Badische Neueste Nachrichten, article from 31.01.2020.

The coronavirus poses special challenges for the protective clothing manufacturer DACH.

Rastatt. “Actually, we would have been sold out since over a week,” says Ming Gutsche. Since the coronavirus became known, the products of the Rastatt based company DACH have been in great demand, as the managing director makes clear. DACH develops, produces and sells protective clothing primarily for the medical sector, but also for industry. DACH is the market leader in Germany for respiratory masks. Now there is great demand. This goes so far that the company premises are besieged by Chinese dealers with trucks who want to take the goods straight away - regardless of the price. But such "crisis buyers" don't receive any goods, according to Gutsche. Online trading has also been discontinued since 27 January. The supply of "long-term regular customers" is the primary goal. The company’s website currently states, "At the moment we cannot accept any new customers,".

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