Deutsche Bank is collaborating with German clothing firms Mey and Weitblick to provide its staff with 90,000 logo-bearing cloth masks.
Mey, which normally produces fine lingerie and underwear, and workwear clothing firm Weitblick, both won out on a call for tender from the giant German bank to manufacture the facial coverings.
The new batch of masks are reusable and designed for maximum comfort when worn for a prolonged period.
Each of the new face masks bears either a Deutsche Bank, Postbank, DWS, or Wealth Management logo. One hundred branch staff have tried out the new masks ahead of distribution across the bank network.
“We have found two strong partners in Mey and Weitblick, both of whom quickly and impressively demonstrated their innovation potential,” said Philipp Gossow, Head of Private Clients Germany. “Moreover, both firms supply products that are both sustainable and meet high-quality standards, which we would like to support.” It is very important that both staff and clients continue to be protected from potential infection by wearing cloth face masks. “In times like these especially we’ve been here for our clients and we’ll continue to do so – also in person at our branches“, Gossow added.
Matthias Mey, Managing Partner of the Mey Group was increasingly receiving inquiries from medical facilities, hospitals, and doctors’ surgeries as the virus began to spread. “My wife works as an emergency care doctor, so I envisaged early on the lack of masks and medical clothing that we would be faced with,” he said. So the company installed a new production line at the factory in Swabia’s Albstadt over a single weekend. “From the end of March, we operated on a two-shift basis to produce as many masks as possible,” he said. The company is now back to producing underwear and sleepwear. However, it still has plenty of masks in storage, ready for further sales.
