Inno Foods Launches New Division, Inno Lifecare, to Solve Canada's Severe Shortage of Masks and PPEs

PORT COQUITLAM, BC, June 9, 2020 /CNW/ - In order to address the need for masks for both consumers and healthcare groups in Canada, Inno Foods Inc. (Inno Foods), a global confectionary producer and distributor in Port Coquitlam, BC, has co-developed a mask-producing machine with manufacturers in South Korea that arrived on May 26^th.

An official site license has been issued for the mask production. Full production of our consumer masks have started and medical grade masks such as N95 or equivalent are waiting on lab test results in order to begin production very soon. Multiple designs and types can be produced from one machine and they have plans to co-develop more mask machines.

As suppliers to many wholesale stores worldwide like Costco, Walmart and Loblaws, Inno Foods is used to meeting and exceeding global food safety standards, which are the most stringent across all industries. Their team will be able to leverage their extensive safety training in order to convert to medical grade procedures, allowing them to quickly pivot from food production into medical mask and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) production.

They are used to acting quickly to resolve problems, and though they applied for government grants to help fund this expensive project, they believed this need was too great to wait for the grants to be processed, so decided to use their own money to help Canadians in this time of crisis.

Inno Foods has always been active in Research and Development and have their own in-house staff of formulation scientists, equipment engineers, fabrication specialists and product development specialists and have designed and created over fifty percent of their own production equipment. Using their vital technical expertise, Inno Foods worked with a team in South Korea to co-develop a machine that produces masks that meet North America standards, and also modified it to be versatile, so it can produce consumer and N95 or equivalent masks. Furthermore, Inno Foods established a strategic partnership with the machine manufacturer in Korea who will share their knowledge and resources of manufacturing other PPE machines, so that they can also become a PPE machine manufacturer.

The goal for Inno Foods is to become a reliable local PPE manufacturer for Canadians. Therefore, they are also contemplating manufacturing a specialized hand sanitizer, a filter and other PPEs that Canada is low on. They are expanding their laboratory facilities to allow for product testing and the development of a sanitizer formulation.

The brand name that Inno Foods has created for their PPE products is called Inno Lifecare and its mission statement is "to create consumer and professional product that protect life".

"Although we are all going through a difficult time, our mentality is to find a way to still thrive in whichever situation we are in, so that not only our company, but also the whole community can get through this challenge together. We want to contribute our small part to both the community and the economy," stated Jae Park, CEO Inno Foods.

About Inno Foods

Inno Foods, who have evolved from a local bakery in 1981, to global confectionary production and distribution, strives to be world class in food formulation and food processing innovation with the customer in mind. They continue to excel in creating a culture of customer service, food safety and quality, innovation, possibility thinking and community giving. For more information, please visit www.innofoods.ca.

SOURCE Inno Foods Inc.

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