One New York company has seen a huge increase in interest and sales since the start of the Ebola outbreak.
SOT - (Mandarin with English translation) Wang Ximin, Weifang Lakeland Safety Products, Full SOT
"We are very proud that the protective suits we manufacture can be used by those who are fighting against Ebola. We feel that in this global campaign we are having our role to play."
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Christopher Ryan is the company's CEO, based at their headquarters in Long Island, New York.
natsound - "It can hold up under a fire hose and keep all liquids out."
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The company makes all types of protective suits - but it's their Ebola-wear that has generated so much demand in recent months.
SOT - Christopher Ryan, CEO, Lakeland Industries
"We're sold out to June essentially. We are in the position were basically everybody called us - these are the major governments of the world - asking us to make hundreds of thousands of suits. So we're really booked out. We've almost tripled our capacity."
TAKE VO
In October their share price jumped around 380% in the space of one month.
And interest has come not just from the reactive but also the pro-active. CEO Christopher Ryan says Ebola has pushed the Chinese market to get prepared.
SOT - Christopher Ryan, CEO, Lakeland Industries
"They went through SARS, they suffered terribly economically because people were afraid to go there so they're really preparing. They see another epidemic like this, they said 'we're really going to be prepared this time'."
A healthcare working wearing one of these suits would have extra coverings: on their feet, on their hands, and of course on their face. But importantly all of the seam-lines are covered in tape. The reason being is that just the smallest pinprick can let through more than 12,000 Ebola viral particles.
TAKE VO
It only takes an hour to make these suits, but its a lifetime that they're protecting.
Meaning for Lakeland there's no sign of business slowing.
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Lakeland Industries manufactures the protective suits worn by many of the health care workers in West Africa and at hospitals in the US.
From humble beginnings over 30 years ago the company now has annual sales exceeding $100 million.
Nick Harper visited the company's headquarters in New York.
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Stitching to save lives. In this sea of yellow are just some of the 25 million suits made every year in Lakeland Industries two Chinese factories.
And they have a growing workforce, almost three quarters of Lakeland's employees are based in China. Here's factory manager Wang Ximin.
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Stitching to save lives. In this sea of yellow are just some of the 25 million suits made every year in Lakeland Industries two Chinese factories.
And they have a growing workforce, almost three quarters of Lakeland's employees are based in China. Here's factory manager Wang Ximin.
SOT - (Mandarin with English translation) Wang Ximin, Weifang Lakeland Safety Products, Full SOT
"We are very proud that the protective suits we manufacture can be used by those who are fighting against Ebola. We feel that in this global campaign we are having our role to play."
TAKE VO
Christopher Ryan is the company's CEO, based at their headquarters in Long Island, New York.
natsound - "It can hold up under a fire hose and keep all liquids out."
TAKE VO
The company makes all types of protective suits - but it's their Ebola-wear that has generated so much demand in recent months.
SOT - Christopher Ryan, CEO, Lakeland Industries
"We're sold out to June essentially. We are in the position were basically everybody called us - these are the major governments of the world - asking us to make hundreds of thousands of suits. So we're really booked out. We've almost tripled our capacity."
TAKE VO
In October their share price jumped around 380% in the space of one month.
And interest has come not just from the reactive but also the pro-active. CEO Christopher Ryan says Ebola has pushed the Chinese market to get prepared.
SOT - Christopher Ryan, CEO, Lakeland Industries
"They went through SARS, they suffered terribly economically because people were afraid to go there so they're really preparing. They see another epidemic like this, they said 'we're really going to be prepared this time'."
A healthcare working wearing one of these suits would have extra coverings: on their feet, on their hands, and of course on their face. But importantly all of the seam-lines are covered in tape. The reason being is that just the smallest pinprick can let through more than 12,000 Ebola viral particles.
TAKE VO
It only takes an hour to make these suits, but its a lifetime that they're protecting.
Meaning for Lakeland there's no sign of business slowing.
SOC
ENDS