By Reuters |
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That is the advice of a British company making social distancing screens
from recycled cardboard to
help businesses open up after lockdown.
Want to get back to work? Put your staff in a cardboard box.
That is the advice of a British company making social distancing screens
from recycled cardboard to help businesses open up after lockdown while
keeping staff safe.
“As people have started to come back to work we’ve switched to making a
range of distancing-at-work products such as free-standing screens,
counter screens and desk partitions,” Iain Hulmes, Chief Executive at
Pallite, told Reuters.
The company, 70 miles (112km) northwest of London, used to make
recyclable cardboard pallets and boxes for industry but has now
developed an entirely new range of products to cope with new workplace
demands in the wake of the pandemic including wall screens, desk and
table dividers with clear polyester film windows, free-standing signs
and even pop-up desks for homeworkers.
“One of our workers at home found that she was struggling to work at
home so we created a pop-up desk. That desk has sold over 5,000 units in
just five weeks with nothing but five star reviews,” Hulmes said.
Three sizes of desks, all made from laminated honeycomb paper, can hold
50kg of weight and can be assembled in less than a minute.
Not far from Pallite’s Wellingborough factory is Concept Conversions who
sent all their staff home for the lockdown apart from four people all
working in separate rooms.
Director, Ralph Allen, says he is trying to have some fun with themes
and colours while using Pallite social distancing measures to keep his
staff safe as they return to the office.
“It’s pretty extreme to put your staff into cardboard boxes so the
reason for cutting the windows and trimming them in those colours was
because I’ve got a Manchester United supporter sitting at my desk and I
support Liverpool. Well, that could become Liverpool again couldn’t it?”
he said referring to the red trim.
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