenge the company has faced in its 45-year history and I am extremely proud of the part our staff are playing in helping the NHS during this healthcare crisis.”
As well as having thousands of healthcare mattresses on order for the UK, GNG is also receiving enquiries from Europe and the USA.