Name: 股票經紀人打賭美國人將購買 "美國製造 "的面膜 (Stockbroker bets Americans will buy ‘Made in USA’ face masks)
Uploaded: 2021-02-06T19:50:35.000Z
Duration: 2 min 52 s

with a brand new factory in a suburb of Los Angeles.

在洛杉磯郊區擁有一家全新的工廠。

Dan Izaki has bet over $4 million at the pandemic will change what Americans are willing to pay for high quality face masks.

丹-伊崎在大流行時賭了400多萬美元，將改變美國人願意為高品質面膜支付的費用。

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You know, we have the mission of re shoring the production of PP to the United States, bringing it back for a lot of reasons.

你知道，我們的任務是把PP的生產重新轉移到美國，把它帶回來，原因很多。

Before Cove in 19 hit, the United States imported much of the personal protection equipment needed by health care providers, mainly from Asia.

在19年科夫襲擊之前，美國主要從亞洲進口了很多醫療機構所需的個人防護設備。

S companies pivoted in the crisis, such as liquor companies turning out hand sanitizer and plastics firms making face shields.

S公司在危機中舉足輕重，如酒類公司轉產洗手液，塑膠公司生產面罩。

But one item that remains in tight supply is N 95 face masks, which provide a high level of filtration against airborne contaminants and are closely regulated by the US government.

但有一種物品依然緊俏，那就是N 95口罩，這種口罩對空氣中的汙染物有很高的過濾效果，而且受到美國政府的嚴格監管。

Zaki, a former New York stockbroker, is president of United Safety Tech Ah, startup that is poised to open a new and 95 mask factory in Laverne, California, possibly within weeks.

扎基，前紐約股票經紀人，是聯合安全技術啊的總裁，初創公司準備在加利福尼亞州拉弗恩開設一個新的和95面具工廠，可能在幾周內。

We use a completely domestically sourced supply chain, which means all the materials that go into this mask are truly made in America that is critical to the biosecurity off our country.

我們使用完全國內採購的供應鏈，這意味著所有進入這個面具的材料都是真正的美國製造，這對我們國家的生物安全至關重要。

The pricing of many types of protective equipment remains elevated by shortages.

由於短缺，許多類型的防護設備的價格仍然很高。

But once the market normalizes, Izaki estimates that is, masks will cost about 30% more than Chinese masks, or about a dollar 15 each.

但一旦市場正常化，伊崎估計，就是面膜的價格會比中國面膜高出30%左右，也就是每片1元15左右。

He hopes that the pandemic will make Americans more willing to pay a premium, or that US government policy will mandate more domestic sourcing, which would benefit his venture.

他希望疫情能讓美國人更願意支付溢價，或者美國政府政策能強制要求更多的國內採購，這將有利於他的企業。

People will, you know, will respect the Made in America, um, label on.

人們會，你知道，會尊重 美國製造，嗯，標籤上。

Um, you know the bunch of things that need to happen in supply chain, um, to put us, you know, to make us more competitive versus overseas markets, and I believe that's gonna happen over time.

嗯，你知道在供應鏈上需要發生的一堆事情，嗯，讓我們，你知道，讓我們對海外市場更有競爭力，我相信隨著時間的推移會發生。

But there's always risk making masks isn't that hard.

但總歸是有風險的，做面具並不難。

The process is highly automated and doesn't require a costly clean room.

這個過程是高度自動化的，不需要昂貴的潔淨室。

But getting a dependable supply of the materials, particularly the specialized layer of filtration material that makes them effective, is a challenge.

但要獲得可靠的材料供應，特別是使其有效的專用過濾材料層，是一個挑戰。

Other domestic producers are likely to face the same challenges, including industry giant three M, which has quadrupled its domestic production of N 95 masks since the pandemic started and makes 100 million masks a month, but a Zaki is ambitious.

其他國內生產商也可能面臨同樣的挑戰，包括行業巨頭三M，自疫情開始以來，三M的N 95口罩國內產量已經翻了兩番，每月生產1億隻口罩，但一紮基雄心勃勃。

This whole facility, which is about 45,000 square feet, will be full of of equipment making respirators A Z I mentioned earlier.

這整個設施，大約有45000平方英尺，將充滿製作呼吸機的設備A Z我前面提到。

We are planning to produce a million and 95 respirators per day by the end of the second quarter of 2021.

我們計劃到2021年第二季度末，每天生產100萬臺和95臺呼吸機。

 I hope each one of them goes to a first line responders that needs them. 

我希望每一個人都能送到需要他們的一線救援人員手中。