MUMBAI : Reliance Industries Ltd, which acquired textile manufacturer Alok Industries last year, has redeployed the manufacturing capacities of the company in Silvassa, Gujarat for exclusively manufacturing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for medical professionals treating covid-19 patients. "RIL has re-engineered the plant and processes to enable manufacturing of PPE material and has deployed fresh technical tailoring resources of nearly 10,000 people for assembling the PPE suits," said an official aware of the development.
Production of PPEs started mid-April and has been rampedup to produce more than 100,000 PPE per day now. Currently India is manufacturing around 50 lakh PPEs which will be increased to 2 crore by the end of June.