A new South Surrey company has started production of 95PFE (N95-equivalent) medical masks.

Eternity Medical Equipment opened its 13,000 square-foot production centre located at 19099 25 Ave. Tuesday morning with an invitation-only press conference featuring business representatives and Surrey Coun. Allison Patton.

The opening of the facility garnered attention from B.C. Premier John Horgan.

含羞草研究社淎s Surrey含羞草研究社檚 first medical mask facility, Eternity Medical Equipment will help protect Canadians and front-line workers by producing 95PFE/N95 respirators,含羞草研究社� Horgan含羞草研究社檚 written statement reads.

含羞草研究社淲ith a capacity to make up to 2.5 million medical masks per month, this state-of-the-art facility will play an important role in our fight against COVID-19.含羞草研究社�

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The company is to start production with 17 employees and add an additional 38 jobs as production ramps up, according to the company.

含羞草研究社淏ack in early April, we watched the news and saw how hard it was for our frontline workers to get N95 and surgical masks from overseas, and also saw the government含羞草研究社檚 call-out to Canadian companies to help,含羞草研究社� company co-founder Jeff Wang said in a release.

含羞草研究社淚 really wanted to spearhead an initiative to get them made on Canadian soil, right here in British Columbia. From April on, we devised a plan and strategy, signed the lease in Surrey this summer, sourced the equipment and raw materials, and developed a checklist to ensure our products will meet both the Health Canada and strict (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) certification process, which can take up to a year to finalize. We already have a manufacturer code assigned.含羞草研究社�

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Eternity has sent a prototype of its mask, called the ECAN95, to a number of laboratories in Canada and U.S. for testing. The company is waiting for certification from Health Canada.

含羞草研究社淪amples received >99% and 98% filtration efficiency respectively, both of which are higher than the current National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health certification standard of >95%,含羞草研究社� the release states.

The ECAN95 masks feature a molded-cone design with two elastic headbands and a foam strip over the nose.

The company is legally authorized to sell products under Health Canada含羞草研究社檚 Interim Order with a Medical Equipment Licence Class I. People interested in ordering Eternity含羞草研究社檚 mask can email info@eternitymsm.com or 1-800-480-7155.

含羞草研究社淗aving access to Canadian-made, high-quality PPE is one of our greatest tools in our nation含羞草研究社檚 fight against Covid-19,含羞草研究社� said Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum in a news release.

含羞草研究社淚 commend Eternity Medical Equipment含羞草研究社檚 quick action to pivot and step up to produce medical masks here in Surrey that will protect our front-line workers and most vulnerable across Canada. Surrey is home to one of the largest manufacturing bases in the province and these medical masks are a welcome addition to our Surrey Makes PPE program.含羞草研究社�

Production for Eternity Surgical Masks is expected to begin in December.

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