RIL diverts Alok Industries for making PPE; says will cut cost to one-third

Capacity has been scaled up to produce more than 100,000 PPE kits per day and cost has been slashed to nearly Rs 650 per unit from the about Rs 2,000 apiece imported price, they said

Reliance Industries has converted Alok Industries, a textile company it acquired recently, to manufacture protective gear needed by professionals tackling the coronavirus outbreak and says it will save one-third in costs compared to imported Chinese equipment.

The company has redeployed Alok Industries' manufacturing facilities in Silvassa, Gujarat for exclusively manufacturing personal protective equipment (PPE) to safeguard doctors, nurses, medical staff and other frontline workers engaged in fighting the Covid-19 pandemic, sources said.

Capacity has been scaled up to produce more than 100,000 PPE kits per day and cost has been slashed to nearly Rs 650 per unit from the about Rs 2,000