Local firm secures P1.3m from EU for PPE production :: Mmegi Online

Cally Clothing, a local firm manufacturing branded clothing and other promotional material, has received a P1.3 million grant from the European Union and Germany to expand into the production of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) such as re-usable unisex scrubs and surgical gowns.

Cally Clothing is one of 12 companies benefiting from the first round of grants under the EU’s Support towards Industrialisation and the Productive Sectors (SIPS) programme. Other beneficiaries are in regional states such as South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Malawi.

SIPS has signed grant agreements in seven SADC member states totalling €1.2 million (P15.6 million) with each grant ranging between €100,000 to €200,000 for small and medium-sized enterprises, state-owned company and universities. The SIPS programme, with a budget of more than €20 million, seeks to foster self-reliant economies, decrease import dependency and build regional resilience.

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